Author: Chris Taylor

  • VIDEO | Conor McGregor’s Press Day (Full Replay)

    VIDEO | Conor McGregor’s Press Day (Full Replay)

    Watch the full replay of Conor McGregor’s private press conference from his self-built gym in Las Vegas. The current UFC featherweight champion will rematch Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 202 next weekend in Sin City. McGregor was submitted by Diaz in their first encounter. How do you think the rematch will play […]

  • Breaking! John Dodson vs. John Lineker set to headline UFC Fight Night 96

    Breaking! John Dodson vs. John Lineker set to headline UFC Fight Night 96

    A key bantamweight bout between former flyweight title challenger John Dodson (18-7 MMA) and knockout artist John Lineker (28-7 MMA) will headline October’s UFC Fight Night 96 in Portland, Oregon. MMAFighting was the first to report the bout. After falling in short in his two title attempts against UFC flyweight Demetrious Johnson, TUF 14 winner John Dodson returned to the […]

  • Cody Garbrandt claims he will leave Dominick Cruz eating through a straw!

    Cody Garbrandt claims he will leave Dominick Cruz eating through a straw!

    UFC bantamweight contender Cody Garbrandt is hoping that an impressive victory at next weekend’s UFC 202 event in Las Vegas will earn him a title shot against Dominick Cruz. “He said he’s going to add to my concussion list,” Garbrandt said, referring to a recent Cruz interview with MMAjunkie. “That says to me like he’s […]

  • Two-time Judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison has received multiple MMA offers

    Two-time Judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison has received multiple MMA offers

    Two-time Olympic Judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison spoke with reporters on Friday and stated that she has received multiple offers to fight in mixed martial arts promotions. The 26-year-old, who became the first American to win two gold medals in Judo at this years Rio Olympics, says she has no interest in joining the sport […]

  • Conor McGregor on fighters union: “Maybe I will help spearhead something like that”

    Conor McGregor on fighters union: “Maybe I will help spearhead something like that”

    On Friday morning the Professional Fighters Association (PFA) was established to represent the collective interests of the fighters employed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The goal of the “PFA” is to organize the fighters so that they can collectively bargain their terms and conditions of employment. The “PFA” stated that it would not only be […]

  • VIDEO | Conor McGregor trashes John Cena and the WWE ‘dweebs’

    VIDEO | Conor McGregor trashes John Cena and the WWE ‘dweebs’

    https://youtu.be/_gxT1WqfaEA UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor continued his verbal assault against the WWE on Friday. This time he took aim at the company’s most popular wrestler John Cena. “What’s the main guy? John Cena,” the UFC featherweight champion said at a gym day to promote UFC 202. “He’s 40. He’s 40 years of age. He’s […]

  • BREAKING! Professional Fighters Association has officially launched

    BREAKING! Professional Fighters Association has officially launched

    Big news from the world of mixed martial arts. The Professional Fighters Association (PFA) was established today to represent the collective interests of the fighters employed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The goal of the “PFA” is to organize the fighters so that they can collectively bargain their terms and conditions of employment. The […]

  • VIDEO | Backstage footage shows Cyborg crying during UFC 198 weight cut

    VIDEO | Backstage footage shows Cyborg crying during UFC 198 weight cut

    Current Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is one of the best female fighters on the planet. Cyborg made her octagon debut at UFC 198 this past May where she scored a first-round TKO victory over Leslie Smith in a catchweight bout contested at 140-pounds. Cris has always stated that it would be impossible for […]

  • VIDEO | Watch Ronda Rousey capture a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games

    VIDEO | Watch Ronda Rousey capture a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games

    https://youtu.be/CVKYfslwUQU Watch former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey capture a bronze medal in Judo at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, by defeating Germany’s Annett Boehm. Although Ronda had lost in her quarterfinal match to ex-world champion Edith Bosch earlier in the competition, she still qualified for a Bronze medal match through the […]

  • VIDEO | Ronda Rousey vs. Edith Bosch at the 2008 Olympics

    VIDEO | Ronda Rousey vs. Edith Bosch at the 2008 Olympics

    https://youtu.be/6wOqFZH4c1k Watch former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey compete in a Judo match against Edith Bosch at the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China. The quarter-finals match was highly competitive, but “Rowdy” would end up on the losing end of things after being countered by Bosch in the “Golden score” time of the […]

  • Wrestling legend The Iron Sheik put Conor McGregor on blast!

    Wrestling legend The Iron Sheik put Conor McGregor on blast!

    Earlier this week UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took a shot at the WWE by saying that the promotions roster was mostly full of “messed up puss*s”. The brash Irishman took things a little further today when he sent out this tweet “clarifying” his previous remarks to WWE fans: I didn't mean no disrespect to […]

  • USADA did not expedite Brock Lesnar’s UFC 200 results

    USADA did not expedite Brock Lesnar’s UFC 200 results

    Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar returned to the octagon after a five-year layoff and was able to defeat perennial contender Mark Hunt via unanimous decision at last month’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Five days after the blockbuster event, the UFC was informed by its anti-doping partner USADA that Lesnar had tested positive […]

  • UFC Fight Night 92 Reebok Fighter Pay

    UFC Fight Night 92 Reebok Fighter Pay

    Yair Rodriguez defeated Alex Caceres via split-decision in the headlining bout of last night’s UFC Fight Night 92 event in Salt Lake City. The fighters from last night’s card took home a combined $137,500 from the promotions sponsorship deal with Reebok. The full UFC Fight Night 92 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included (via MMAJunkie): Yair […]

  • Nate Diaz clarifies his “The UFC played me again” post

    Nate Diaz clarifies his “The UFC played me again” post

    Nate Diaz turned heads in late July when he tweeted his apparent displeasure with the UFC the day after appearing on Conan. Diaz announced on social media that the “UFC played me again,” along with the hashtag #trustnobody. However, on Friday’s UFC 202 media conference call Diaz clarified his tweet and its meaning: “It was […]

