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BREAKING | Robert Whittaker vs Luke Rockhold is on for UFC 221 in Perth!
There were rumblings and rumors floating around about this fight potentially coming to fruition. Especially after current UFC Middleweight champion, Georges St-Pierre’s recent news regarding whether or not he’ll come back to the division where he said, “I don’t think so”. GSP is battling ulcerative colitis anyway so prior to his recent interview it was […]
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VIDEO | Georges St-Pierre Praises Michael Bisping But Scolds the UFC for Shanghai Booking
After Georges St-Pierre finished Michael Bisping, the former middleweight champion was eager for a quick turnarond against Kelvin Gastelum. It didn’t end up the way Bisping wanted it, also putting the UFC under fire for letting it happen. Bisping himself has recently opened up and admitted it might not have been a good move, but […]
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Cub Swanson Argues UFC Favored ‘Pampered’ Fighters Over His Hard Work
When Max Holloway needed a new sparring partner at UFC 218 after Frankie Edgar received an injury, Cub Swanson was the first to put himself in the queue. Unfortunately for the featherweight contender, he never got the call. It’s hard to believe that in a career that dates back all the way to 2004, he’s […]
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Dustin Poirier Wants to Give Another Boxing Lesson to ‘Piece of Sh-t’ Eddie Alvarez
Eddie Alvarez is now at the top of the lightweight rankings and knocking on the door for another title shot after a Fight of the Night performance against Justin Gaethje. However, there is more than just the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Edson Barboza who stands between Alvarez and either interim or undisputed gold. Lurking […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Valentina Shevchenko gives her take on the first UFC women’s flyweight title fight
Last weekend, Nicco Montano and Roxanne Modafferi stepped into the Octagon to compete in the first ever UFC women’s flyweight title fight. After five, fun, back and forth rounds, Montano came out on top, making history as the first female flyweight champ in UFC history. Unsurprisingly, long-time women’s bantamweight contender Valentina Shevchenko, who could well […]
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Franics Ngannou Enters Into a Very Elite Group After Updated Rankings
The kind of hype train that Francis Ngannou and the UFC has created hasn’t been seen in quite some time. It’s not even just a train anymore, we’ve got hype planes, trains and automobiles here. Whether proven or not, it doesn’t even matter, the only thing that can slow all this momentum now is Stipe […]
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UFC releases official rankings for new women’s flyweight division with Nicco Montano at the top
Last weekend, Nicco Montano and Roxanne Modafferi stepped into the Octagon to compete in the first ever UFC women’s flyweight title fight. After five, fun, back and forth rounds, Montano came out on top, making history as the first female flyweight champ in UFC history. Now a little under a week removed from this history-making […]
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Joe Rogan thoughtfully reasons his pick for ‘the best 145er ever’
Many fans enjoy hearing Joe Rogan’s opinion on topics that go far beyond fighting and mixed martial arts. This is why the UFC commentator and comedian’s podcast is so popular. Speaking with Bellator heavyweight Justin Wren on his recent JRE MMA Show podcast episode, Rogan touched on UFC 218, which took place over the weekend […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Valentina Shevchenko refuses to consider herself the uncrowned flyweight champion
Last Friday, the UFC crowned it’s first ever women’s flyweight champion in Nicco Montaño, who defeated Roxanne Modafferi to earn the inaugural title. While Montaño now owns the belt, however, many expect her reign to be quite short, as long-time women’s bantamweight contender Valentina Shevchenko zeroes in on a drop to flyweight, and most likely, […]
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BREAKING | Tony Ferguson Forced to Push Back His UFC Return
While some insane fights have happened and are still slated for UFC’s shark tank lightweight division, Tony Ferguson has been hanging back after beating Kevin Lee for the interim lightweight championship. With threats looming in the distance, all of our fingers crossed that we’d see Ferguson back in action soon, maybe against Khabib Nurmagomedov if […]
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Tito Ortiz Says The Fans ‘Deserve’ The Fight Between Cyborg and Ronda Rousey
At the end of the month, one of the biggest women’s MMA fights of all-time will go down at UFC 219. Holly Holm will step into the Octagon to challenge Cris Cyborg for her women’s UFC featherweight title. A huge fight like this with such high stakes hearkens back to when Holm fought Ronda Rousey […]
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EXCLUSIVE | “Misunderstood” Angela Magana has a message for her haters
Angela Magana, a veteran of MMA’s women’s strawweight division, is well acquainted with her haters. While she’s got a legion of loyal followers, her outspoken attitude assures she receives plenty of backlash too. That said, Magana has never let her haters get to her. Believing that she’s just a bit misunderstood, she chooses instead to […]
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VIDEO | Eddie Alvarez Runs Play-by-Play of His Justin Gaethje KO
Eddie Alvarez watching his Gaethje KO: “He’ll recover within like a quarter second and then you’ll be in a whole ‘nother fight again. That’s the kind of animal Justin Gaethje is.” pic.twitter.com/3xPMBImfJ0 — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) December 7, 2017 There wasn’t a gold belt on the line in Eddie Alvarez’s Fight of the Night with Justin […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Volkan Oezdemir weighs in on Daniel Cormier’s wrestling advantage
On January 20, when the UFC touches down in Boston, Massachusetts with UFC 220, Swiss light heavyweight contender Volkan Oezdemir will attempt to topple the division’s champion Daniel Cormier. Ahead of this fight, the two fighters’ advantages are quite clear. Oezdemir, of course, has established himself as one of the light heavyweight division’s most venomous […]
