MMA News

Russell Ess - October 22, 2015

Check out this interview with UFC featherweight Rob Whiteford and his own opinion on Joseph Duffy not being able to compete after suffering an injury just days before his scheduled fight. Duffy was set to battle Dustin Poirier at UFC Fight Night in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.

Russell Ess - October 22, 2015

https://youtu.be/TFl8Qh1tU_U After Ben Rothwell’s fight at UFC Fight Night 76 with Stipe Miocic was canceled due to Miocic suffering an injury, “Big Ben” was campaigning hard for a fight with former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski.

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015

Although MMA is regulated throughout the majority of the United States, in 13 states it isn’t. Michigan is one of those states, however a new bill that would regulate MMA has been approved and could make it to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. MMA.tv broke the story, which stated that the bill calls for several things: “Increased promoter and event licensing fees for boxing and MMA events.” “At least one inspector to be on site during events” “Contestants have to compete in appropriate weight classes”

Russell Ess - October 22, 2015

Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed to take place a week earlier, on Dec. 4, according to MMA Junkie. Fighters already scheduled on the card include lightweights in former Strikeforce champion/UFC vet Josh Thomson (21-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Pablo Villaseca (10-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) as well as featherweights Daniel Weichel (35-9 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-4-1 MMA, 2-2 BMMA).

Russell Ess - October 22, 2015

Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit was the first choice for the main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne in November. However, Lawler sustained an injury that forced the fight to be rescheduled to UFC 195 in Las Vegas. In the video from MMA Weekly, see what Lawler reveals as the reason for the postponement and how a 15-year-old injury flared up to haunt him!

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015

Last night on ‘TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber’ UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw was the subject of trash talk.

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015

#OnThisDay in 2004: @matthughes9x showed his metal against GSP at UFC 50. Watch: https://t.co/TnNr3OavQN https://t.co/caLYkG0kaB — #UFCDublin (@UFCEurope) October 22, 2015

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015

A video posted by Josuel Silva (@jdistak) on Oct 19, 2015 at 5:02pm PDT

bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015

[ooyala code=”hzYndieDrKn-QRgs1ZFwSrfgIxdjX7fX” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”640″ height=”360″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Earlier today news broke that Joseph Duffy had been forced out of his ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ main event bout against Dustin Poirier after sustaining a concussion in training earlier this week.

bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015

After 19 years of boxing professionally Floyd Mayweather has earned some serious hardware. Throughout the course of his historic boxing career Mayweather compiled a 49-0 record and won numerous championships, most notably the WBC championship in 5 different weight classes. ‘Money’ posted the following photo on Twitter showcasing his extensive collection of championship belts.

Russell Ess - October 21, 2015

https://instagram.com/p/9E2DSAiPD1/ UFC strawweight Angela Magana has some major assets, and we’re not talking about her car she is in getting her twerk on in!

Russell Ess - October 21, 2015

Thankfully Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and crew are back with their entertaining BMF Ranch blogs.

bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015

This past Saturday former UFC welterweight title contender Jon Fitch squared off against Yushin Okami under the World Series of Fighting banner on NBC Sports. The fight went the distance, with Fitch ultimately being awarded the unanimous decision win, and another crack at the vacant WSOF welterweight championship.

Russell Ess - October 20, 2015

Ronda Rousey, the UFC bantamweight champion is training for the biggest fight of her life.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

Sparring with The Russian Hammer! A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Oct 20, 2015 at 7:35pm PDT

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

While many have their doubts that a fight between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg will ever take place, the odds of a potential fight have increased with Cyborg’s upcoming debut at 140 pounds. Cyborg is expected to fight at a catchweight of 140 pounds in her upcoming Invicta FC fight, however a date and opponent have yet to be announced.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

Glory WS heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven tried his hand at MMA recently and delivered a surprisingly impressive performance!

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

https://youtu.be/W81APUPoZAo Fedor Emelianenko will return to a combat sambo world tournament, which takes place November 25th in Monaco. Emelianenko, a four-time world combat sambo champion looks to get back to competition before making a return to MMA on December 31st.