UFC NEWS
Robbie Lawler reveals 15-year-old injury postponed Condit fight
Russell Ess - October 22, 2015
Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit was the first choice for the main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne in November. However, Lawler sustained an injury that forced the fight to be rescheduled to UFC 195 in Las Vegas. In the video from MMA Weekly, see what Lawler reveals as the reason for the postponement and how a 15-year-old injury flared up to haunt him!
Cody Garbrandt discusses what caused the scuffle with McGregor on TUF
Russell Ess - October 22, 2015
If you caught the latest episode of TUF, you saw the brawl that almost erupted between the two teams with Cody Garbrandt and Conor McGregor getting in each other’s face after words were exchanged. Garbrandt spoke with the TUF Talk podcast and revealed a little more on what happened and his opinion on McGregor.
Wanderlei Silva congratulates 'dear friend' for becoming Canadian Prime Minister
bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015
Wanderlei Silva was ecstatic earlier this week when Canada elected The Axe Murderer’s good friend Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. He took to Instagram to show his support for Trudeau.
Smolka talks emotional rollercoaster leading up to headlining bout
bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015
Yesterday it was revealed that Joseph Duffy would be unable to fight Dustin Poirier in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ on Saturday due to a concussion sustained in training. Dustin Poirier was offered Norman Parke as a replacement opponent, however Poirier declined. In addition, interim UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor offered to fight Poirier again on short notice. The UFC then decided to promote the co-main event bout between Paddy Holohan and Hawaii’s very own Louis Smolka to the main event.
Sonnen: Dillashaw's a 'chump', will lose to Cruz
Chris Taylor - October 22, 2015
Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen does not believe that current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw will be cashing any checks from training at the new ‘Elevation Fight Team’ gym in Denver. “The American Gangster” made the statement on his Podcast:
WATCH! Team McGregor vs. Team Faber scuffle from TUF
bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015
Last night on ‘TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber’ UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw was the subject of trash talk.
Chris Weidman randomly drug tested ahead of UFC 194
bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015
It’s no secret that the number of random drug tests are increasing in an effort to clean up the sport of MMA. Just yesterday Cathal Pendred was randomly drug tested ahead of his ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ bout this Saturday. Now, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman revealed via Twitter that he too has been randomly drug tested.
Poirier: "This isn’t a Toughman competition; you don’t just fight everybody"
Chris Taylor - October 22, 2015
UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier was expected to headline this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 76 event in Dublin opposite Joseph Duffy. However, yesterday it was announced that “Irish Joe” had suffered a concussion in training and would not be able to compete in this Saturday’s main event.
Cruickshank vs. Felder set for UFC FN 81
bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015
An exciting lightweight bout has reportedly been booked for ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ on January 17th. According to Paul Felder, he will meet Daron Cruickshank on the card in a bout that is sure to be a spectacular battle of impressive standup fighters. Felder is currently on a 2-fight losing streak after dropping back to back decision losses to Edson Barboza and Ross Pearson. Prior to that Felder was undefeated, compiling a 10-0 professional record that included 2 wins in the UFC.
WATCH! Jacare KO's 2 sparring partners ahead of UFC 194 bout
bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2015
A video posted by Josuel Silva (@jdistak) on Oct 19, 2015 at 5:02pm PDT
Rousey discusses future in film industry ahead of UFC 193
bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015
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Coach: Duffy suffered concussion on last day of sparring
bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015
Yesterday afternoon news broke that ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ headliner Joseph Duffy was forced out of his main event bout against Dustin Poirier due to a concussion. This raised the question of ‘Why was a headlining fighter sparring just days before his fight?’ Duffy’s head coach, Firas Zahabi explained to MMAFighting via text message.
Fighters react to Joseph Duffy's 'UFC Fight Night: Dublin' withdrawal
bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015
News broke Wednesday afternoon that Joseph Duffy had been forced off of the ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ card due to a concussion sustained during training. The UFC offered his opponent, Dustin Poirier, the opportunity to fight Norman Parke instead, however Poirier declined the fight. Conor McGregor, who defeated Poirier last year, also offered to step up and fight Poirier.
Condit hoping for "legendary" fight against Lawler
Chris Taylor - October 21, 2015
The last time UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler took to the cage fight fans got to witness one of the greatest fights in mixed martial arts history, as “Ruthless” went to war with Rory MacDonald for the better part of five rounds before eventually earning a TKO victory over the talented Canadian late in the fight. Robbie Lawler is now preparing to defend his UFC gold against former interim UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit.
Arlovski wanted to fight Rothwell on short notice, but management intervened
Chris Taylor - October 21, 2015
Earlier today we learned that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski had been booked to fight Stipe Miocic in the co-main event of January’s UFC 195 fight card in Las Vegas. However, according to Arlovski, he was offered a different fight prior to the Miocic bout by UFC officials.
No event in the world can afford The Axe Murderer!
Chris Taylor - October 21, 2015
Former PRIDE champion and MMA legend, Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1), has not competed in mixed martial arts since March of 2013, when he scored a knockout victory over Brian Stann. “The Axe Murderer” is currently under suspension, this after he ran away from NSAC officials who were attempting to administer an unannounced drug test.
Dustin Poirier turned down replacement fight against Norman Parke
bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015
Wednesday afternoon it was announced that due to a concussion Joseph Duffy would no longer be able to compete in his ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ main event bout against Dustin Poirier. Following that announcement the UFC promoted Paddy Holohan vs. Louis Smolka to the main event, however before making that decision, they offered Norman Parke the opportunity to step in for Duffy and face Poirier.
McGregor offers to fight Poirier on short notice
bjpenndotcom - October 21, 2015
Earlier today news broke that Joseph Duffy had been forced out of his ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ main event bout against Dustin Poirier this Saturday due to a concussion. It didn’t take long for interim UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor to offer to replace Duffy last-minute given that he already defeated Poirier.