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Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Check out this video of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor making a fan’s dream come true.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Following Jose Aldo’s UFC 194 KO loss to Conor McGregor, the former champ stated that he wanted a rematch with Conor McGregor regardless of whether or not the UFC featherweight championship was on the line. Aldo began his campaigning for a rematch with McGregor, however UFC President Dana White pointed out that the first time the UFC booked the bout, Aldo backed out with an injury, then when the fight did happen Aldo lost in 13 seconds.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

While Ronda Rousey currently has no fight scheduled, a recent photo of Rousey has many wondering if the former champ is putting on weight in hopes of a fight with Cris Cyborg. After Ronda Rousey lost to Holly Holm at UFC 193, talks of a potential superfight with Invicta FC Champion Cris Cyborg quickly died down.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Jim Ross knows about show business. The WWE legend has over 40 years in the business of professional wrestling and Ross has seen what makes certain individuals shine brighter than the rest. Ross appeared on MMA Junkie Radio recently and spoke about the stars Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz fighting in the main event at UFC 196 on March 5th. “It’s one of those intangible things,” Ross said (transcribed by MMA Junkie). “I had the opportunity to hire a lot of talent for WWE back in the day – some pretty good guys, as a matter of fact. But there’s an intangible ‘it factor’ that you have to feel. It’s a feel thing; you can’t quantify it like, ‘He’s the right height, he fits all the measurables and everything.’ It’s a matter of the ‘it’ thing where you are motivated to listen to what they have to say, you’re anxious to the next thing they say and when they’re fighting you can’t take your eyes off of them and want to be a part of that fight. You want to buy the pay-per-view.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Mixed martial arts champion #RondaRousey admits suffering serious depression after being knocked out last year https://t.co/9SvnXQ8KjM — 7 News Perth (@7NewsPerth) February 28, 2016

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

On Saturday in the main event of UFC London, Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva went to war for 5 rounds. Ultimately, all 3 judges scored the bout in Bisping’s favor, giving him the unanimous decision win. With that being said, many, including UFC President Dana White, believed that the bout should have been scored in Silva’s favor. This lead Silva’s camp to reveal that they plan to try and get the loss overturned.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

It’s no secret that teammates Luke Rockhold, Daniel Cormier, and Cain Velasquez are three of the best fighters in the UFC at heavier weight classes. The trio are often seen together at UFC events, cornering one another and also supporting from the crowd.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

After Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from UFC 196 with a broken foot, the UFC reportedly went to Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar first to offer them a fill-in slot against Conor McGregor. Unfortunately, Jose Aldo turned the bout down because he wasn’t in shape, and Frankie Edgar turned the bout down because he was injured.

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

Michael Bisping scored the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career this past Saturday in London, when he defeated former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva via unanimous decision. The fight was very close and many fans thought that “The Spider” should have got the ‘nod’ from the judges when all was said and done.

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will make her first title defense at this weekend’s UFC 196 event in Las Vegas when she squares off with former Strikeforce title holder Miesha Tate in the evening’s co-main event slot. Many people thought that the ‘Holm vs. Tate’ bout would be promoted to ‘main event’ status after Rafael dos Anjos was forced to pull out of his scheduled title fight with Conor McGregor.

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

Jose Aldo (25-2 MMA) has been relatively quiet since suffering a 13-second knockout loss to Conor McGregor in the headlining bout of December’s UFC 194 event in Las Vegas. The former UFC featherweight champion joined Ariel Helwani on yesterday’s edition of The MMA Hour where he discussed his life since the shocking defeat:

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is coming off a tough split-decision loss to former Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez, which took place at January’s ‘UFC Fight Night 81’ event in Boston. The loss served as “Showtime’s” second setback in as many fights, which marks the first time in his career that he has suffered back-to-back defeats.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

It was the fight Jose Aldo has been having dreams of ever since he lost at UFC 194 back in December. However, with less than two weeks given for an opportunity to rematch Conor McGregor, Aldo turned down the fight when McGregor’s originally scheduled opponent Rafael dos Anjos pulled out due to an injury and spoke on the MMA Hour about his decision. “Any professional needs time to train,” Aldo said (transcribed by MMA Fighting). “It’s not a cockfight where I go there and put my rooster to fight. It’s a high-level sport, I’m going there to do my job. When I have time to train, it can happen at any time, anywhere.”

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

According to a source close to the situation MMA Pioneer Mikey Burnett and his son Freddie were shot in a busy parking lot near 31st and Garnett in Tulsa, OK. Police say it was a botched robbery. Freddie was shot once in the leg and Mikey was shot three times in the abdomen.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

A flying Knee at 4:59 of the 3rd round.  Anderson Silva thought he had a come from behind walk off KO over Michael Bisping. Not according to Herb Dean.  Heres why.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

At the end of the 3rd round, actually the final second of the 3rd round, Anderson Silva jumped off the canvas and hit Michael Bisping in the face with a flying knee.  Down goes Bisping, Silva jumps up on the cage to celebrate his 3rd round  KO.  Unfortunately referee Herb Dean did not call an end to the fight and Silva had to be taken off the top of the cage and convinced the fight was still on. Bisping makes it thru the next 2 rounds and, as most of you know now, wins an unanimous-decision victory.

Chris Taylor - February 29, 2016

Michael Bisping scored the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career this past Saturday in London, when he defeated former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva via unanimous decision. Many expected Bisping to call for a title shot in his post-fight speech, but “The Count” opted against making the callout and instead just chose to enjoy the moment.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

[ooyala code=”Bld2tkMTE68Eoa558oHlL26rmpwrwt5_” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Last week when it was announced that UFC lightweight Rafael dos Anjos had broken his foot and had to pull out of his fight with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, the MMA world went crazy.