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VIDEO | Hilarious parody cartoon of Edmond Tarverdyan coaching Ronda Rousey to hunt the lioness
Much of the criticism surrounding former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and her pair of losses are being aimed at her coach, Edmond Tarverdyan. Rousey’s own mother, Olympic judo gold medalist AnnMaria De Mars has made it loud and clear with her disapproval for Tarverdyan. With Rousey coming back to face Amanda “The Lioness” […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Tyron Woodley explains why he’s not fighting ‘legend’ Nick Diaz at UFC 209
The next match for UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is still up in the air. However, the king of the UFC 170-pound division does have a few names on his list that he would like nothing more than to do battle with in the Octagon. With potential fights against UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC […]
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USADA hands Brock Lesnar one-year suspension for failed UFC 200 drug tests
Former UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar really couldn’t have looked any better in his UFC 200 fight against devastating striker Mark Hunt. Considering he hadn’t stepped foot in the Octagon in some five years, his scoring a three-round domination of a legitimate, top-10 foe was truly impressive. Unfortunately, Lesnar had the rug pulled out from under […]
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Top 5: counting down the best UFC PPVs of 2016
Picking the best UFC PPVs of 2016 is not an easy task. This year was, after all, a year of incredibly stacked pay-per-view cards. Under the magnifying glass, however, there were five PPVs in 2016 that seemed to stand a head and shoulders above the rest; cards that were packed not only with big names, […]
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Dominick Cruz sends message to fans following loss
Dominick Cruz kicked off 2016 by reclaiming the bantamweight championship he never lost inside the Octagon, before then defending the belt against his nemesis Urijah Faber. Despite that, Dominick Cruz entered 2017 without the bantamweight championship. In the final UFC event of 2016, Cruz stepped into the Octagon against undefeated Team Alpa Male prospect Cody […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan and crew boil over Justin Bieber’s mean tweet about Ronda Rousey
https://youtu.be/2Oo_VmBb_Z4 When you are as big of a star as former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, you will be both praised and criticized by fellow fighters and even celebrities. In this particular case, pop star singer Justin Bieber was involved sending a mean tweet following Rousey’s UFC 207 loss to champion Amanda Nunes. Bieber […]
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UFC Phoenix results – BJ Penn vs Yair Rodriguez
Catch all the UFC Phoenix results and action from Arizona as we update you live on fight night! Stay glued to this page for live results, and stay tuned to BJPenn.com for recaps of each fight from the event on January 15. UFC Phoenix will feature the return of UFC Hall of Fame legend BJ […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Tyron Woodley opens up on potential fight with Michael Bisping
On the heels of UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley’s majority draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 in November, a five-round contest that saw him retain his welterweight title in the co-main event, there has been much speculation as to who Woodley’s next fight will be against. Given that the fight with Thompson was a […]
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VIDEO | Forrest Griffin shaves head after losing bet to Cody Garbrandt
Leading up to UFC 207, UFC legend Forrest Griffin made his official prediction for the UFC 207 co-main event scrap between Dominick Cruz and Cody Garbrandt. While Griffin admitted that he liked Garbrandt, he believed that the undefeated Team Alpha Male prospect wasn’t quite ready to step into the Octagon with a legend like Cruz. […]
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Joe Rogan breaks down why Nate Diaz request for $20 mil. is unrealistic
2016 was a big year for MMA veteran Nate Diaz as he defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 196 on just two weeks notice. Following the incredible win over McGregor, Diaz once again stepped into the Octagon with the Irish superstar at UFC 202 in August, where the pair fought to a majority decision. Ultimately, McGregor […]
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UFC Phoenix start time and broadcast details
Wondering about the UFC Phoenix start time? BJPenn.com has you covered with all the details you need. Check out the rundown below. The main card of UFC Phoenix is scheduled for a start time of 10:00 p.m. ET, and 7:00 p.m. PT. It will air on Fox Sports 1. The undercard, meanwhile, has a start time of 8:00 […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov wants Conor McGregor in Russia
Top ranked lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov has been on a tear of the UFC’s lightweight division 8-0 since joining the promotion in 2012. Unfortunately after defeating Rafael dos Anjos in 2014, Nurmagomedov was sidelined for the next two years with injuries. In early 2016, ‘The Eagle’ was set to make his highly anticipated return to the […]
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UFC Phoenix Fight Card: Penn vs. Rodriguez
The official UFC Phoenix fight card has been finalized and will occur in sunny Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, January 15. Note: that’s Sunday, not the typical Saturday. The card will be headlined by a compelling featherweight showdown between rising Mexican prospect Yair Rodriguez, and our very own BJ Penn. Rodriguez will enter the fight having won his first […]
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Tito Ortiz opens up on Cris Cyborg turning down UFC title fights
The last several weeks of 2016 certainly were interesting ones for Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg. UFC President Dana White revealed several weeks ago that Cris Cyborg, who is 2-0 under the UFC banner at catchweight fights at 140 pounds, had turned down not one, but two opportunities to fight for the inaugural women’s […]
