UFC News

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

https://youtu.be/nZ8tbiTxVe4 After his ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ win over TJ Dillashaw this past Sunday, where Dominick Cruz reclaimed his UFC bantamweight championship, he found himself being called out by none other than his nemesis Urijah Faber.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

Chris Weidman was hoping for an immediate rematch against Luke Rockhold, however Jacare Souza was hoping to get a fight against the former champ. With news of Yoel Romero failing a USADA drug test, his #1 contender status was revoked. Now, given that, Chris Weidman is fully expecting an immediate rematch against champion Luke Rockhold. MMAMania has the transcription from Ariel Helwani speaking on UFC Tonight:

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

Miesha “Cupcake” Tate showed up in style at the UFC 197 Press Conference on Wednesday. Before her face off with the UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, Tate and Holm answered questions from the media. Tate who was thinking about retirement after getting snubbed of a title shot is now content with facing a brand new challenge for the title against a great champion Holly Holm. Fans of “Cupcake” that tuned into the Press Conference were likely hoping to see more of Tate and Holm but a lot of the attention from the media was on UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. When Tate and Holm stood up and went face to face, fans were gawking over the outfit Tate was wearing for the event.

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

On Wednesday, the championship fighters competing at UFC 197 appeared for a press conference to talk about their upcoming bouts on March 5. In attendance were UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, her opponent Miesha Tate and lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos along with the featherweight champion challenging for the lightweight title, Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

While Conor McGregor is an extremely polarizing figure in the world of MMA, there’s no doubt that when McGregor speaks about his motivation to be the best in the world, he is inspiring. One of McGregor’s recent quotes even has NBA superstar LeBron James motivated this season!

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Wednesday afternoon UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, featherweight champion Conor McGregor, women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate all joined UFC President Dana White for the UFC 197 Press Conference. In addition, the fighters came face to face for staredowns for the first time.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Shortly after it was announced that Conor McGregor would be moving up to lightweight to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight strap at UFC 197 on March 5th, it was revealed that McGregor could even go up to welterweight to challenge Robbie Lawler for his welterweight championship. At the UFC 197 press conference Wednesday afternoon McGregor once again brought up the possibility of fighting at welterweight, further adding to the hype surrounding ‘Notorious’ fighting in a 3rd weight class.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

One of the most historic fights in UFC history is coming upon us as Conor McGregor will look to become the first fighter to simultaneously hold two championship titles in two different weight classes. McGregor has a tough task ahead of him in the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. Dos Anjos spoke with MMA Fighting recently about his outspoken opponent and the former featherweight king Jose Aldo.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

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Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

“Kenny Florian, stop copying and pasting man.” Those were the words from Dominick Cruz in his post-fight interview in the Octagon after taking the UFC bantamweight belt from T.J. Dillashaw. The verbal jab from Cruz was regarding Kenny Florian’s recent case of plagiarism on a fight breakdown he did on the FOX Sports website, which got him suspended from the media company.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

There is a fine line between confidence and cockiness and this fighter found out real quick that your skills better match your cockiness.