UFC NEWS

Russell Ess - November 12, 2015

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. shared his view with FightHype.com on the recent news that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would grace the cover of The Ring magazine in the January 2016 issue. “Well, you know, congratulations, but you know the sport is starting to look bad when a female fighter from a whole other sport is on the cover of a boxing book,” Mayweather said.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta isn’t taking any chances when it comes to having UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo withdraw from UFC 194 with another rib injury. The UFC boss bought Jose Aldo 2 shirts with rib padding according to Aldo’s wife, who gave the scoop to Combate.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

Remember the guy that made national headlines after winning $2.5 million for betting that the Kansas City Royals would win the World Series? He’s turning his attention to MMA now for the UFC 193 main-event. “Vegas” Dave Oancea revealed to MMAJunkie that he will be putting $10,000 on Holly Holm against Ronda Rousey “just for fun.”

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

Earlier this week it was revealed that MMA legend Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic had retired from MMA competition ahead of his ‘UFC FN: Seoul’ bout against Anthony Hamilton later this month. While Cro Cop blamed a lingering shoulder injury for his retirement, the UFC announced that he had also potentially violated the USADA rules.

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

The current UFC women’s bantamweight champion is looking to get out of the spotlight after UFC 193, which takes place this Saturday, Nov. 14. In a piece from Rolling Stone, the champion who has fought three times in less than nine months says she wants to get away for a while.

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

https://youtu.be/HwSisbpWMvU Check out this funny parody for UFC 194 where featherweight champion Jose Aldo takes on interim champion Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

[ooyala code=”lucWFieDoLGOJizsOq8Rg7OVgeoUQKTz” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] While UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is still improving, many are already predicting that there will never be a female fighter as dominant as Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

What better way to unwind the day after fighting on one of the UFC’s biggest Pay-Per View events ever than to climb into a cage and be submerged underwater surrounded by sharks? That’s what UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve plans to do after his UFC 193 fight against Jared Rosholt on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Australia.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

This Saturday in Melbourne Australia, Joanna Jedrzejczyk will look to defend her UFC women’s strawweight championship against Valerie Letourneau at the Etihad Stadium in to co-main event of UFC 193. Ahead of the fight we decided to do a breakdown of the co-main event bout and look at what both women will have to do to emerge from the fight victorious.

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

https://instagram.com/p/98MlTDJXWd/ Wow.

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

UFC Fight Night 77 in Brazil proved to be an exciting night for fight fans. In the main event, MMA pioneers Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson met for the third time. The night proved to be in favor of the Brazilian “Phenom,” winning at 2:07 mark of the first round after a head kick stunned Henderson, only to be followed up by a barrage of punches on the ground. Some interesting facts put out by MMA Junkie in conjunction with FightMetric about Belfort and Henderson’s prized careers:

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

https://instagram.com/p/98vDzGrzsW/ Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson have been training hard for their fights coming in December at UFC 194.

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

https://instagram.com/p/96r_JYytR9/?taken-by=mikebisping UFC middleweight Michael “The Count” Bisping is still recovering from surgery that he had done last month to repair his elbow. That doesn’t mean that The Count has been out of the gym.

Russell Ess - November 11, 2015

UFC heavyweight Jared Rosholt faces the seven foot tall Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve at UFC 193 this weekend in Melbourne, Australia. Rosholt looks at the opportunity to take out Struve, who has made a name for himself in the UFC. Talking with MMA Junkie, Rosholt who is 6-foot-2, says that once he gets inside of Stuve’s reach, he will find his success. “I think there’s a very fine line to where he dictates (range), and that’s right at the end of his length,” said. “Inside of that fine line, I believe it will be all me.”

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

Joanna Jedrzejczyk has only been competing in MMA professionally for three and a half years, but in that time she has compiled an undefeated 10-0 record, and captured the UFC women’s strawweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

Forum users always go above and beyond when they find an opportunity to do photoshop work of their favorite fighters, and the result is almost always hysterical. Get your weekly ‘forum fix’ with these hilarious photoshops.

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

Longtime UFC Octagon girl Arianny Celeste celebrates her birthday on November 12th, and is spending the time leading up to her birthday in Bali with fellow UFC Octagon girl Brittney Palmer and model Dominique Le Toullec. Check out some photos of the trio enjoying Bali below!

bjpenndotcom - November 11, 2015

While many fight fans assume that male fighters are more dangerous because of their size and muscular physique, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey believes it is quite the opposite. Ahead of her UFC 193 main event fight against Holly Holm on Saturday in Melbourne Australia, Rousey spoke to The LA Times to discuss why female fighters are more dangerous than male fighters.