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Russell Ess - November 17, 2015

Professional gambler Dave Oancea should be calling Holly Holm “lady luck.” After Holm’s knockout win over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 over the weekend, Oancea pocketed a hefty $240,000 after betting $20,000 on the heavy underdog before the historic fight. Oancea says in the caption of his photo that he does indeed owe Holly Holm a night out in Vegas.

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

Anderson Silva spent nearly six years as the king of the middleweight division during his run with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. “The Spider” brought fans around the world to their feet with his knockouts in the octagon, but perhaps none were flashier than his front-kick to the face of Vitor Belfort. Belfort has been patiently waiting to avenge that loss, and he may finally get his opportunity. According to Dana White, the two Brazilian legends’ paths may cross once again.

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

“UFC 193” has come and gone and the official UFC rankings have been updated! Some major changes were made as big names made major drops and a familiar face pops back up in the light heavyweight division. Ronda Rousey’s devastating loss to now-champion Holly Holm may not have caused a major drop for her in the women’s bantamweight division, but she has officially dropped out of the Top 10 in the pound-for-pound rankings. She would have placed tenth had it not been for a returning Jon “Bones” Jones.

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

Ronda Rousey was riding a wave of momentum very few fighters ever get the opportunity to when walking into a championship fight at “UFC 193”. She had torn through every single opponent UFC President Dana White and matchmaker Joe Silva put in front of her and she crossed over into main-stream superstardom because of it. She had every reason to believe that she was going to blast through Holly Holm this past Saturday, but her path to immortality was cut off when she was knocked out in the second round. It was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport and a champion who was viewed as unbeatable laid staring at the ceiling after getting knocked out. Sound familiar?

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

It says a lot when you have a world champion heavyweight boxer in Mike Tyson supporting you when you just lost a world title fight. When you have two of them doing that, what more can you do but pick yourself up from the loss and get back to your winning ways. This is exactly what two-time world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist George Foreman is urging Ronda Rousey to do. After Rousey suffered a painful KO loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, Foreman tweeted this advice to Rousey: “RONDA ROUSEY; You made us look, win, lose or draw, you’re the big story, rest, reset you’ll be back.” Although Rousey announced after her loss that she will be taking some time off of fighting, she says she will be back.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

It looks like Miesha Tate might have a harder time negotiating with the UFC than she initially thought. Tate has gone on record and said she might retire if she continues to get the runaround on a title shot from the UFC. Tate was given the verbal commitment to fight for the women’s bantamweight title if she won against Jessica Eye, which she did back in July. However, she was overlooked when the UFC booked Rousey versus Holm, which led to her talks of being stuck as a gatekeeper and looking at the option of retiring.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

Conor McGregor has had a history of predictions in his scheduled fights coming to fruition. From his claim to taking out Dustin Poirier in the first round in their bout, to Jose Aldo pulling out of the scheduled UFC 189 fight. McGregor seems to have a crystal ball that is working, and he is predicting a first round KO on the champion Jose Aldo at UFC 194. McGregor spoke with BT Sports’s Gareth A Davies on his scheduled UFC 194 bout with Aldo, and his prediction of the fight if the champion shows up.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

Fans and celebrities have gone on to congratulate Holly Holm on her historic victory to take the UFC women’s bantamweight championship from Ronda Rousey. Former world heavyweight championship boxer Mike Tyson, who has kept busy with shows and appearances following his retirement from the ring has been an avid fan of MMA and revealed who he was rooting for at UFC 193. Tyson offered some words of advice for the fallen champion who posted a photo to Twitter of himself and Rousey and captioned it, “@RondaRousey a true champ is not defined by wins. You are glorious even still. @danawhite @ufc #ComeBackQueen”

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

Joanna Jedrzejczyk escaped the octagon with the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship secured around her waist, but it wasn’t without paying a price. Fans expected the champion to waltz through eighth-ranked Valerie Letourneau based on her past performances and the odds, but styles make matchups! Letourneau brought the champion to her limit and while she did not come as close as she wished to winning the title, she turned a lot of heads and may actually move up the rankings despite her loss. Jedrzejczyk landed a whopping 227 strikes throughout her twenty-five minute war with Letourneau and suffered a broken hand in the process. Jedrzejczyk’s manager Tiago Okamura confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani that she had suffered a broken right hand and will need surgery to patch it up.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

Celebrities from all directions were tuned in to the UFC 193 fight between Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm. Pop music star Nick Jonas and MLB World Series champion Shane Victorino expressed their congratulations on Twitter to the new UFC women’s champion Holly Holm after knocking out Ronda Rousey.

