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Jeremy Stephens and Cody Garbrandt nearly brawl backstage
At the UFC 207 early morning weigh-ins Thursday morning, Jeremy Stephens and Cody Garbrandt were nearly involved in a brawl backstage. Garbrandt of course was in attendance hitting the scales for his UFC 207 co-main event scrap with bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. While Stephens is not fighting at the event, he is one of Cruz’ […]
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Dana White says it is all on Conor McGregor for next fight and negotiations
Current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor stated after winning the lightweight belt from Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 that he would be taking time off from fighting for the birth of his first child. “The Notorious” also stated that he wants to meet with the new owners of the UFC to talk business and said […]
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Fighters react to Ronda Rousey not doing any media for the UFC 207 event
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will make her highly anticipated return to the octagon in the featured bout of this Friday’s UFC 207 pay-per-view event when she challenges current title holder Amanda Nunes. “Rowdy” has not competed inside the cage since suffering a shocking head kick knockout loss to Holly Holm at UFC […]
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VIDEO | Ronda Rousey officially on weight for UFC 207
And @rondarousey has weighed in for her @ufc 207 fight, briefly emerging in public for the first time this week A video posted by Adam (@adamhilllvrj) on Dec 29, 2016 at 9:02am PST Throughout the course of fight week, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been absent from the public eye as she has […]
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Lando Vannata returns at UFC 209
‘Groovy’ Lando Vannata may only have two fights in the UFC, however the New Jersey native has an extremely loyal fan-base, which has only grown over the course of 2016. In the middle of the year, TUF winner Michael Chiesa was forced out of his scheduled ‘UFC Fight Night: Sioux Falls’ scrap with top ranked […]
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PHOTO | Ronda Rousey shows transformation from UFC 184 to UFC 207
With just over 24 hours to go until former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey returns to the Octagon at UFC 207, the champ is giving combat sports fans one last reason to “fear the return”. Rousey took to social media to post a side-by-side photo of herself from UFC 184, where she fought and […]
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Mike Perry and Albert Tumenov engage in Twitter beef
UFC welterweight Mike Perry made quite the impact on the UFC’s welterweight division in 2016. Entering into the promotion a perfect 7-0 in his professional career, with all of his wins being KO/TKO wins. When Perry stepped into the Octagon against Hyun Gyu Lim at UFC 202 in August, it took him just over three […]
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VIDEO | Mirko Cro Cop KOs King Mo at Rizin
Cro Cop takes out King Mo to end the night. #RIZIN2016 pic.twitter.com/dfysY0AlhP — Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) December 29, 2016 Last night in the quarterfinal of the Rizin FF Grand Prix, MMA legend Mirko Cro Cop stepped into the ring with top ranked Bellator MMA fighter Muhammad ‘King Mo’ Lawal. While King Mo certainly had the […]
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Dana White explains why Ronda Rousey was given pass on media obligations
Leading up to UFC 207, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been the focus of the promotions efforts to promote the fight, using Rousey as the focus of their TV ads. With that being said, Rousey has been given an exemption from her usual media obligations leading up to the fight, and has […]
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PHOTO | Fabricio Werdum fires back, posts screenshot of texts with Dana White
Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum was recently left without an opponent when former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was forced out of their scheduled UFC 207 scrap just days before the event after the NSAC deemed Velasquez medically unfit to fight. While Junior dos Santos initially opened up as a frontrunner for a late […]
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Cain Velasquez releases lengthy statement on UFC 207 situation
This past weekend, unfortunate news surfaced that former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez had been pulled from his scheduled UFC 207 scrap with Fabricio Werdum just days before the fight after the NSAC deemed him medically unfit to fight. The news came as quite a shock given that Velasquez stated pre-fight that he had been […]
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Ronda Rousey was reportedly on weight for UFC 207 days ago
Today, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will step onto the scale to weigh-in for her highly anticipated UFC 207 scrap with Amanda Nunes on Friday night. While most fighters have to do the remainder of their weight-cut during fight week, UFC President Dana White says that Rousey was already on weight days ago. […]
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Dana White says Nick Diaz has turned down all the fights the UFC has offered him
During today’s UFC 207 media scrum in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White revealed to MMAFighting’s Luke Thomas that former Stirkeforce champion Nick Diaz has been offered several welterweight fights by the promotion but unfortunately turned them all down. Weight debates aside, Dana White told me he's offered Nick Diaz fights at welterweight. According to […]
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VIDEO | Cody Garbrandt storms out of interview with Dominick Cruz
(via The Fight Network) Bitter rivals Dominick Cruz and Cody Garbrandt will finally take to the octagon this Friday night at UFC 207 in Las Vegas with the UFC’s coveted Bantamweight title up or grabs. Earlier today, Garbrandt and Cruz engaged in a head-to-head interview and things quickly got heated when the talk between the […]
