UFC NEWS

Russell Ess - November 13, 2015

The UFC announced the main PPV card and preliminary cards airing on Fox Sports 1 and on UFC Fight Pass. UFC 194 is headline by featherweight champion Jose Aldo versus interim champion Conor McGregor, while middleweight champion Chris Weidman takes on Luke Rockhold in the co-main event.

bjpenndotcom - November 13, 2015

Ahead of UFC 193 on Saturday, catch the 4th episode of UFC 193 Embedded right here on BJPenn.com!

bjpenndotcom - November 13, 2015

Abel Trujillo is fresh off his ‘UFC Fight Night: Sao Paulo’ loss to Gleison Tibau after referee Keith Peterson stopped the fight because he believed that Trujillo had been choked out, however Trujillo was most certainly conscious. According to MMAFighting, Trujillo’s camp requested paperwork from the Brazilian Commission (CABMMA) to appeal the loss. Ultimately, the appeal will come down to whether or not referee Keith Peterson believes the right call was made.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

https://youtu.be/1CTS28DS4hA Ahead of UFC 193 on Saturday night, Daniel Cormier and Kenny Florian predicted the UFC 193 main event bout between Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

Dan Henderson is fresh off a TKO loss to Vitor Belfort this past Saturday at ‘UFC Fight Night: Sao Paulo’ and while the loss was a controversial one, at 45 years old many believe it is time for Hendo to retire. Kenny Florian and Daniel Cormier discussed the situation on UFC Tonight.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

[ooyala code=”Zob2FieDpyIglUGmvlOscnccbY1X83Ej” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Travis Browne is currently spending his time training at Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale California under the tutelage of Edmond Tarverdyan, who also trains UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

Last week Mirko Cro Cop revealed that he would be retiring from MMA as a result of a shoulder injury sustained in training. Cro Cop penned a lengthy statement on his official website, where he explained that he had been training with an injury throughout his entire training camp for his UFC Fight Night: Seoul fight against Anthony Hamilton.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

Get ready for UFC 193 with the all new episode of the UFC 193 Embedded vlog!

Russell Ess - November 12, 2015

Recent news of Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone’s missed USADA drug test has kicked up a lot of dust. One of the matters brought up is the recent IV ban by USADA, which Cerrone claims he is exempt from due to an anomaly in Cerrone’s body that is hard to digest. The UFC lightweight title contender is missing about 50 feet of his intestines and half of his stomach due to an old ATV accident. “I was racing some motocross and I wrecked real bad and just kind of spilled my guts out,” Cerrone said to Sherdog. “They had to take a bunch of my intestines and part of my stomach.”

Russell Ess - November 12, 2015

https://youtu.be/VtGfiaV4nC8 SimpleSexyStupid interviews some female college students at California State Universtity, Fullerton to get their views of the UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.

Russell Ess - November 12, 2015

https://youtu.be/TAIpTkyLT6I Take a look into the breakdown of Conor McGregor by Jack Slack for Fightland.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

On this day 22 years ago, the UFC held their first event in Denver Colorado where Royce Gracie used his family’s Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to win an 8 man tournament.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

https://youtu.be/BQgvr_imvXo Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone is without a doubt a fan-favorite fighter. What many people don’t know about Cerrone is that he is missing approximately 50 feet of his intestines and only has half a stomach.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

https://youtu.be/V_gw6t83UQ0 While he is fresh off a brutal TKO loss to Uriah Hall earlier this fall, Gegard Mousasi is still setting his sights at the top of the UFC’s middleweight division.

Russell Ess - November 12, 2015

Artem Lobov, member of Team McGregor on TUF 22 still simply does not like Team Alpha Male. Lobov was a highlight of this week’s episode, knocking out Team Faber’s James Jenkins after being given a second chance by Dana White. Before his fight with Jenkins, Lobov offered a challenge to Team Faber assistant coach and UFC featherweight Andre Fili and gave his reasoning on the TUF Talk podcast (transcribed by Fox Sports):

Russell Ess - November 12, 2015

UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt is still disappointed in himself after a bad loss that came from the hands of Stipe Miocic back in May. According to a report from MMA Junkie, Hunt said he had to cut 22 pounds for that bout to reach the 266-pound heavyweight limit, which was the reason he gassed early on in the fight. “The Miocic fight doesn’t sit well with me – it still doesn’t,” Hunt said at an open workout on Thursday ahead of his UFC 193 rematch with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. “That’s why I’m here ready,” Hunt added.

bjpenndotcom - November 12, 2015

“We saw plenty of #UFCInk in Melbourne today!” A photo posted by ufc (@ufc) on Nov 11, 2015 at 10:54pm PST