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UFC on FOX 19 Bonus Report
‘UFC on FOX 19’ in Tampa delivered some memorable fights and solid finishes. With that said, UFC President Dana White handed out three “Performance of the night” awards at tonight’s post fight press conference. Those $50,000 ‘UFC on FOX 19’ bonuses went to the following fighters: Performance of the night bonus – Glover Teixeira earned […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Glover Teixeira KO’s Rashad Evans
A key light heavyweight bout between former title challenger Glover Teixeira (25-4 MMA) and former champion Rashad Evans (19-5-1 MMA) headlined tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 event in Tampa, Florida. Round one begins and Glover is immediately pressing the action. He clinches with Rashad. The fighters break. Teixeira lands a left hand and then a […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Rose Namajunas defeats Tecia Torres via decision
A key women’s strawweight bout between Rose Namajunas (5-2 MMA) and Tecia Torres (7-1 MMA) served as the co-main event for tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa. Round one begins and Rose lands a short left. Front kick attempt misses for Namajunas but she connects with a follow-up leg kick. Nice kick lands […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Khabib Nurmagomedov defeats Darrell Horcher via TKO
A catchweight bout (160-pounds) between Darrell Horcher (13-2 MMA) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (23-0 MMA) took place on tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 main card in Tampa. Round one begins and Khabib misses with a big right hand. Leg kick lands for Nurmagomedov. Horcher replies with a leg kick of his own. Horcher lands a left […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Cub Swanson defeats Hacran Dias via decision
A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson (22-7 MMA) and Hacran Dias (23-4-1 MMA) kicked off the UFC on FOX 19 main card in Tampa. Round one begins and Dias starts things off with a leg kick. He lands a good right hand on Cub. Swanson misses with a jab to the body. Excellent leg kick […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Michael Chiesa submits Beneil Dariush in round 2
A lightweight bout between Michael Chiesa (14-2 MMA) and Beneil Dariush (12-2 MMA) took place at tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 event in Tampa. One round begins and the fighters exchange a few good leg kicks. Big shot lands for Dariush that wobbles Chiesa. Michael fires back with a leg kick. Another good shot behind […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Raquel Pennington defeats Bethe Correia via split-decision
A women’s bantamweight bout between former title challenger Bethe Correia (9-2 MMA) and Raquel Pennington (7-5 MMA) took place on the UFC on FOX 19 prelims. Round one begins and Correia lands a good left jab. Pennington with a leg kick but Bethe catches it. The fighters exchange left hands. Good jab by Correia and […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Santiago Ponzinibbio stops Court McGee in round 1
A welterweight bout between Court McGee (17-5 MMA) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (22-3 MMA) took place on the UFC on FOX 19 prelims in Tampa. Round one begins and Court lands two good right hands and follows up with a left body kick. Big leg kick scores for Ponzinibbio. McGee falls down but gets right back […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Michael Graves defeats Randy Brown via submission
A welterweight bout between Randy Brown (7-1 MMA) and Michael Graves (6-0 MMA) kicked off the televised portion of the UFC on FOX 19 prelims in Tampa. Round one begins and Michael Graves shoots in for a takedown. The fighters clinch against the fence. Brown scores a trip but Graves shoots back up to his […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: John Dodson KO’s Manny Gamburyan in round 1
A bantamweight bout between former flyweight title challenger John Dodson (19-7 MMA) and veteran Manny Gamburyan (15-9 MMA) served as the main attraction of the UFC on FOX 19 Fight Pass prelims in Tampa. Round one begins and Dodson lands a left hand to start. Manny responds with a leg kick. John lands a front […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Cezar Ferreira defeats Oluwale Bamgbose via decision
A middleweight bout between Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2 MMA) and Cezar Ferreira (9-5 MMA) served as the second fight of tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa Bay, Florida. Round one begins and Bamgbose opens with a leg kick. Ferreira responds with a huge leg kick of his own. Big punches and a kick from […]
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UFC on FOX 19 Results: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos TKO’s Omari Akhmedov in round 3
A welterweight bout between Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (15-5 MMA) and Omari Akhmedov (15-4 MMA) kicked off tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa Bay, Florida. Round one begins and Akhmedov opens with a jab that misses. Dos Santos and Akhmedov exchange leg kicks. Big right hand just misses for dos Santos. Akhmedov lands […]
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Michael Bisping goes off on a bunch of “steroid using” middleweights
UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping was “not surprised” when news broke that Lyoto Machida was forced to withdraw from this weekend’s UFC on FOX event in Tampa, Florida. Machida fails drug test. In the words of Nate Diaz "I'm not surprised motherfuckers!" — michael (@bisping) April 13, 2016 “The Dragon” was scheduled to battle Dan […]
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Tim Kennedy offers to step in and fight Dan Henderson on short notice
Earlier today we reported that Lyoto Machida had admitted to using a banned substance and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Dan Henderson at this weekend’s UFC on FOX event in Tampa, Florida. Shortly after news broke, UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy took to his Twitter to declare that he is ready and […]
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BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver set for UFC 199
Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn (16-10-2) will return to the octagon this summer when he squares off with Dennis Siver (22-11 MMA) in a featherweight bout at June’s UFC 199 pay-per-view event in Inglewood, California. UFC officials just made the announcement. “The Prodigy” will return to the octagon for the first time since […]
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Kimbo Slice “wouldn’t mind” knocking out Wanderlei Silva
Last Monday on The MMA Hour, former Pride champion and newly signed Bellator fighter, Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva, shared his interest in potentially fighting veteran Kimbo Slice. Kevin Ferguson (aka Kimbo) was recently in Germany for the FIBO Expo, where he sat down with GNP1.de to discuss a possible future fight with MMA legend Wanderlei […]
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UFN 86 Results: Junior dos Santos defeats Ben Rothwell
Top heavyweight contenders Ben Rothwell and Junior dos Santos squared off in tonight’s UFC Fight Night 86 main event. Both men were able to land some heavy shots in the opening round. JDS scored some great shots to the body while “Big Ben” found a home for his overhand right on frequent occasion. Round two […]
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UFN 86 Results: Derrick Lewis KO’s Gabriel Gonzaga
A heavyweight tilt between Gabriel Gonzaga and Derrick Lewis served as the co-main event of today’s UFC Fight Night 86 event. After a slow start which included both fighters looking “gassed”, Derrick Lewis was able to land a massive punch that destroyed Gonzaga who went crashing to the canvas. Lewis defeats Gonazaga via KO at 4:48 […]
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UFC Fight Night 86 Results
Unable to catch today’s UFC Fight Night 86 event? BJPenn.com has you covered. Get all of the events live results below: Ben Rothwell vs. Junior dos Santos – dos Santos defeats Rothwell via unanimous decision Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Derrick Lewis – Lewis KO’s Gonzaga at […]
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Exclusive | Richard Perez says UFC 196 payday has not changed Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz’s boxing coach Richard Perez recently sat down with BJPENN.com and talked about a number of different topics. One of the topics discussed was Nate’s big payday at last month’s UFC 196 event in Las Vegas. The “Stockton Slugger” was able to step in on just two-weeks notice and defeat the heavily favored Conor […]
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Jedrzejczyk plans to give Gadelha an “IV, steroids, USADA book” as a pre-fight gift
UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been busy training for her upcoming rematch with top contender Claudia Gadelha. The bitter rivals, Jedrzejczyk and Gadelha, just recently completed the filming of The Ultimate Fighter Season 23, where they served as opposing coaches. Joanna spoke to The MMA Hour about her experience filming “TUF” and what […]
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Photo | Nick Diaz looking shredded at recent triathlon with Nate
@chrisavila209 @riokid @natediaz209 @damianxp209 #triathlon @michaeldavidwinery A photo posted by nickdiaz209 (@nickdiaz209) on Apr 2, 2016 at 9:45pm PDT Former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz (26-9-2 MMA) could return to the UFC octagon as early as this August, this after he completes his current suspension which was handed down by the NSAC. Diaz has not competed […]
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Dana White explains why Jones vs. Saint Preux is for the interim title
On Friday night we broke the news that current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had suffered an injury and would no longer be able to defend his title against Jon Jones at UFC 197 on April 23. Yesterday, UFC officials announced that Ovince Saint Preux would be stepping up on short-notice to challenge Jon Jones […]
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Max Holloway: “People only remember you for your last fight”
UFC featherweight contender Max “Blessed” Holloway (15-3 MMA) feels a little ‘left out’ following the recent UFC 200 bookings for fellow division contenders Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo, who will meet for the interim featherweight strap on July 9 in Las Vegas. Holloway had recently been campaigning for a rematch with current division title holder Conor McGregor, but had […]
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Max Holloway does not believe Conor McGregor will ever return to featherweight
Add top contender Max Holloway (15-3 MMA) to the list of featherweight fighters who do not believe Conor McGregor will ever return to fight at 145-pounds. Holloway echoed the statements made by former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar regarding the brash Irish star in a recent interview with MMAFighting: “At the end of the day, who […]
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Demian Maia on potential title shot: “I don’t have to act like a clown to get it”
Former UFC middleweight title challenger Demian Maia (22-6 MMA) is currently riding an impressive four-fight winning streak inside the UFC’s welterweight division. The 38-year-old is coming off a unanimous decision win over Gunnar Nelson which occurred at December’s UFC 194 event in Las Vegas. Prior to that, Maia submitted surging contender Neil Magny in the […]
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Werdum: “Miocic will fight against 45,000 Werdums at UFC 198”
Current UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum is confident that having a hometown crowd will give him the edge he needs over Stipe Miocic when the two square off in the headlining bout of UFC 198 on May 14. The UFC heavyweight title fight will take place inside a soccer stadium that has the capacity to […]
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WSOF 30 Results: Branch retains title, Fitch becomes new welterweight champ
David Branch (18-3 MMA) successfully defended his World Series of Fighting middleweight title yesterday evening by defeating challenger Clifford Starks (13-3 MMA) via unanimous decision. Branch, who currently holds both the WSOF middleweight and light heavyweight titles, used effective grappling and top control to frustrate Starks in every round on route to the decision victory. […]