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Dana White explains why Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson is not happening
Earlier this month, reports began to surface that Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson would be fighting for the interim UFC lightweight champion. The pair traded barbs on social media, with both men stating that the ball was in the other’s court. Ultimately, Ferguson revealed that he would be holding out for more money from the […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 13 // Alan Jouban | Platinum Mike Perry
BJPENN.COM Radio returns tonight at 8PM ET/5PM PT with another streamlined episode to close out 2016 in style! 8:15PM ET- Alan “Brahma” Jouban @alanjouban kicks off tonights show to recap his recent victory over Mike Perry at UFC on Fox 22 in Sacramento. Following a ton of trash talk between the two, Jouban was victorious […]
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Todd Duffee inks new UFC deal, returns at UFC 209
UFC heavyweight veteran Todd Duffee has been absent from the Octagon since being KOd by Frank Mir in the first round of their ‘UFC Fight Night: San Diego’ scrap back in July. Following the KO loss, there was no mention as to when Duffee was planning to return to the Octagon, or if he would […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan’s first UFC appearance from UFC 12
UFC commentator Joe Rogan has been around the sport for a long time and has grown with the UFC since the early days of the promotion. Here, we take a look at a younger Joe Rogan making his first appearance at UFC 12: Judgement Day, which took place on February 7, 1997, at the Dothan […]
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Family First: Nick Diaz turned down a fight with Conor McGregor
In March of this year, Nate Diaz shocked the world by submitting then featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the second round of a last-minute welterweight fight. Given McGregor’s previous dominance, and his status as MMA’s biggest star, he was given an immediate shot at redemption against Diaz. Though this rematch with Diaz was initially expected […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan talks about Ronda Rousey’s UFC 207 media blackout
https://youtu.be/9DlzpDOHYDY Ronda Rousey is making her return to the UFC Octagon after losing for the first time in her professional mixed martial arts career. Rousey had to swallow the bitter taste of defeat just over a year ago when Holly Holm shocked the world and defeated Rousey by knockout in their championship title fight at […]
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The 10 Best UFC submissions of 2016
2016 has been a fantastic year for those with an appreciation for the grappling components of mixed martial arts. We witnessed the sophomore MMA effort of ADCC champion MacKenzie Dern, who dropped jaws with a modified Imanari choke against Montana Stewart. We saw dozens of dazzling submissions in the cages of Bellator MMA, One Championship, and World Series […]
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Mike Goldberg will reportedly make last broadcasting appearance at UFC 207
After a period of speculation following reports that the UFC was looking to replace the ‘hype master’ style of commentary delivered by Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan, reports are now surfacing that longtime UFC commentator Mike Goldberg will be making his last broadcasting appearance with the UFC this Friday at UFC 207. UFC President Dana […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Tiffany van Soest: Striking in the MMA women’s strawweight division is ‘Mediocre at best’
Tiffany “Time Bomb” van Soest was recently crowned the first-ever female champion in the prestigious Glory kickboxing promotion. With the historic win under her resume, “Time Bomb” says that her future in mixed martial arts all The Muay Thai and kickboxing champion made her professional MMA debut earlier this year and showed a lot of […]
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VIDEO | UFC 207 Embedded: Vlog Series – Episode 1 & 2 – Ronda Rousey looking like she is in great shape!
UFC 207 is set to take place this weekend on December 30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event will feature the return of Ronda Rousey as she looks to get back to the top of women’s mixed martial arts by taking on current UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes for the title. The co-main […]
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Ben Rothwell: Cain Velasquez used media to get himself pulled from UFC 207
Unfortunate news surfaced this past weekend that former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez had been pulled form his scheduled UFC 207 fight with Fabricio Werdum on December 30th after failing an extra pre-fight medical screening following news of a back injury he endured during training camp. Velasquez had been very open about the fact that […]
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Amanda Nunes ‘doesn’t know what’s wrong with’ Ronda Rousey
Leading up to UFC 207, much of the UFC’s promotion for the event has surrounded the highly anticipated return of Ronda Rousey, who will step back into the Octagon over a year after horrifically being knocked out cold by Holly Holm at UFC 193, where she lost the UFC women’s bantamweight championship. In addition to […]
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With Cain Velasquez out, Fabricio Werdum wants Stipe Miocic rematch
On December 30th, Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum were set to have a highly anticipated rematch, with a heavyweight title shot against Stipe Miocic on the line. Leading up to the fight, Velasquez was very open about the fact that he had endured a back injury during training, using CBD Oil to help him get […]
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Amanda Nunes sends warning to Ronda Rousey: You will never get this belt back
With just days to go until UFC 207, where UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will look to make her first successful title defense when she steps into the Octagon with former champion Ronda Rousey, things are starting to heat up! For Nunes, the fight will be her first title defense since winning the title […]