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Mirko Cro Cop retires from MMA: ‘This is it’
Last month, MMA legend Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic made his highly anticipated return to the ring in Japan where he competed in the Rizin Fighting Federation open weight Grand Prix to close out 2016. In the opening round, Cro Cop defeated Hyun Man Myung via submission in the very first round. The win not only […]
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Demi Lovato calls it quits with boyfriend Luke Rockhold
In the summer of 2016, we learned that former UFC middleweight champion and model Luke Rockhold and pop music superstar Demi Lovato had started dating. Though the two were initially fairly hush-hush about their relationship, they were spotted in public multiple times together – including a few appearances at UFC events – and ultimately went […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor announces career as horse-racing jockey in hilarious promo
Sport of Kings – meet your new King! @PegasusWorldCup @realjonlovitz pic.twitter.com/IOiqHw8ImC — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) January 4, 2017 It’s no secret that Conor McGregor is one of the greatest fighters on earth. Having won the UFC featherweight title from Jose Aldo in December of 2015, he then went on to clobber Eddie Alvarez to win […]
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Coach Edmond Tarverdyan breaks silence on Ronda Rousey’s UFC 207 loss
Last Friday, in the main event of UFC 207, former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey stepped into the Octagon for the first time since she was flattened by a Holly Holm head kick more than a year ago. She made her long awaited return against the division’s reigning queen, brick-fisted Brazilian Amanda Nunes. Unfortunately for […]
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Ronda Rousey’s boyfriend Travis Browne furious with Michael ‘Venom’ Page
Rising Bellator MMA star Michael “Venom” Page took it upon himself to make sure he was a part of the talk following Ronda Rousey’s devastating UFC 207 loss to Amanda Nunes. Nunes defended her UFC women’s bantamweight title for the first time and made quick work of Rousey, needing just 48 seconds to TKO the […]
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VIDEO | Cody Garbrandt robot dances after dodging multiple punches from Dominick Cruz
https://www.facebook.com/AnnaJaneKesington/videos/383320015350309/ Cody Garbrandt robot danced his way to victory during his UFC bantamweight championship fight at UFC 207 on Friday. The newly crowned Team Alpha Male product showed impressive offense and defense in his five-round title fight against Dominick Cruz, picking up a unanimous decision victory. UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley was feeling what “No […]
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UFC 207 medical suspensions
To close out 2016, the UFC hit Las Vegas one final time for UFC 207. The event was an extremely entertaining one which left fight fans with plenty of memories. From Alex Garcia’s first round KO of Mike Pyle on the preliminary card to Cody Garbrandt’s masterful performance against Dominick Cruz in the co-main event, […]
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VIDEO | Michael ‘Venom’ Page ridicules Ronda Rousey and team on social media again
Michael “Venom” Page isn’t letting his foot off the gas pedal following Ronda Rousey’s devastating UFC 207 loss to Amanda Nunes. The flashy Bellator fighter took to social media the day after UFC 207 where he made a song and dance mocking Rousey getting punched in the face with his “Do the Rousey” video. Page […]
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Joe Rogan reflects on Cody Garbrandt giving title belt to Maddux Maple
In one of the final UFC scraps of 2016, undefeated bantamweight fighter Cody Garbrandt put on the performance of a lifetime as he picked apart Dominick Cruz over the course of five rounds to secure the UFC bantamweight championship. In addition to picking Cruz apart, Garbrandt landed several big punches on Cruz that sent the […]
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Mike Goldberg’s family isn’t happy he didn’t get a proper sendoff at UFC 207
At the moment, it is not clear whether or not UFC 207 will go down as Ronda Rousey‘s last fight in the Octagon. Whether she chooses to fight again after her abrupt loss to Amanda Nunes remains to be seen. What we can be sure of, however, is that UFC 207 was the final work night of […]
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VIDEO | This Day In History: Cody Garbrandt makes his UFC debut
Cody Garbrandt has done what most UFC fighters can only dream of. “No Love” impressively made his debut in the UFC and became a UFC champion in less than two years. On this day in 2015, Garbrandt entered the Octagon for the first time and faced Marcus Brimage at UFC 182. “No Love” put on […]
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Cody Garbrandt’s coach discusses first potential title defense
To close out 2016, undefeated Team Alpha Male prospect Cody Garbrandt put on the performance of a lifetime as he not only defeated former bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz, but picked ‘The Dominator’ apart over the course of five rounds, even rocking Cruz several times throughout the fight. Leading up to the fight, Garbrandt stated several […]
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Max Holloway: I’ll ‘defend the interim title 10 times’ if Aldo fight doesn’t materialize
With Conor McGregor now soundly out of the picture, the featherweight spotlight is fixed firmly on two men. The first is Jose Aldo, who surrendered the belt to McGregor in 2015, but was promoted back to undisputed champion when McGregor was stripped of the featherweight title in late 2016. The other is Max Holloway, who […]
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Freddie Roach: Ronda Rousey should retire
This past weekend at UFC 207, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made her return to the Octagon for the first time since suffering the first loss of her career at the hands of Holly Holm over a year ago. Unfortunately for Rousey, her return didn’t go as planned. While leading up to the […]