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

Mark Hunt walked into the octagon at “UFC 193” with a point to make: He is still fresh enough to make another run at the UFC Heavyweight Championship despite his age. Hunt knew full and well that a loss to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, who isn’t even in the top-ten of the division, could lay any talks of him making another run at the championship to rest. “The Super Samoan” made sure to end the fight quick and laid Silva to rest in less than five minutes. Both heavyweights landed their fair share of significant shots, but it was Hunt who would land more total blows as well as the finishing overhand punch in the third minute of the first round. Silva went down fast and the referee stepped in to wave the fight off before “Bigfoot” could take any unnecessary punishment.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

With all the chaos happening in the world with the attacks in Beirut and Paris, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was able to get some shots in on of his own. It looks like the real estate mogul who has his name in the hat for president caught the Ronda Rousey versus Holly Holm fight and expressed his feelings on Twitter. Glad to see that @RondaRousey lost her championship fight last night. Was soundly beaten – not a nice person!

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey are likely going to square off again in an immediate rematch of their “UFC 193” bout. Holm took the world by surprise when she picked Rousey apart in the opening round before brutally knocking her out with a headkick in the second. Bookies never gave Holm a chance, labeling her as one of the biggest underdogs in UFC title-fight history and they paid for it big time. Gamblers all around the world rejoiced when Holm held her championship up high and bookies aren’t looking to make that mistake again with the rematch.

Russell Ess - November 16, 2015

This past weekends UFC 193 main event fight between Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm sent shockwaves around the world. Holm and Rousey were trending on the Internet after the undefeated Holm delivered a devastating knock out finish of Rousey to take the UFC women’s bantamweight championship belt.

BJPENN.COM News - November 16, 2015

UFC President Dana White was shocked and surprised as anybody when Holly Holm sent Ronda Rousey crashing to the canvas in the second round of their bout at “UFC 193”. Fans and fighters alike showed every emotion possible when Holm held her hands high above her head with the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship secured around her waist. Very few people looked stunned to the point where they were emotionless, but White was surely one of them.

BJPENN.COM News - November 15, 2015

The world of mixed martial arts could not believe their eyes on Saturday evening when they watched Ronda Rousey, one of the most dominant athletes to ever step foot in the octagon, suffer her first loss by way of a brutal knockout. Bookies tried to label Holm as one of the biggest underdogs in a championship match in recent memory and she made them pay for it! Rousey has seen a great deal of success while standing in the octagon and in training, so she chose to try and beat Holm at her own game. While Rousey did try to take the fight to the ground a couple of times for her bread-and-butter armbar, there is no doubt that Rousey did tried to rush a world-class striker while Holm forced the fight to stay standing by keeping her distance. It didn’t take long to see Holm’s striking was on a different level and it took all of two rounds for her to prove her superiority that night. She walked out of the octagon with the gold strapped around her waist and fighters were blowing up their social media accounts.

BJPENN.COM News - November 15, 2015

Ronda Rousey stepped into the octagon on Saturday evening at “UFC 193” with all the momentum in the world behind her, and with good reason. She has decimated every single opponent that stood across from her in the octagon and bookies and critics alike expected her to do the same to challenger Holly Holm. Everybody from Joe Rogan to Dana White were shocked when they watched the series of events unfold during the fight that concluded with Rousey on her back, staring at the lights. She tried to stand up and out-strike a world-class striker in Holm and she had every reason to think she had the ability to do so. She has knocked out several women in the octagon and she was told she looked fantastic all throughout her training camp, which may have been the case. The issue is that Holm was simply better and outclassed the champion in every aspect of the fight.

BJPENN.COM News - November 15, 2015

https://youtu.be/0Rh4OG_icUo With “UFC 193” in the books, we are only weeks away from watching Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo clash at “UFC 194”! Las Vegas, Nevada will host one of the biggest events of the year on December 12th and, once again, UFC spent a great deal of money hyping the card.