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Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A welterweight bout between Alex Garcia (13-3 MMA) and Sean Strickland (17-1 MMA) served as the featured bout of the ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ prelims in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Strickland opens up with a front kick. Garcia dives in for a takedown and gets it but Sean is able to scramble and get back to his feet. Strickland has Garcia pressed up against the fence and lands some good strikes before throwing him to the canvas. Good up-kick from the bottom lands for Garcia. Sean dives in to his guard and lands a good right hand. Big shots from the top by Strickland and he moves to half guard. Nice elbows from the top by Sean. He follows up with some shots to the body of Garcia. More elbows from Strickland and Garcia is bleeding from his mouth. Sean postures up and lands some huge shots. Garcia scrambles and lands a takedown on Strickland. Alex with a couple of shots from top position. Good defense being shown here by Sean. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A middleweight tilt between Daniel Sarafian (9-6 MMA) and Oluwale Bamgbose (6-1 MMA) took place during tonight’s ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ preliminary card in Pittsburgh. Oluwale Bamgbose was able to land a thunderous kick to the head of Daniel Sarafian early in round one that sent him crashing to the canvas. Bamgbose quickly swarmed in with punches and put Sarafian away.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

Middleweights Anthony Smith (25-11 MMA) and Leonardo Augusto Leleco (11-2 MMA) went to battle during tonight’s ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ preliminary card in Pittsburgh. Round one begins Leleco is able to land a good right hand early. Smith shakes it off and presses forward. Straight kick from Smith followed by a knee. Anthony with a good leg kick. Leonardo presses forward but misses with his strikes. Smith with a good kick to the body. He’s walking Leleco down. Good leg kick from Smith followed by a knee and then a good shot on the break. Nice knee to the body from Anthony. Leleco is coming up short with his punches. Smith is all over him. Elbows from Anthony on the inside. Good front kick scores for Smith and then a leg kick. Leleco answers with an inside leg kick. Smith comes back with a flying knee that partially lands. Another front kick from Smith. Leleco tries to go over the top and misses. Back-to-back solid right hands land for Smith. Another right hand and then a knee from Smith. Leleco is bleeding but firing back. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A welterweight tilt between Jonavin Webb (8-2 MMA) and Nathan Coy (15-6 MMA) kicked off the ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ FS1 prelims tonight in Pittsburgh. Round one begins with Coy trying to chase Webb down. Webb with big shots but they miss. Webb lands a good combo, but Coy moves away. Webb throws a high kick but it is partially blocked. Both fighters trade kicks. Good left hand lands for Coy. Webb shoots for a takedown. But Coy stuffs it pretty easily and looks to lock up a guillotine choke. Coy lets go of the choke and they break. Webb with a high kick. Coy replies with a body shot. Horn sounds to end round one.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A women’s bantamweight fight between Lauren Murphy (9-2 MMA) and Kelly Faszholz (3-1 MMA) served as the second bout of the ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ card in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Murphy presses forward and lands a leg kick. Kelly responds with a good combo. Murphy clinches up and begins working some knees. Fasholz answers with a solid knee of her own. Good left hands from the clinch scores for Kelly. The fighters break and Kelly lands an excellent Superman punch. Murphy responds with a good right hand, but Kelly drops her with a massive right hand of her own. Lauren bounces up to her feet and Kelly lands a kick to the body followed by a right hand to the head of Murphy. Lauren responds with some good shots. Huge overhand right scores for Murphy. She’s turning the tide. Kelly is bloodied up. Murphy is landing some good knees from the clinch. Good elbow lands for Murphy before the bell sounds to end round one.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A heavyweight bout between Anthony Hamilton (14-5 MMA) and Shamil Abdurakhimov (16-3 MMA) kicked off tonight’s ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ card in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Abdurakhimov lands a solid uppercut. Shamil with a combo that appears to hurt Hamilton. The fighters engage in the clinch and Anthony seems to have recovered. Good counter right hand lands for Hamilton. Abdurakhimov lands a left hand and then another solid uppercut. More good shots score for Shamil. Hamilton answers with a knee to the body. Shamil with a leg kick. Hamilton replies with a right hook. The fighters clinch and Anthony starts working some knees to the body. Abdurakhimov replies with some good knees of his own before the horn sounds to end round one.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

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Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

We all handle loss differently and Ronda Rousey never envisioned losing her bantamweight title. So when she lost at UFC 193 the former champs world came crashing down. Since then the former champ has appeared on a number of interviews regarding her defeat and has even hosted SNL to ‘break the ice’ after the loss.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

RT b/c IT's FIGHT DAY! #UFCPittsburgh goes down TONIGHT LIVE & FREE on @FS1! First bout at 5:30pmET on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/TNdVafMDGp — UFC (@ufc) February 21, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

MMA ‘Referee of The Year’ “Big John” McCarthy has been there through some of the most historical fights in MMA history. So when “Big John” claims that a majority of time you can tell who will win before the fight, sports bettors around the world just might of found their new best friend.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3tepn0_conor-mcgregor-gets-swarmed-in-the-streets-by-crazy-fans_fun When you’re Conor McGregor (19-2 MMA) and fighting for a second UFC title in under three months, people tend to notice you. McGregor was last scene at UFC 194 on December 12th against featherweight legend Jose “Scarface” Aldo. The result of McGregor’s one punch, counter left KO shocked the world and left everyone who watched in pure amazement.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

In the video above, Royce Gracie speaks with Luke Thomas with mmafighting.com about his views on the usage of martial arts, point systems and real situations that may arise to utilize your craft.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

Connor McGregor My Fav Natural UFC Fighter! https://t.co/2GQKyKas5h — Nick Diaz (@nickdiaz209) February 21, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

It was on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s list of things to do after Fight Night Pittsburgh. Cerrone had plans to upgrade his bike, but the guys at Harley Davidson beat him to the punch.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

It was May 2nd 2009 when Manny Pacquiao was facing Ricky Hatton when we witnessed the six time WWE champion (winning the World Heavy Weight Championship four times and the WWE championship twice) Dave Bautista walking out with Pacquiao for his title fight.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

Since Fedor Emelianenko made his triumphant return to MMA on New Years Eve many fighters across various promotions have been hoping for a crack at ‘The Last Emperor’. While Rizin Fighting Federation would ideally like to see either Brock Lesnar or Wanderlei Silva fight Emelianenko, King Mo also wants a crack at Emelianenko.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

We are now less than a month away from the official release date of EA Sports UFC 2.