UFC NEWS

Chris Taylor - February 4, 2014

A key middleweight bout between Luke Rockhold (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Tim Boetsch (17-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is the latest addition to April’s UFC 172 event in Baltimore. UFC officials announced the fight Tuesday morning.

Chris Taylor - February 4, 2014

Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (16-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) is headed back to the UFC, this after putting together a six-fight winning streak outside the organization.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

Move over ‘Game’, you aren’t the only man looking for a piece of George Zimmerman.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

“Wand is fat. He hasn’t taken his shirt off since we have been here. He thought our fight would be in July, but it got announced for May. He’s stressed and trying to get out of it.” In a recent interview with Fighters Only, Chael P. Sonnen, gave an update on the state of his upcoming bout with Wanderlei Silva.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

Just a couple of days removed from his UFC leave, Pat Barry announced today that he has inked a deal with the Glory kickboxing promotion.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

While in Brazil, BJ Penn conducted several interviews. This is one of them.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

“Maybe. Dana’s a promoter. He wants [Silva] to fight by the end of the year. Anderson wants to fight, too, but there’s a real danger of that thing breaking again. You’ve got to make sure that it’s completely healed up before you check it again. [Opponents] are going to do the exact same thing. Anybody who fights Anderson is going to practice checking kicks like a motherfucker.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

Yesterday we announced the new lightweight booking for UFC on FOX 11 in the form of Cerrone vs. Barboza.

BJPENN.COM News - February 4, 2014

Last year in the UFC 168 co-main event Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate squared off for the UFC bantamweight title. Catch the full fight replay in the player above.

Chris Taylor - February 3, 2014

Former DREAM light heavyweight champion, Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) , is hopeful that a win over the “The Dragon” at next weekends ‘UFC Fight Night 36’ event will result in a middleweight title shot. That’s what the “Dreamcatcher” told Ariel Helwani during his recent appearance on ‘The MMA Hour’:

Chris Taylor - February 3, 2014

The UFC’s  ‘legalization of MMA’ event took place on January 27 in New York and is now reportedly receiving some bad press. According to a report from the ‘New York Post‘ a notorious sex offender named Michael Boxley, who works for the lobbying firm, was in attendance at last Monday’s event.

BJPENN.COM News - February 3, 2014

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is stacking their UFC on FOX 11 event set to go down in Orlando, Florida, this April. The fight card already has Tate vs. Carmouche and Browne vs. Werdum booked, but now, as announced by UFC officials this afternoon, Donald Cerrone and Edson Barboza have agreed to fight in a lightweight contest on the night.

BJPENN.COM News - February 3, 2014

American Top Teams, Raphael Assuncao, has just lost his opponent for this month’s UFC 170 event. Fresh off a win over T.J. Dillashaw, the number 5 ranked bantamweight fighter thinks it’s his turn to fight for the UFC strap.

BJPENN.COM News - February 3, 2014

UFC middleweight Alan Belcher recently competed in a BJJ tournament in Brazil and flopped it big time. After announcing his temporary leave from Mixed Martial Arts, the top middleweight fighter, has set his sights on the world of competitive BJJ.

BJPENN.COM News - February 3, 2014

“Dana’s a very upfront character. I like that about him, I like to know where I’m at. He’s entitled to his opinion, as we all are. Do i think it’s fair? I think it was a very technical performance. It is what it is. I can’t make more of it now. I can understand him, he’s a promoter, he wants to have exciting fights. Ratings matter, fans matter, fans want exciting fights. That is important. I hope he also understands my position. I mean, of course I’m fighting in a loser leaves town match, so of course, for me, and also since the Travis fight, that has been a factor, a lot of things about my cardio. Sometimes, in life, you don’t always get what you want. Of course, I’d rather had punched him out in one minute, but then, I would have gotten, ‘Yeah, but he can’t last three rounds.’ Then maybe I wouldn’t have learned my lesson from the Travis fight.”

Chris Taylor - February 3, 2014

In a recent interview with MMAJunkie, UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis was asked about his thoughts on a potential fight with longtime featherweight title holder Jose Aldo, his reply:

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2014

Urijah Faber lost a controversial championship bout against UFC Bantamweight Renan Barao last Saturday at UFC 169. Faber later on admitted he suffered an injury only eight-days into his training camp.

BJPENN.COM News - February 3, 2014

UFC superstar Ronda Rousey battles fellow Olympic medalist and currently undefeated Sara McMann for the UFC bantamweight belt. Plus, a showdown between light heavyweights Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier. The full UFC 170 fight card is as follows: