MMA News

Tom Taylor - October 6, 2020

Darren Till could corner Mike Perry in his upcoming fight with former UFC welterweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. Over the last few months, Perry has stripped his team down significantly. In fact, in his last fight, a victory over Mickey Gall, only his partner Latory Gonzalez was in his corner.

Tom Taylor - October 6, 2020

Streaking UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards has some advice for Khamzat Chimaev, who has recently made many high-profile callouts. Chimaev is easily the most hyped prospect in MMA at present, having gone 3-0 since July, with wins over John Phillips, Rhys McKee and most recently, Gerald Meerschaert. On the heels of those wins, the welterweight and middleweight super-prospect has called for fights with the likes of Kamaru Usman, Israel Adesanya, Conor McGregor, Jorge Masvidal, Nick Diaz, Demian Maia and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. Edwards, however, believes the Sweden-based Russian is getting a bit ahead of himself.

Tom Taylor - October 6, 2020

Coach Eugene Bareman has responded to the performance-enhancing drug use accusations against his star pupil, UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya. Adesanya last fought at UFC 253 in late September, when he picked up a lopsided TKO win over the formerly unbeaten Paulo Costa. Regrettably, his victory came with a side dish of controversy, as fans noticed he was competing with a swollen right breast, which some viewers speculated could be a side effect of PED use.

Harry Kettle - October 6, 2020

Jon Jones continues to go back and forth with Israel Adesanya on social media, with his latest tactic being to bring up a knockout loss from Adesanya’s past. It seems as if MMA Twitter is 50% fight talk and 50% reactions to the ongoing rivalry between Jones and Adesanya. With “The Last Stylebender” coming off the back of his impressive win over Paulo Costa and Jones not having a fight booked, many believe that they’re destined to square off at some point in the not-so-distant future.

Adam Martin - October 5, 2020

Rogerio Camoes, the strength and conditioning coach for UFC legend Anderson Silva, hopes that he will fight Israel Adesanya in a rematch. Silva and Adesanya fought in the main event of UFC 234, with Adesanya winning a unanimous decision in a three-round bout that won “Fight of the Night.” The win over Silva earned Adesanya an interim middleweight title fight against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236, while Silva went onto fight Jared Cannonier at UFC 237, losing via TKO due to leg injury.

Andrew Whitelaw - October 5, 2020

With UFC alumni competing in BKFC, BKB, Valor and World Lethwei Championship, bareknuckle fight sports are clearly on the rise. In a recent interview with SCMP MMA, Amanda Ribas said she might be open to taking the gloves off at some point in her career to prove a point to her Father, who is also a lifelong Martial Artist.

Cole Shelton - October 5, 2020

Dana White doesn’t believe former UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar will return to the UFC. Recently, it was announced that Lesnar is a free agent from WWE. Immediately many wondered if he would return to the UFC. He was linked to a fight with Jon Jones or perhaps signing with Bellator to take on Fedor Emelianenko. Yet, for the UFC boss, he doesn’t see Lesnar returning for any fight.

Cole Shelton - October 5, 2020

Darren Till is hoping to be the lucky fan to be in Mike Perry’s corner at UFC 255. On Sunday, Perry took to social media to say whoever pays him the most amount of money can be in his corner with his girlfriend at UFC 255 when he fights Robbie Lawler.

Cole Shelton - October 5, 2020

Kamaru Usman will no longer be defending his welterweight title on December 12 at UFC 256. Usman was supposed to take on Gilbert Burns in a fight that was supposed to happen in July but the Brazilian tested positive for COVID-19. It was a fight many fans were looking forward to due to they were former teammates.

Cole Shelton - October 5, 2020

Alexander Hernandez is looking to return to the win column in Las Vegas on Halloween. Multiple sources have told BJPENN.com that Hernandez will take on Chris Gruetzemacher on October 31.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman says his star pupil, Israel Adesanya, could move up to the light heavyweight division for his next fight. Adesanya is the current UFC middleweight champion, and defended his strap with a second-round TKO win over the formerly unbeaten Paulo Costa late last month. Since that win over Costa, he’s made no secret of the fact that he’d like to fight Jared Cannonier next—provided Cannonier gets by Robert Whittaker at UFC 254.

Adam Martin - October 5, 2020

UFC president Dana White confirmed that the winner of The Korean Zombie vs. Brian Ortega will get a featherweight title shot. Bitter rivals ever since an incident at UFC 248 that saw Ortega slap the Korean Zombie’s friend Jay Park, The Korean Zombie and Ortega will finally get locked in the same cage on October 17 on Fight Island to settle their differences. They meet for five rounds or less to determine who will get a title shot against UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

Dustin Poirier says his much discussed exhibition fight with fellow UFC lightweight contender Conor McGregor is “very real.” Last week, McGregor invited Poirier to Dublin to compete in an exhibition fight for charity. Poirier promptly accepted this invitation, at which point McGregor released an official poster for the event.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

Irene Aldana has issued a statement after she came up short opposite former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm over the weekend. Aldana took on Holm in the main event of UFC Fight Island 4 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi last Saturday. The bout represented the biggest test of her MMA career thus far, but unfortunately, it proved a bit too much, too soon, as she was soundly outfought by the former champion across five rounds.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

Surging UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards isn’t particularly interested in a fight with Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. Edwards, who fights out of Birmingham, UK, is currently on an eight-fight unbeaten run in the UFC welterweight division, including wins over top-flight foes like Gunnar Nelson, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Rafael dos Anjos. Despite this amazing success, he’s struggled immensely to find a viable foe for his next fight.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

Court McGee sustained a broken nose in the middle of his fight with Carlos Condit, but he didn’t need a doctor to help him fix it. McGee met Condit met on the undercard of last Saturday’s UFC Fight Island 4 card. Mid-way through the fight, Condit landed a blow that badly broke his foe’s nose. Rather than waiting for a doctor to fix this injury, McGee took it upon himself to straighten the break between rounds.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

UFC President Dana White says a fight between lightweight stars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson is still possible. For many years, a fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson stood out as one of the biggest the UFC could make—and the promotion certainly tried. White and his matchmaking team attempted a whopping five times to make this matchup happen, but every time, it failed to come to fruition.

Tom Taylor - October 5, 2020

After slugging it out at UFC Fight Island 4 on Saturday, Carlos Condit and Court McGee linked up to have a meal together post-fight. Condit and McGee met on the undercard of UFC Fight Island 4, which went down on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The pair fought for the allotted 15 minutes, with Condit ultimately earning a unanimous decision victory.