  • More WWE stars attack Conor McGregor on social media

    More WWE stars attack Conor McGregor on social media

    UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor put the WWE roster on blast earlier this week stating that most wrestlers in the promotion were “messed up puss*s.” The brash Irish star clarified his previous remarks today stating that he would “slap the head off the entire WWE roster.” A few wrestlers fired back at “Mystic Mac” for […]

  • Two former champions removed from the UFC rankings

    Two former champions removed from the UFC rankings

    Earlier today news broke that current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had been removed from the UFC rankings. Well two other former UFC title holders were also removed from the UFC ranking over the weekend, as both Brock Lesnar and Lyoto Machida are no longer listed. Brock Lesnar defeated Mark Hunt via unanimous […]

  • Jon Jones removed from UFC rankings

    Jon Jones removed from UFC rankings

    Current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones was removed from the UFC rankings over the weekend. Jones was supposed to fight current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in a title unification bout in the headliner of last month’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas, but was pulled from the card just […]

  • VIDEO | Brutal arm break occurs in Judo match at Rio Olympics

    VIDEO | Brutal arm break occurs in Judo match at Rio Olympics

    Brazilian Sarah Menezes suffered a brutal arm injury in the quarter finals of women’s judo (48kg) during Day 1 of the Olympic Games in Rio. Menezes was grappling with Mongolia’s Urantsetseg Monkhbat, when she was tossed to the ground. Once on the mat, Monkhbat locked up Menezes right arm and began working an armbar submission. […]

  • VIDEO | Take a look at Conor McGregor’s training camp for UFC 202

    VIDEO | Take a look at Conor McGregor’s training camp for UFC 202

    The piper will be paid, and the price will be high. A video posted by Coach Kavanagh (@coach_kavanagh) on Aug 6, 2016 at 2:00pm PDT Coach Kavanagh took a moment to film his star pupil, Conor McGregor, while training for his upcoming UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz. Conor was submitted by Nate in the […]

  • WWE stars fire back at Conor McGregor

    WWE stars fire back at Conor McGregor

    Earlier this week UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took a shot at the WWE by saying that the promotions roster was mostly full of “messed up puss*s”. The brash Irishman took things a little further today when he sent out this tweet “clarifying” his previous remarks to WWE fans: I didn't mean no disrespect to […]

  • Conor McGregor clarifies his remarks about the WWE

    Conor McGregor clarifies his remarks about the WWE

    UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor recently stated on a UFC 202 media conference call that the WWE was full of “messed up puss*s”. The brash Irish superstar took to Twitter to send out a message to WWE fans and clarify his previous remarks: I didn't mean no disrespect to the @wwe fans. What I meant […]

  • VIDEO | Dennis Bermudez backstage interview

    VIDEO | Dennis Bermudez backstage interview

    Dennis Bermudez scored a unanimous decision victory over Rony Jason in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 92 yesterday evening in Salt Lake City. Following his big win, Bermudez decided to call out former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar. Would you like to see Bermudez and Edgar throw down at MSG? Sound off PENN […]

  • VIDEO | Yair Rodriguez post-fight octagon interview

    VIDEO | Yair Rodriguez post-fight octagon interview

    Yair Rodriguez picked up a split-decision victory over Alex Caceres in the headliner of last nights UFC Fight Night 92 event in Salt Lake City. The Mexican fighter improved his record to 9-1 with the win. Who would you like to see Yair fight in his next octagon appearance, sound off PENN Nation!

  • VIDEO | Dennis Bermudez’s post-fight octagon interview

    VIDEO | Dennis Bermudez’s post-fight octagon interview

    UFC featherweight Dennis Bermudez scored a unanimous decision victory over Rony Jason at last night’s UFC Fight Night 92 event in Salt Lake City. Following the victory, Bermudez called out former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar for a fight at UFC 205 in New York. Would you like to see a scrap between Edgar and Bermudez? […]

  • VIDEO | Cub Swanson’s post-fight octagon interview

    VIDEO | Cub Swanson’s post-fight octagon interview

    UFC featherweight Cub Swanson earned his second consecutive victory at last night’s UFC Fight Night event in Salt Lake City . Swanson defeated veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri via unanimous decision in the featured bout of the UFC Fight Pass Prelims. Who would you like to see Cub fight next? Sound off PENN Nation!

  • UFC Fight Night 92 Results: Yair Rodriguez defeats Alex Caceres

    UFC Fight Night 92 Results: Yair Rodriguez defeats Alex Caceres

    A featherweight bout between Yair Rodriguez (8-1 MMA) and Alex Caceres (12-8 MMA) served as the main event of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 92 event in Salt Lake City. Round one begins and Caceres starts off with a leg kick. He lands another and then follows up with a superman punch. Nice shot to the […]

  • UFC Fight Night 92 Results: Dennis Bermudez defeats Rony Jason

    UFC Fight Night 92 Results: Dennis Bermudez defeats Rony Jason

    A featherweight bout between Dennis Bermudez and Rony Jason served as the co-main event of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 92 event in Salt Lake City. Round one begins and Bermudez lands a jab to start. He lands a kick to the body of Jason. Rony fires back with a kick of his own. Bermudez pumps […]

  • UFC Fight Night 92 Results: Thales Leites submits Chris Camozzi

    UFC Fight Night 92 Results: Thales Leites submits Chris Camozzi

    A middleweight bout between Chris Camozzi and Thales Leites took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 92 main card in Salt Lake City. Round one begins and Leites shoots in for a takedown. Chris defends and the fighters engage in the clinch. Leites presses Camozzi against the fence and looks to score with a trip. […]