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Julian Erosa expects to submit Darren Elkins with his patented guillotine at UFC 314: "A tailor-made opponent for me"
Cole Shelton - April 11, 2025
Julian Erosa is excited to fight a legend like Darren Elkins at UFC 314. Erosa is coming off a guillotine submission win over Christian Rodriguez to extend his win streak to two, with both wins coming by guillotine. After the fight, he wasn’t sure what would be next for him. Although this is a much longer layoff than expected, Erosa was thrilled to get the offer to fight Elkins on a stacked pay-per-view.
Mauricio Ruffy teases that there's a lot more to come in his UFC career
Harry Kettle - April 11, 2025
UFC star Mauricio Ruffy has teased that there’s a lot more to come from him throughout the remainder of his time in the sport. Thus far, Mauricio Ruffy has impressed a lot of people since arriving in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He’s exciting, he’s fresh, and he seems to be ready for any challenge that comes his way. Plus, at the age of just 28, he still has a lot of time left to grow and develop into an elite fighter.
Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett respond to Conor McGregor’s interest in their fight
Harry Kettle - April 11, 2025
Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett don’t appear to be overly bothered by Conor McGregor’s interest in their fight tomorrow night. As we know, Conor McGregor is a true enigma within the landscape of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He pretty much says and does what he wants, but for the last four years, he hasn’t actually competed. Given his current political interests, many have wondered whether or not he’ll ever step foot in the cage again.
Paddy Pimblett will knock out Michael Chandler, says UFC champion
Harry Kettle - April 10, 2025
UFC champion Tom Aspinall believes that his fellow Englishman Paddy Pimblett will be able to knock out Michael Chandler this weekend. Tomorrow night, Paddy Pimblett faces the biggest test of his mixed martial arts career. He will go head to head with Michael Chandler in what has the potential to be a really intriguing contest. The winner, in fact, could well vault themselves into a really good position when it comes to the conversation about earning a title shot.
WATCH | Diego Lopes and Yair Rodriguez get into heated altercation at UFC 314 press conference: "Stop with the threats"
Cole Shelton - April 10, 2025
Diego Lopes and Yair Rodriguez got into it at the UFC 314 press conference. Lopes is set to headline the card for the featherweight title against Alexander Volkanovski. Rodriguez, meanwhile, is set to take on Patricio Pitbull on the main card. Although the two aren’t fighting one another, they have taken shots at each other in the past and it finally blew up on Thursday at the press conference.
UFC 314 | Pro fighters make their picks for Yair Rodriguez vs Patricio Pitbull
Cole Shelton - April 10, 2025
On the main card of UFC 314, an intriguing featherweight bout goes down as Yair Rodriguez takes on Patricio Pitbull. Heading into the fight, Rodriguez is a -205 favorite, while the former Bellator champ-champ is a +158 underdog on FanDuel. Ahead of the scrap, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro-fighters to get their predictions for the featherweight bout. The pros believe this will be a close fight, but the slight majority believe it will be Rodriguez edging out a decision.
Conor McGregor says he's "interested" in Paddy Pimblett vs Michael Chandler at UFC 314 as he teases a comeback
Cole Shelton - April 10, 2025
Conor McGregor will be paying close attention to the UFC 314 co-main event. McGregor has hinted at a potential comeback for years, but it has yet to come to fruition. Now, as Michael Chandler is set to take on Paddy Pimblett in the co-main event of UFC 314, McGregor says he’s interested in the fight as he could fight the winner in his comeback fight.
Max Holloway makes prediction for UFC 314 main event: 'Only two ways' it can go
BJ Penn Staff - April 10, 2025
Max Holloway has made his prediction for the UFC 314 main event. UFC 314 goes down this Saturday in Miami, Florida. The card will be headlined by a featherweight title fight, with former champion Alexander Volkanovski taking on surging contender Diego Lopes. The division’s belt is currently vacant, as Ilia Topuria dropped the title with plans to move up to lightweight.
MMA legend Jim Miller made a special request for his final UFC fights
BJ Penn Staff - April 10, 2025
Jim Miller will return to action against Chase Hooper at UFC 314 this Saturday in Miami. While the two lightweights will meet in one of the first bouts of the night, the stands inside the host Kaseya Center should be full of fans by they time they enter the cage. Hearing the fans cheering will be music to Miller’s ears.
Rising UFC contender wants Conor McGregor to help him ‘put an end to Islam Makhachev’
BJ Penn Staff - April 10, 2025
UFC lightweight prospect Mauricio Ruffy has his eyes on Islam Makhachev and the lightweight title. He is still not quite in title contention yet, but when he gets there, he plans to ask Conor McGregor for help beating the Russian. Specifically, he hopes the Irish MMA star will serve as one of his cornermen in the potential title fight.
Israel Adesanya shares shocking prediction for UFC 314 main card fight
Fernando Quiles Jr. - April 10, 2025
Israel Adesanya has made a prediction for one marquee fight on the UFC 314 card, and it’ll be surprising to many fight fans. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday night. Kaseya Center in Miami will play host to the UFC’s fourth pay-per-view of 2025. Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes will trade leather for the vacant UFC Featherweight Championship. There will also be a lightweight clash between Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire makes his UFC debut against Yair Rodriguez in a pivotal featherweight bout.
Jon Jones' UFC rival reignites beef amid heated argument over their first fight
Fernando Quiles Jr. - April 10, 2025
Jon Jones’ beef with a former rival is alive and well. Jones has fought a slew of fellow legends inside the Octagon throughout the years. “Bones” has beaten the likes of Stipe Miocic, Daniel Cormier, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and Rashad Evans to name a few. While Jones has been mostly dominant throughout his Hall of Fame worthy career, he did have close encounters with some surprising names.