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bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

Following the action in Las Vegas tune in for the ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas’ post-fight press conference ahead hear from the fighters following their scraps.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/AhOcg6BEbXM Tonight in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas’ Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson picked up the biggest win of his MMA career as he defeated former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in impressive fashion.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/nP4UXV-oLc8 Yesterday at the ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas’ weigh-ins Alex Nicholson stole the show as he proposed to his girlfriend on stage.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/pWC69IFWBZI Earlier tonight on the ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas‘ fight broadcast, it was announced that Jon Jones would fight Daniel Cormier in a highly anticipated rematch at UFC 197.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A heavyweight tilt between Roy Nelson (21-12 MMA) and Jared Rosholt (14-3 MMA) served as the co-main event for UFC Fight Night 82 in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Nelson is pressing forward with his right hand loaded and ready to fly. Rosholt is moving well but not landing anything. Big uppercut misses for “Big Country”. He tries another massive right hand but it also misses. Nice uppercut lands for Nelson. He follows that up with a jab. Rosholt responds with a good punch and then an uppercut. Jared lands another good short left and then a couple of jabs. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

Light heavyweights Ovince Saint Preux (19-7 MMA) and Rafael Cavalcante (12-7 MMA) squared off on the UFC Fight Night 82 main card in Las Vegas. Round one begins and “OSP” starts off by throwing a front kick. Another good kick to the body from Saint Preux. He is walking Cavalcante down. Rafael is moving well but has not come up with any offense as of yet. “OSP” with a leg kick and he looks to have injured his foot. Saint Preux is in trouble. He can barely put any pressure on his foot. Big leg kick lands for Cavalcante. He scores with another thunderous inside leg kick. “OSP” is limping badly. Saint Preux presses forward with some jabs. Huge left hand lands for “OSP”. He presses forward with more punches and drops Rafael. Saint Preux jumps on him and begins landing shots from the top position. Round one ends.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A key flyweight fight between Joseph Benavidez (24-4 MMA) and Zach Makovsky (19-7 MMA) took place on the UFC Fight Night 82 main card in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Benavidez opens with a right hand. Good leg kick scores for Joe. Makovsky throws a jab to the body but misses. Good combination from Joe. Makovsky lands a big inside leg kick and follows up with a takedown. Joe bounces right back up. Good shots land for both fighters. Benavidez lands a good knee. Makovsky responds with a left hand. Good elbow lands for Joe inside. Nice combo for Benavidez. He throws a head kick that just misses. Good body shot from Joe. He’s pressing forward and lands a good kick to the body of Makovsky. Excellent combo scores for Joe but Makovsky uses Joe’s forward pressure to snatch a takedown. Round one comes to a close with Makovsky on Benavidez’s back.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A light heavyweight fight between Alex Nicholson (6-2 MMA) and Misha Cirkunov (11-2 MMA) served as the second bout of the UFC Fight Night 82 main card in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Nicholson starts off by throwing some leg kicks. Cirkunov fires back with a kick of his own followed by an uppercut. Cirkunov with a kick to the body that lands. Nicholson misses with a spinning elbow and Misha takes him to the ground. Cirkunov searches for a submission but can’t lock in the attempt. Nicholson is back to his feet and lands a kick low to Cirkunov’s groin. The ref stops the action so Misha can recover. Cirkunov is trying to get the fight to the ground but Nicholson isn’t having it. Alex tries a spinning back elbow but misses. Cirkunov scores a takdedown and takes the back of Nicholson. Good shots from Misha as round one ends.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

Lightweights Josh Burkman (28-12 MMA) and K.J. Noons (13-9 MMA) went to battle in the featured bout of the UFC Fight Night 82 prelims in Las Vegas. Noons opens with a jab that misses and Burkman replies with a leg kick. Another leg kick lands for Josh. Both men are trying to find their range. Burkman opens up with kicks to the body of Noons. Four in a row to be exact. Good leg kick scores for Burkman. Josh presses forward with punches but K.J. is able to avoid. Noons really needs to open up. The fans are growing restless. Good kick scores for Burkman and another. Big shots from Burkman but Noons is able to duck under and escape. Four minutes in and I don’t think Noons has landed more than one strike. Finally Noons lands a good shot while pressing forward. Big shots from both men to end round one.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis (14-4 MMA) and Damian Grabowski (20-3 MMA) took place on the UFC Fight Night 82 prelims in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Lewis rushes forward with big shots. Grabowski dips under for a takedown and gets it. Lewis quickly reverses the position and ends up on top. Big shot from the top by Lewis. He dives in with another big right. And another. Grabowski is busted open. More big shots from Lewis. He moves to mount presses up and rains down another heavy right hand. And another! It is all over! “The Black Beast” wins via TKO.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/NF1wtAc5Bso Earlier tonight in Las Vegas Diego Rivas scored an incredible flying knee KO in the 2nd round of his ‘UFC FN: Las Vegas’ scrap with Noad Lahat.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A flyweight bout between Ray Borg (9-2 MMA) and Justin Scoggins (11-2 MMA) took place on the UFC Fight Night 82 prelims in Las Vegas. Ray Borg opened round one with an early takedown but Justin Scoggins bounded right back to his feet and pressured Borg against the fence. Good work from the clinch by Scoggins. Borg dips down for a takedown attempt but Scoggins stuffs it and they break. Good shot from Justin and he presses Borg against the fence. Good body kick from Scoggins. He follows up with a front kick and then punches. Head kick partially lands for Scoggins. Borg attempts a wild spinning back fist that misses. Goo jab from Justin and then he throws a switch kick. Borg dives in for a takedown but misses. Good jab and then a leg kick from Scoggins.

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A welterweight fight between Mickey Gall (3-0 MMA) and Mike Jackson (0-2 MMA) served as the second bout of UFC Fight Night 82. Gall lands a big shot early. Jackson hits the deck. Gall comes in with punches and transitions to the back of Jackson. He sinks in the rear-naked choke and it’s all over!

Chris Taylor - February 6, 2016

A featherweight tilt between Alex White (11-2 MMA) and Artem Lobov (11-12-1 MMA) kicked off the UFC Fight Night 82 prelims in Las Vegas. Alex White was able to use some so head movement and crisp strikes to defeat Artem Lobov tonight in Las Vegas.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

February 19th is right around the corner and Kimbo Slice and DADA 5000 are set back up all the talk leading up to this Bellator main-event headliner.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

It’s Super Bowl Sunday and the UFC has Robbie Lawler and Dominick Cruz putting in the media obligations work in Las Vegas.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

In the co-main event of UFC 194 Chris Weidman suffered the first defeat of his professional career at the hands of Luke Rockhold. Rockhold seemed to control the fight from the opening bell, and ultimately scored a 4th round TKO win to claim the UFC middleweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

Last night the ‘2016 World MMA Awards’ took place from The Venetian in Las Vegas.