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John McCarthy reacts to allegations of Ortiz vs. Sonnen fixed fight
This past weekend, in the main event of Bellator 170, UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz stepped into the Bellator MMA cage against former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen for a highly anticipated grudge match. The fight didn’t last long, as Ortiz quickly managed to secure the takedown and ultimately submit Sonnen with a rear-naked […]
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BREAKING! Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson official
Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson is official! Wednesday evening, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier announced via UFC Tonight that he would be stepping into the Octagon on April 8th in Buffalo, New York to square off against top ranked light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson. The fight is expected to headline the event, and will […]
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PHOTO | Tyron Woodley unveils official UFC 209 poster
The UFC 209 poster has arrived! On March 4th, the UFC will hit Nevada once again for UFC 209, which is shaping up to be an early contender for ‘Card of the Year’. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will step into the Octagon in hopes of successfully defending his welterweight strap […]
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Michael McDonald opens up on financial struggles preventing his return
At one point in time, UFC bantamweight Michael McDonald was one of the most highly touted bantamweight prospects on the UFC roster. An 8-fight win streak that ‘Mayday’ rode from the regional scene into the top 10 of the UFC’s bantamweight division had the young prospect fighting Renan Barao in 2013 for the interim UFC […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 17 // Tim Elliott | Jorge Masvidal
BJPENN.COM Radio returns tonight at 8PM ET/5PM PT with more of what you’ve come to expect; great guests! 8:15PM ET- Kicking off tonights show we are joined by TUF 24 winner and recent title challenger Tim Elliott – @telliott125 . We’ll recap his impressive outing against Mighty Mouse, a performance in which Elliott was able to expose […]
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PHOTO | Ronda Rousey delivers supplies for Standing Rock protests battling Dakota Pipeline
It appears as if Ronda Rousey is helping out the Standing Rock protestors that are against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. On Tuesday, Pauline Macias, a fellow Olympic judoka posted a photo with the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion stating that they helped to deliver supplies to the Standing Rock protestors. Macias said in her […]
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VIDEO | Tito Ortiz says he had a WWE moment and nearly took ‘Big’ John McCarthy out
https://youtu.be/lzGu5VrJN34 Tito Ortiz left his gloves in the cage following his first round submission over Chael Sonnen in the main event at Bellator 170 over the weekend. Following a the last fight of his legendary career, Ortiz took to social media where he did a live Q&A and answered various questions from fans. A fan […]
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Referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy says he had to hurt Tito Ortiz to get him to let go of submission on Chael Sonnen
The main event of Bellator 170 had Chael Sonnen coming out of retirement to take on Tito Ortiz for “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’s” last fight of his career. It was a fairytale ending for Ortiz, as the UFC Hall of Fame legend and pioneer of the sport finished Sonnen in the first round with […]
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VIDEO | Ronda Rousey applies for concealed carry permit at Las Vegas gun store
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is getting locked and loaded. The former champ was seen at a gun store on Sunday in Las Vegas where she applied for a concealed carry permit, according to TMZ. Witnesses at the store say that Rousey took a course that is required to obtain a concealed carry […]
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Ben Askren talks Stephen Thompson: I’d do whatever I wanted To him, he’d be my girlfriend
While a case can certainly be made for Douglas Lima, Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch, it’s very possible that One Championship welterweight king Ben Askren is the best welterweight outside the UFC. Despite his status as such, however, the former Bellator champ has yet to reach a deal with the UFC, and so its impossible […]
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Gunnar Nelson hopes to see weight cutting abolished from MMA
One of the most controversial practices in MMA today is weight cutting, a process where competitors severely dehydrate themselves before the weigh-ins for a fight, only to quickly gain this water weight back when the weigh-ins are done. Not only is this practice quite dangerous – it’s resulted in many fighters fainting and being hospitalized […]
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Mark Hunt forced to call police after social media user threatens his kids
UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt is currently gearing up for his UFC 209 rematch with Alistair Overeem on March 4th in Paradise, Nevada, however he has had to take some time to contact police after threats were made against his kids on social media. Mark Hunt called the user out in a social media post: https://www.facebook.com/therealmarkhunt/photos/a.562722910439410.1073741828.281586808553023/1391220504256309/?type=3&theater […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor’s father on watching is son become a man through MMA
https://streamable.com/w4epu Today, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is one of MMA’s pound-for-pound best fighters, and the biggest star the sport has ever produced. Really, the Irishman has become such a massive superstar that it’s hard to imagine him as anything else. Of course, he hasn’t always been the spotlight dominating celebrity that he is today. […]
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Sage Northcutt returning to lightweight after going 0-2
UFC prospect Sage Northcutt is headed back down to 155 pounds after a bit of a rough stretch at welterweight. After going 2-0 in the UFC in 2015, defeating Francisco Trevino and Cody Pfister after being discovered on UFC President Dana White’s “Lookin’ For A Fight” series, Northcutt experienced the first loss of his professional […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather in ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!’
