UFC News

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Earlier today in Las Vegas the UFC hosted the first UFC 197 press conference ahead of the highly anticipated March 5th event. On hand for the event was UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate.

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.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

Matt Mitrione’s eye looks to be healing and looking much better than it did immediately after the fight with Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston on Sunday. Mitrione posted a photo update after the fight and another at the doctor getting his swollen eye drained. Mitrione found out through doctors that he suffered a broken orbital floor in his controversial fight with Browne where Mitrione suffered two accidental eye pokes, which he feels hindered his abilities to fight to the best of his potential.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

UFC welterweight Matt Brown has earned a reputation for being one of the toughest fighters on the UFC roster. During his stint on The Ultimate Fighter season 7 Forrest Griffin even went as far as to state “If Chuck Norris was a human being and not an evil alien robot he would be Matt Brown.”

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/XEUsAoTg3Fk?list=PLYcz9c2MN1um-V_UcJFGr04AFqlZB8RIy Attempting to intimidate someone verbally in any scenario is one thing, to do it in the largest stage with all eyes on you before you step inside a cage to fight someone is a completely different level.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Early Wednesday morning it was announced that Mike Tyson was the mystery character for EA Sports UFC 2. EA Sports broke the news on Instagram, which included a photo of ‘Iron’ Mike in the game.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

WOW! As if the hype surrounding EA Sports UFC 2 wasn’t enough before, now EA Sports has revealed that the mystery character in the game is none other than boxing legend ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

The UFC tentatively has reserved the Madison Square Garden on April 23rd for a highly anticipated Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier rematch at UFC 198 without knowing for certain whether or not New York will allow the UFC to host an event there. On January 19th the UFC requested a ruling from Judge Kimba Wood in regards to their Primary Injunction filed back in September.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Since Dominick Cruz reclaimed his UFC bantamweight championship on Sunday night in Boston there has been much speculation as to who he would defend his title against first. While many felt that the fight with Dillashaw was close enough to warrant an immediate rematch, Urijah Faber played the role of the opportunist and called out Cruz within moments of ‘The Dominator’ reclaiming his belt.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/3AQ7dlmZIFU Today the UFC will hold its UFC 197 press conference ahead of the highly anticipated March 5th event.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/I7nIjdyDbTk On Friday tickets will go on sale for what is sure to be a historic UFC event. At UFC 197 on March 5th Conor McGregor will go up to lightweight to challenge Rafael Dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Former UFC fighter Cung Le went back to his bread and butter doing action films and he’s just as action packed as always.   In 2008 Le one the Strikeforce middleweight title and entered the UFC in 2011.   His first task was Wanderlei Silva at UFC 139, the scrap ended  in a TKO loss for Le.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

BJ Penn has buzzing in the media after announcing he will be coming out of retirement for a run at the UFC featherweight title. Penn, a UFC Hall of Fame legend has taken a step out of the comfort of his hometown in Hilo, Hawaii and finds himself in one of the most established MMA training camps in the world at JacksonWink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Penn spoke with KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello on his plans for fighting again in the UFC.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

Many people who watched the UFC bantamweight title fight between Dominick Cruz and T.J. Dillashaw on Sunday can agree that the fight was extremely close. Cruz ended up winning a split decision to reclaim the belt from Dillashaw in a competitive five-round fight Dillashaw poured his feelings out in an Instagram post talking about the fight and calls Joe Rogan out for what he feels was bias commentating in favor of Cruz. Although judges do not hear what the UFC color commentators are saying during the fight, Dillashaw simply seemed bothered by Rogan’s commentating.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

It’s not too long until the March 5th date for  UFC 197 to take place.  Robin Black and John Ramdeen break down the main and the co-main event in Las Vegas NV.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

The UFC announced Tuesday afternoon that Jacare Souza vs. Vitor Belfort would headline a May 14th card in Brazil. The bout is a pivotal one for both fighters. Jacare is coming off a split decision loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 194 that saw Romero become the #1 contender at middleweight, however due to a failed drug test this bout between Jacare and Belfort will likely determine the #1 contender spot at middleweight.