MMA News

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will make her first title defense at this weekend’s UFC 196 event in Las Vegas when she squares off with former Strikeforce title holder Miesha Tate in the evening’s co-main event slot. Many people thought that the ‘Holm vs. Tate’ bout would be promoted to ‘main event’ status after Rafael dos Anjos was forced to pull out of his scheduled title fight with Conor McGregor.

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

Jose Aldo (25-2 MMA) has been relatively quiet since suffering a 13-second knockout loss to Conor McGregor in the headlining bout of December’s UFC 194 event in Las Vegas. The former UFC featherweight champion joined Ariel Helwani on yesterday’s edition of The MMA Hour where he discussed his life since the shocking defeat:

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is coming off a tough split-decision loss to former Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez, which took place at January’s ‘UFC Fight Night 81’ event in Boston. The loss served as “Showtime’s” second setback in as many fights, which marks the first time in his career that he has suffered back-to-back defeats.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Catch up with the fighters being featured on the UFC 196 card and get a glimpse of their lives outside of the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

According to a source close to the situation MMA Pioneer Mikey Burnett and his son Freddie were shot in a busy parking lot near 31st and Garnett in Tulsa, OK. Police say it was a botched robbery. Freddie was shot once in the leg and Mikey was shot three times in the abdomen.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

A flying Knee at 4:59 of the 3rd round.  Anderson Silva thought he had a come from behind walk off KO over Michael Bisping. Not according to Herb Dean.  Heres why.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

At the end of the 3rd round, actually the final second of the 3rd round, Anderson Silva jumped off the canvas and hit Michael Bisping in the face with a flying knee.  Down goes Bisping, Silva jumps up on the cage to celebrate his 3rd round  KO.  Unfortunately referee Herb Dean did not call an end to the fight and Silva had to be taken off the top of the cage and convinced the fight was still on. Bisping makes it thru the next 2 rounds and, as most of you know now, wins an unanimous-decision victory.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz has stepped up on short notice to fight UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor on March 5th at UFC 196. Diaz was selected by the UFC after lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of the fight with McGregor with an injury. Interestingly, former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis spoke on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani about his fight with Diaz that fell through.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

[ooyala code=”Bld2tkMTE68Eoa558oHlL26rmpwrwt5_” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Last week when it was announced that UFC lightweight Rafael dos Anjos had broken his foot and had to pull out of his fight with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, the MMA world went crazy.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

Former UFC veteran and current analyst Dan Hardy recently spoke with MMA Crazy TV on Conor McGregor and his future in the UFC. One thing that has many fans excited with just the thought of is a match between McGregor and UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

It seemed like UFC 196 was lacking some magic with one of the most historic fights about to take place with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor looking to make history and become the first simultaneous two-weight UFC champion by taking on lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. When news broke that dos Anjos pulled out of the fight with McGregor less than two weeks from their scheduled fight date of March 5th, it seemed like the excitement for UFC 196 really started to snowball. The various fighters that were in the hat to fight McGregor on short notice had both fans and fighters excitedly awaiting who would be announced as the official replacement.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

It was one of the most gruesome injuries we have seen in the UFC when former middleweight champion Anderson Silva broke his leg kicking fellow former middleweight champion Chris Weidman in their rematch at UFC 168 back in 2013. Silva’s coach Luiz Dorea revealed to MMA Fighting that he had suffered an injury in his controversial fight with Michael Bisping, which Silva thought he had broken his leg once again.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been buzzing with his recent fight change with his original opponent Rafael dos Anjos pulling out. McGregor’s new opponent Nate Diaz seems to have fans more excited about the UFC 196 match taking place on March 5th. With the excitement surrounding the fight with his new opponent in Diaz, McGregor is surely seeing the dollar signs falling from the sky for UFC 196. McGregor recently posted a photo with his “angel” and it will be likely we will see “The Notorious” add more luxury automobiles to his collection.

Russell Ess - February 29, 2016

What do you think the PPV numbers would be like if UFC President Dana White stepped in the ring against WWE CEO Vince McMahon? Apparently McMahon saw the match pulling a big draw, but apparently Dana White was not interested in the idea.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

Sounds only fair since Anderson Silva went to London to fight Michael Bisping. Silva’s team would love the rematch to be in Brazil, Silva’s home turf. It was a unanimous decision loss for Silva at the O2 Arena in London. That is Silva’s first decision loss since 2000.

Chris Taylor - February 29, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will square off with former UFC lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz this weekend in a welterweight bout which headlines UFC 196. As you can see in the video below, McGregor has been putting in some hard work in order to “Get the money” at this weekend’s pay-per-view event.

Chris Taylor - February 29, 2016

Michael Bisping scored the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career this past weekend in London, when he defeated former UFC champion Anderson Silva via unanimous decision. Shortly after “The Count’s” upset victory, former UFC title challenger Nick Diaz took to social media to post a meme insinuating that Bisping should have actually lost the fight.