While we might not see Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather soon, we can enjoy this parody of the fight in the meantime! To kick off 2017, undefeated Boxing icon Floyd Mayweather made UFC superstar Conor McGregor an offer to fight him in the boxing ring for $15 million dollars. The offer was a rather low […]
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Donald Cerrone eyes UFC gold in 2017
In 2016, fan favorite UFC fighter Donald Cerrone made waves in the UFC’s welterweight division as he kicked off the year by making the jump from 155 pounds to 170 pounds to fight Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira at ‘UFC Fight Night: Pittsburgh’. Cerrone picked up a Performance of the Night bonus as he submitted Oliveira in […]
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“King Mo” roasts “Rampage” with hilarious procession of Instagram posts
Back in May of 2014, light heavyweight legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson defeated Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal with a contentious unanimous decision. Last weekend, during the Bellator 170 broadcast, it announced that the two fan favorites will rematch at heavyweight in the main event of Bellator 175 on March 31. Rampage and King Mo’s trash talk began […]
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk returns to American Top Team to begin next training camp
Last November, in one of the whopping three title fights included on the UFC 205 bill, strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk thwarted a game challenger in Karolina Kowalkiewicz with a dominant unanimous decision victory. With this win, the talented striking specialist reaffirmed her status as one of the UFC’s most dominant champions. Now, the dominant strawweight […]
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VIDEO | Michael Bisping not set on Yoel Romero, wants “biggest money-generating fight” possible
https://youtu.be/GZ2248yGrUk Last November, on the main card of UFC 205, Chris Weidman and Yoel Romero fought in what was quite clearly a number one contender fight at middleweight. In advance of this fight, however, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping suggested that he had no interest in fighting Romero, even if he beat Weidman, citing the Cuban’s […]
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Tito Ortiz addresses fixed fight allegations: Don’t be so ignorant, I almost broke his jaw
Last Saturday, Bellator MMA returned to our screens with Bellator 170, an exciting card in Los Angeles, California. This card’s headlining slot was filled by a light heavyweight bout between retiring MMA legend Tito Ortiz, and fan favorite Chael Sonnen, who was returning from a hiatus of three years. Though many expect Sonnen to be […]
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Chael Sonnen steps in on short notice for Hector Lombard at SUG 3
SUG 3 just got a lot more interesting! Just days after dropping a first round submission loss to Tito Ortiz in the main event of Bellator 170, MMA veteran Chael Sonnen has now stepped in on short notice for Hector Lombard to grapple with Garry ‘The Lion’ Tonon on January 29th in a grappling match […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan opens up on why he never fought in the UFC
https://youtu.be/eLdRpAXI3Y0 If you have ever seen UFC commentator Joe Rogan display his martial arts skills, you soon realize that the man behind the mic knows exactly what he is talking about. As a black belt in taekwondo and Brazilan jiu-jitsu, Rogan used to comepete in martial arts competitions in the 80’s and then took on […]
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Dana White shoots down Manny Pacquiao vs. Conor McGregor
If you have a draw in the sport of boxing, why wouldn’t you drop your name in the hat to be in the talks of a superfight with UFC superstar Conor McGregor? Manny Pacquiao is one of the latest boxing stars to say that he would fight McGregor if given the opportunity and chances are […]
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CSAC addresses incident with Tito Ortiz holding his choke on Chael Sonnen
When a fight gets personal, you can bet that emotions can sometimes get the best of these competitive athletes. In the main event of Bellator 170, Tito Ortiz had to be pried off from holding onto his rear-naked choke on Chael Sonnen by referee “Big” John McCarthy. “When he was tapping, I thought he was […]
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Nate Diaz wants to fight but says he is being ‘put on the shelf’
August 20, 2016 was the last time Nate Diaz stepped into the Octagon for a fight. Following a majority decision loss to his rival Conor McGregor at UFC 202, Diaz has stated that he is only looking for big fights that will result in a big payday. Given his history and payouts for his two […]
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Frank Mir hopes to return to the Octagon in 2018, still wants Lesnar trilogy fight
In April of 2016, it was announced that Frank Mir had been notified of a potential USADA violation, and that he could be facing up to two years on the shelf as a result. In the face of this lengthy suspension, Mir seemed to be seriously considering retirement. In the months since this USADA violation […]
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BREAKING | Stipe Miocic vs. Junior Dos Santos 2 reportedly in the works for UFC 211
According to reliable Brazilian MMA publication Combate, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will next defend his title against an old foe in Junior Dos Santos. Combate’s report says this heavyweight title fight is likely to headline UFC 211, which will occur in Dallas, Texas on May 13. Miocic and Dos Santos first met back in […]
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VIDEO | Get pumped for UFC Denver with this awesome Cowboy KO
https://youtu.be/erftfWuqmZo This Saturday, the UFC will return to Denver, Colorado with an exciting night of fights. This card, which will air on Fox, will be headlined by a bantamweight number-one-contender fight between Julianna Peña, the first woman to win the Ultimate Fighter, and Valentina Shevchenko, who is the perhaps best striker in the division. The […]