UFC NEWS

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

‘The Karate Hottie’ is 1-0 in her UFC career, and is looking to build momentum as she fights Tecia Torres at UFC 194 on December 12th. Waterson, who has compiled a 13-4 record in her professional MMA career, didn’t appear on TUF 20 alongside many of her fellow strawweights.

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

The subject of brain trauma in combat sports has been picking up steam over the last several years. A 10 year study was conducted at the University OF Alberta Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic and then subsequently published in the Clinical Journal Of Sports Medicine, revealing that while more injuries occur in MMA fights, they tend to be superficial rather than deep trauma.

Russell Ess - November 6, 2015

Check out this comical video edited with some heavy lightsaber training. Some humorous fans took UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s video he posted to his Instagram account recently and created a Star Wars version.

Russell Ess - November 6, 2015

Former UFC middleweight Alan Belcher announced his retirement from MMA on Friday via Periscope (transcribed by MMA Fighting): “I’m done fighting. I’m finished. I’ll never, ever fight again. This is my official retirement,” Belcher said in his live feed.

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

https://youtu.be/GRSsKnAuObo Get ready for an all new episode of TUF 22 on Wednesday with this trailer for an episode that promises to be “the most explosive” of the season.

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

Paige VanZant has been on a tear since entering the UFC. The 21 year old has gone 3-0 inside the Octagon to build an impressive 6-1 professional MMA record. While ’12 Gauge’ may be gearing up for the biggest test of her career next month when she fights Rose Namajunas on December 10th, in her mind she’s already ready to fight the champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

Ahead of their third meeting at ‘UFC Fight Night: Sao Paulo’ this Saturday, Dan Henderson reflected on his second bout with Vitor Belfort, where ‘The Phenom’ KO’d Henderson for the first time in his career. By now everyone knows that Vitor Belfort was a part of the now-defunct TRT program, and had several questionable incidents while in the program, including his pre-UFC 152 drug test which was discovered recently to be questionable.

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

https://youtu.be/5a6GghIcsh8 Ahead of Ronda Rousey’s UFC 193 fight against Holly Holm November 14th in Melbourne Australia at the Etihad Stadium, re-watch Rousey’s quick win over Cat Zingano above!

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

It was without a doubt a special moment to watch United States Special Forces member Tim Kennedy score a KO win over Rafael Natal in front of his fellow service members at ‘UFC: Fight For The Troops 3’ back in 2013.

bjpenndotcom - November 6, 2015

Conor McGregor’s on-screen persona has certainly been a breath of fresh air on the set of The Ultimate Fighter season 22, however it’s his off-screen actions that caught the attention of Team Alpha Male member Danny ‘Last Call’ Castillo. He spoke on TUF Talk on Fox Sports 1 this past week to explain why he “lost a ton of respect” for McGregor on TUF.

Russell Ess - November 6, 2015

Top UFC light heavyweight Anthony Johnson has been reignited now that his division has a returning top talent in Jon Jones, who is bound to shake the division. Johnson who lost a title fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier spoke with MMA Junkie on how the former champion, Jon Jones is bringing something fresh to the table.

Russell Ess - November 6, 2015

UFC legend Anderson Silva announced on his Facebook page that he is ready to come back to the UFC. The former UFC middleweight champion often talked about in pound-for-pound lists was suspended for one year after testing positive for steroids in his fight with Nick Diaz at UFC 183. Silva posted a photo with this caption translated via Facebook.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

https://youtu.be/qMp7ioti3n8 The build-up for UFC 193 has begun!

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

Ahead of Vitor Belfort & Dan Henderson’s trilogy fight on Saturday night, catch the highlights from the ‘UFC Fight Night: Sao Paulo’ media day above!

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

“Evade and strike!” A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Nov 5, 2015 at 8:46pm PST

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

In case you needed any further evidence that the frequency of drug tests has been significantly increased, we now have word that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has drug tested 23 fighters. MMAJunkie has obtained the list of fighters, as well as how many times they have now been tested:

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

[ooyala code=”1rczlieDrlxcF26rOX44SFMkmr6TIfSS” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Ahead of Ronda Rousey’s highly anticipated UFC 193 bout against Holly Holm on November 14th at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Australia, Rousey’s coach Edmond Tarverdyan spoke with BJPENN.com’s very own LayzieTheSavage to discuss what ‘Rowdy’ need to do in order to win the bout and retain the UFC women’s bantamweight championship.

Russell Ess - November 5, 2015

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has made a couple things clear holding the title. He wants some time off, and that he does not want to fight Jon Jones at his hometown in New York. Recent opponent of Cormier in Anthony Johnson says that the champ hasn’t earned the right to call for a vacation and spoke with MMA Junkie about it.