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bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/EgxCtsq3D6U Earlier this week it was revealed that the UFC is allegedly close to finalizing a deal that would see Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have a highly anticipated welterweight rematch at UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

There have always been talks of Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg eventually making her UFC debut. Despite that, UFC President Dana White remained adamant that Cyborg will never fight under the UFC banner. Recently however, a report emerged which shed light on the possibility of Cyborg fighting on the UFC 198 card in Curitiba Brazil.

bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

Tonight in Brisbane, Australia, MMA legends Mark Hunt and Frank Mir will square off inside the Octagon in a pivotal heavyweight showdown.

bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

#OnThisDay in 2011: 23yr old Jon Jones won the light heavyweight title at UFC 128. Watch: https://t.co/08bIHklULz https://t.co/RmQpQoU1DE — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) March 19, 2016

bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

This Sunday, former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen returns to the mats when he grapples with top ranked UFC middleweight Michael Bisping at UR Fight. The event is more likely than not, unlike anything fight fans have ever witnessed. Also on the card, Roy Jones Jr. will box a fan, Kurt Angle will have a wrestling match with Rey Mysterio Jr., and at one point Dan Severn and Tank Abbott were even slated to have an MMA fight.

bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

While it’s no secret that former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar wants a crack at Conor McGregor’s featherweight championship, there’s also another fight that intrigues Edgar. Back in 2013 after suffering back to back losses to Benson Henderson in title fights, Edgar dropped down to featherweight and was awarded an immediate title shot against Jose Aldo.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

Leading up to UFC 196, Conor McGregor revealed that while he wasn’t crazy about the idea of doing movies, he is crazy about money, and may occasionally dabble in the film industry. It was revealed that McGregor would be making a guest appearance in an upcoming installment of ‘XXX’ with Vin Diesel. However, ahead of UFC 200 McGregor has reportedly cancelled the planned appearance according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

Late Friday evening in Brisbane, the fighters of ‘UFC Fight Night: Brisbane’ hit the scales in anticipation of their scheduled bouts on Friday night.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

Donald Cerrone had a successful debut at Welterweight about a month ago and hopes to continue at UFC Fight Night 89. The UFC should be announcing this fight very soon. It looks like Cerrone will be facing Canadian star Patrick Cote in Ottawa Ontario, Canada June 18. The pair will co-headline the event and is expected to air on FoxSports 1 and stream on UFC Fight Pass.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

Friday afternoon sources revealed that both Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have verbally agreed to a rematch at UFC 200 at welterweight once again. Of course, this has lead to much anticipation, and rightfully so. Following UFC 196 UFC President Dana White revealed that the event broke many UFC records.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

If you Don’t want to watch the whole video fast forward to the 10:38 mark for the McGregor v Diaz comments. AND NEW UFC Bantamweight champion Miesha Tate had a front row seat to the trash talk between McGregor and Diaz. Tate felt that Nate took all of the trash talking in stride and paid it no mind.

Russell Ess - March 18, 2016

Initially after the fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz at UFC 196, there was not a lot of talk about an immediate rematch. Diaz was able to withstand an early onslaught from McGregor in the opening round and turned things around in the second. Diaz hurt McGregor with punches and was able to utilize his black belt-level jiu-jitsu game to secure a rear-naked choke on McGregor to hand him his first loss in the UFC. With reports floating around that the UFC is looking to book an immediate rematch between the two stars at UFC 200, you have to wonder if this is simply a demand that McGregor has come up with.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

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Russell Ess - March 18, 2016

Holly Holm was likely just one round away from defending her UFC women’s bantamweight title for her first time at UFC 196. Unfortunately for Holm, Miesha Tate took the win and the belt by securing a rear-naked choke on Holm in the fifth round that put Holm to sleep. “I think she just crumbled under the pressure when I took her down in that second round,” Tate told Fight Network’s John Pollock (transcribed by MMA Fighting). “My coaches and Bryan [Caraway] actually told me, ‘She’s either going to stay down and be so scared about being submitted that you’re going to ground and pound her and beat her up or she’s going to try desperately to get up. Because your top pressure is so heavy she’s going to be forced to leave something out there and you’re going to grab it and you’re going to submit this girl.’

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

Mark Hunt turned down $400,000 to quit the UFC and move on to the next stage of his life. Dana White recently told the Daily Telegraph he offered Hunt $400,000 saying: “We thought that was enough money to make him go away”.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/6Q6hibAh2Gk We are nearly one month away from Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier’s highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 197 on April 23rd.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

UFC 200 is set for July 9th inside the new T-Mobile arena Las Vegas and should be the biggest event in the company history but the lineup is not set. Miesha Tate, the newly crowned bantamweight champion, said she would like to fight.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

After UFC 196, where Nate Diaz shocked the world as he submitted Conor McGregor in the 2nd round of their welterweight scrap, UFC President Dana White stated that the event broke several UFC records. Given that, many wondered if the UFC would book a rematch between the two men, however Diaz stated that there were many times in his career that he wanted a rematch and didn’t get it. With that being said, according to a report from MMAFighting, we may get to see a rematch after all.