MMA News

Russell Ess - February 19, 2016

An exciting heavyweight match has been announced for the UFC Fight Night Netherlands card. MMA Fighting reports that Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva and Stefan Struve are set to go to battle against one another. Dutch heavyweight Stefan Struve is looking to get back in the winner’s bracket after winning just one of his four last bouts. Struve’s last fight was against Jared Rosholt at UFC 193 where Rosholt ended up winning a unanimous decision.

Russell Ess - February 19, 2016

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Russell Ess - February 19, 2016

Bellator MMA nearly had a main event fight for the fans in attendance at the Bellator fan event Thursday night in Houston, ahead of Bellator 149 featuring Royce Gracie versus Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice versus Dada 5000.

Russell Ess - February 19, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm has gained an immediate amount of attention following the biggest win of her career at UFC 193 back in November. Holm shocked the world when she knocked out former champion Ronda Rousey out cold in the second round of their fight in front of a UFC record-setting audience. Since then, Holm’s social media channels have ballooned, she has made appearances on some of the biggest media outlets, has met and hung out with celebrities and her fan base has multiplied many times over.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

After Donald Cerrone’s UFC on FOX 17 loss to Rafael dos Anjos, it was revealed that Cerrone would be moving up to welterweight to face Tim Means in Pittsburgh. Ultimately, Means was pulled from the event after it was revealed that he potentially failed a USADA drug test. The UFC replaced Means with Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira in a battle of the Cowboy’s.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has everyone talking. The brash Irishman has not only broken UFC records, but brought many new eyes to the sport of Mixed Martial Arts with his impressive promotional abilities. In the wake of McGregor’s 13 second KO win over Jose Aldo back at UFC 194, we saw one fan go above-and-beyond with his fandom when he got a Conor McGregor and a Jose Aldo tattoo.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

There has been increased talk recently of fighters banding together to create a fighters union. However with that being said, there has also been talk of seeing the Muhammed Ali Act expanded to cover MMA. Former UFC champion Randy Couture believes that the decision is a “no brainer”.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

Melvin Guillard is currently gearing up for his Bellator 149 scrap against Derek Campos tonight in Houston Texas. Despite being signed to Bellator, Guillard too ended up talking about UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in a recent interview. While it seems like everyone at every weight class, in every promotion, wants a crack at Conor McGregor, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos will be the next man to step in the Octagon with McGregor on March 5th at UFC 196.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/kybdNrldMOM Sunday night in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone will face Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira in a matchup between two tough gritty lightweights fighting at welterweight.

bjpenndotcom - February 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/7ab4sHU5xNk Recently Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone found himself under fire after featherweight champion Conor McGregor stated that he believed Cerrone quit in his fight with Rafael dos Anjos.

Russell Ess - February 19, 2016

Fans and critics seem to know Ronda Rousey better than she knows herself, at times. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion posted a photo from her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to her Instagram account. Some fans and critics made a few comments that Rousey looked like she had gotten skinnier.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/Jj1QqDaOpG8 Carlos Condit is coming off a failed bid at the UFC welterweight championship back at UFC 195. Condit and welterweight champion Robbie Lawler fought to a controversial decision that ultimately saw Lawler pick up the split decision win to retain the UFC welterweight championship. Condit has since revealed that if he doesn’t get another crack at the welterweight title, he may retire.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

At UFC 193 Holly Holm defeated Ronda Rousey via 2nd round KO to claim the UFC women’s bantamweight championship. While the UFC wanted to book a rematch between the two as soon as possible, preferably at UFC 200 in July, Rousey’s busy Hollywood filming schedule will make it so that she is unable to compete at the event.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

The Bisping-Silva feud continues! After it was announced that anderson Silva and Michael Bisping would fight at ‘UFC London’ on February 27th it didn’t take long for Bisping to start the war of words. ‘The Count’ quickly began trash talking Silva for failing a pair of failed drug tests surrounding his UFC 183 fight with Nick Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

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