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EXCLUSIVE | After possible early stoppage, Angela Magana challenges sexism in MMA
Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC 218, Angela Magana came up short against Amanda Bobby Cooper, succumbing to second-round punches. Unfortunately, Magana feels as though the fight might have been stopped a little early by referee Keith Peterson. “I feel like the fight was stopped early,” Magana explained on the latest episode of BJ […]
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Francis Ngannou and the Hunt for MMA’s First Homegrown Heavyweight Superstar
Dana White’s thoughts on Francis Ngannou could not be clearer. When the UFC President talks about the hulking French-Cameroonian heavyweight contender, his eyes might as well light up with dollar signs. In Ngannou, he believes he has found a future superstar. “Once we keep this guy active, and you see him doing this to all […]
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Joe Rogan opens up on the UFC’s rising star that could mirror the ‘Mike Tyson days’
According to UFC commentator Joe Rogan, we could be seeing a resurgence of days similar to the likes of when “Iron” Mike Tyson was the most feared man to step into the ring with. Over the weekend at UFC 218, rising heavyweight star Francis Ngannou put together a highlight reel knockout over the always dangerous […]
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Former Strikeforce Champ and UFC Veteran, Sarah Kaufman is Returning to the Invicta FC Cage
When it comes to the many female Mixed Martial Artists today, none are quite as underrated for the talent they possess and how much of a pioneer they are than Sarak Kaufman. The Victoria, BC, Canada native, Kaufman has only lost four times in her twenty-three fight career and to no easy customers. Those four include […]
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Donald Cerrone’s Next Fight Could be Against One of Lightweight’s Best Prospects
The last time we saw Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone he was on the receiving end of a rising star’s best performance. The 34-year-old, Cowboy now looks to slow things down a bit in regards to his fight frequency and plans for a return to his old home of the Lightweight division. But awaiting him may be […]
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Report | Stipe Miocic ‘getting closer’ to massive heavyweight title clash at UFC 220
The last time we saw a UFC heavyweight title fight was back in May when champion Stipe Miocic successfully defended his belt against Junior dos Santos. In doing so, Miocic scored another first-round finish and avenged a 2014 decision loss to dos Santos. With Francis Ngannou’s insane highlight knockout over Alistair Overeem that took place […]
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BREAKING | Ronda Rousey Finalizing Her Huge Career Move
Ronda Rousey hasn’t been inside the Octagon for nearly a year now, but she hasn’t been sitting around doing nothing. She got married to UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, is releasing multiple business ventures including her own website, and she’s been all over the WWE Universe. It hasn’t been an accident. Even when she was supporting […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 61 // Joe Riggs | Angela Magana | Valentina Shevchenko | Volkan Oezdemir
BJPENN Radio is live at 8PM ET/5PM PT! 8:15PM ET- First up, one of MMA’s most recognizable names, Joe “Diesel” Riggs joins us to preview his upcoming fight for the M-1 middleweight strap and what’s next for the long-time veteran. A return to the UFC? Another bare-knuckle boxing match? We’ll be discussing it all. 8:40PM […]
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Heather Hardy Ready to Get Back in the Cage
Current cross-sport athlete, Heather “The Heat” Hardy is an undefeated Boxing champion and MMA fighter for Bellator. Up until her most recent bout she had never lost a professional bout in her entire fighting career as she went 20-0 in Boxing then 1-0 in MMA. Hardy made her MMA debut back in June of this […]
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Coach says Francis Ngannou “could be a champ in boxing,” eyes showdown with Joshua or Wilder
Francis Ngannou, a French-Cameroonian juggernaut with c-4 packed into each of his gloves, is now the top contender in the UFC heavyweight division. He is expected to take on the promotion’s heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic some time in the near future – perhaps as soon as UFC 220 this January in Boston. Whenever this massive […]
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BREAKING | Georges St-Pierre Drops Bombshell About His Future at Middleweight
As quick as he left us, Georges St-Pierre was suddenly back in all of our lives and causing a shockwave that is still reverberating through the UFC. After four years away from the sport, St-Pierre returned in a division above where he reigned supreme for so many years. …And it paid off. He became the […]
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Kelvin Gastelum Reacts to Luke Rockhold Potentially Fighting Robert Whittaker
The news is still as fresh as the Christmas trees your neighbors are probably already putting up: Luke Rockhold is slated to fight interim UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 221 in Perth, Australia. That is sure to make Rockhold happy after his divisional criticisms, but it definitely isn’t the news Kelvin Gastelum wanted. […]
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Cyborg Reveals Brazilian Friends Brought Back Info From Holly Holm’s Camp
After many, many months of hype, negotiations and a back-and-forth suspense on if the fight would be on UFC 219, Cris Cyborg will finally defend her women’s UFC featherweight title against Holly Holm. When the division was first created for the dominant Brazilian fighter, it’s the match-up we all thought would be for the belt […]
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Report | Robert Whittaker expected to defend interim middleweight title at UFC 221
With UFC middleweight Georges St-Pierre currently sidelined with an injury, the promotion’s interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is now expected to defend his title. The interim champion’s first title defense is expected to occur at UFC 221 this February 11, in Perth, Western Australia. His opponent is expected to be former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight […]