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The MMA community reacts to Robert Whittaker’s wild win over Derek Brunson
Last night, the UFC returned to sunny Melbourne, Australia with UFC Fight Night 101. Though most of the fights on the 13-bout lineup were somewhat slow, the main event was an absolutely thriller. That main event pitted Australia’s own Robert Whittaker against Derek Brunson in a clash of rising middleweight contenders. This fight was given […]
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Kyle Noke Retires from MMA after UFC Fight Night 101 Loss
Earlier this month, we saw women’s MMA trailblazer Miesha Tate hang up the gloves after a loss to Raquel Pennington at UFC 205. Not long thereafter, WEC and UFC veteran Manny Gamburyan did the same after a TKO loss to the dangerous Johnny Eduardo. Last night another experienced fighter rode off into the MMA sunset […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Results: Robert Whittaker KO’s Derek Brunson (Highlights)
A middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Derek Brunson served as the main event of UFC Fight Night 101 in Melbourne, Australia. Round one begins and the fighters touch gloves. Whittaker presses forward. Brunson moves in then shoots in for a takedown. It is not there. Whittaker lands a crisp shot that appears to stun […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Results: Andrew Holbrook defeats Jake Matthews
A lightweight bout between Jake Matthews and Andrew Holbrook served as the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 101 in Melbourne, Australia. Round one begins and Holbrook presses forward. Matthews with a right hand. The fighters trade punches. A low kick scores for Matthews. Matthews with a right hand. Matthews grabs a headlock and drags […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Results: Omari Akhmedov defeats Kyle Noke
Omari Akhmedov was able to utilize some good takedowns and effective strikes to score a decision victory over hometown favorite Kyle Noke on the main card of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 101 event in Melbourne, Australia. Akhmedov was able to score takedowns in rounds one and two, which resulted in some punishing ground and pound […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Results: Alex Volkanovski TKO’s Yusuke Kasuya (Highlights)
A lightweight bout between Alex Volkanovski and Yusuke Kasuya took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 101 card in Melbourne, Australia. Round one begins and Kasuya lands a straight left to start. Volkanovski with a counter right. Volkanovski misses with a punch and Kasuya ducks under and scores a takedown. Volkanovski is able to scramble […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Results: Tyson Pedro submits Khalil Rountree (Highlights)
A light heavyweight bout between Khalil Rountree and Tyson Pedro took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 101 main card in Melbourne, Australia. Round one begins and Roundtree drops Pedro with a huge left hand. Tyson immediately pops back to his feet and quickly shoots in and scores a takedown. Roundtree is trying to wall-walk […]
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BREAKING! Conor McGregor relinquishes his UFC featherweight title
Conor McGregor is no longer the UFC featherweight champion. The brash Irish Superstar relinquished his featherweight title earlier this evening according to UFC officials. The UFC announced the news during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 101 broadcast. With the news, Jose Aldo is now the promotions UFC featherweight champion. Aldo had won the UFC interim featherweight […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Results: Danielle Taylor defeats Seo Hee Ham via split-decision (Highlights)
A women’s strawweight bout between Seo Hee Ham and Danielle Taylor kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 101 main card in Melbourne, Australia. Round one begins and Ham quickly tries to close the distance. The women exchange shots and then Taylor circles out. Danielle scores with a nice shot to the body. Ham counters with […]
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UFC Fight Night 101 Live Results
Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 101 event in Melbourne, Australia? BJPENN.com has you covered. Stay glued to this page for all of tonight’s live results. UFC Fight Night 101 Main Card Results: Derek Brunson vs. Robert Whittaker – Whittaker def. Brunson via TKO at 4:07 of Round One Andrew Holbrook vs. Jake Matthews […]
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Miesha Tate rooting for Amanda Nunes over Ronda Rousey
It’s no secret that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Miesha Tate and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey have a very long and bitter rivalry dating back to the Strikeforce days of both women’s careers. Earlier this month, Tate retired at the UFC’s historic UFC 205 card in New York, where she dropped a […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Stephen Thompson draws parallels between he & Conor McGregor’s styles
Top ranked welterweight Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson is undoubtably one of the best strikers in the UFC. In addition to an impressive professional MMA record that has seen him KO/TKO numerous opponents with highlight reel strikes, including his wheel kick knockout of Jake Ellenberger, Thompson boasts a stunning 57-0 professional kickboxing record that saw him win […]
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Anthony Johnson reportedly turned down fight with Gegard Mousasi for UFC 206
After news surfaced earlier this week that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his UFC 206 scrap with Anthony Johnson just two weeks before the fight due to torn adductor in his groin, the UFC began to search for a replacement opponent for ‘Rumble’. The process was guaranteed to be […]
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Conor McGregor expected to be stripped of title, Pettis vs. Holloway to fight for interim belt
After period of much speculation, it has now been confirmed that UFC 206 will be headlined by an interim featherweight title fight between former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and top ranked featherweight Max Holloway. Ariel Helwani broke the story Friday evening, revealing that in the wake of Daniel Cormier withdrawing from his UFC 206 […]
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Tim Kennedy offered to fight Anthony Johnson at UFC 206
This week, unfortunate news surfaced that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his UFC 206 main event scrap against Anthony Johnson with a groin injury. While Cormier was forced out of the fight, it was revealed shortly after that he intended to return to the Octagon in March. With Cormier’s […]
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Luke Rockhold weighs-in on Michael Bisping vs. Yoel Romero
While November was set to be a month of potential #1 contender fights for the UFC’s middleweight division, former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold withdrew form his scheduled ‘UFC Fight Night: Melbourne’ fight with Jacare Souza this weekend, leading the UFC to make UFC 205’s Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero fight the middleweight #1 contender fight. […]
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Georges St-Pierre reportedly training as if he is fighting at UFC 206
Former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre had been rumored for quite some time to be ending his indefinite hiatus from the Octagon, and returning to the UFC at UFC 206 in Toronto on December 10th. According to the reports that continued to surface, St-Pierre would be ending his hiatus and returning to the Octagon for […]
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John Kavanagh explains why Conor McGregor can defeat Tyron Woodley
With Conor McGregor currently reigning as a two-division UFC champion, the champ has expressed his desire to also potentially become the first ever three division UFC champion, and move up to welterweight to fight Tyron Woodley. In the wake of his historic UFC 205 win over Eddie Alvarez, McGregor toyed with the idea of moving […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Stephen Thompson reflects on fight with Tyron Woodley
Earlier this month, top ranked welterweight contender Stephen Thompson stepped into the Octagon with welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in the co-main event of UFC 205 for a highly anticipated showdown. The fight was an extremely close one, with many scoring the fight three rounds to two in Thompson’s favor, but giving Woodley a 10-8 round […]
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Demian Maia doubtful Conor McGregor will move up to 170
Leading up to Conor McGregor’s UFC 205 scrap with Eddie Alvarez earlier this month at UFC 205, the featherweight champ was involved in quite a few backstage incidents with welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. To kick off fight week, both men appeared alongside several other of the fighters from the historic card for the UFC 205 […]
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REPORT: Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway could be for interim featherweight belt
Friday afternoon, unfortunate news surfaced that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his upcoming UFC 206 scrap with Anthony Johnson on December 10th in Toronto. Cormier’s withdrawal was unexpected, but fortunately will not keep the champ sidelined for too long, as details have emerged on the situation, revealing that ‘DC’ […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor’s BJJ coach Dillon Danis nearly brawls at ADCC trials
https://youtu.be/3qrTgEaZobA It looks like Dillon Danis isn’t just the teacher in his newly established association with UFC superstar Conor McGregor. It appears as if the Marcelo Garcia black belt phenom that was brought in to help “The Notorious” with his Brazilian jiu-jitsu for the UFC 202 rematch against Nate Diaz is also learning a bit […]
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New details emerge on Daniel Cormier’s injury & return
Friday afternoon, the MMA community received some unfortunate news, that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his upcoming UFC 206 scrap with Anthony Johnson on December 10th in Toronto, Canada. The fight was set to be Cormier’s second title defense since winning the belt in May of 2015, when he […]
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Junior Dos Santos’ polite callout of Stipe Miocic gets a savage response from Ben Rothwell
Yesterday afternoon, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos issued one of the most courteous callouts in UFC history. The recipient of this callout was current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who he defeated with a narrow decision back in late 2014. If Dos Santos gets his way, this rematch with the reigning champ will occur […]
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VIDEO | Khabib Nurmagomedov on Conor McGregor bout: ‘I want to take him down, speak with him, slap him’
The #1 UFC ranked lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov does not care who he fights next. The only thing that is important to the undefeated Russian fighter is that he fights for the UFC lightweight title next. However, with Conor McGregor being the current UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, “The Eagle” told TMZ just what he wants […]
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MMA community reacts to Daniel Cormier’s withdrawal from UFC 206
Friday morning, news surfaced that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced to withdraw from his highly anticipated UFC 206 showdown with Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson on December 10th in Toronto, Canada. The fight was set to be a rematch from UFC 187 in 2015, where Cormier defeated Johnson to win the vacant light […]
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Max Holloway suggests five-round main event with Anthony Pettis
Just hours ago, news broke that light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his UFC 206 bout with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Given that this bout was expected to serve as the card’s headliner, the UFC will now have to scramble to produce a new main event for the fans attending the event […]
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Daniel Cormier issues an apology to Anthony Johnson after pulling out of their UFC 206 title fight
Fans were surely disappointed to find out on Friday that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has been forced out of his UFC 206 title defense due to an injury. MMA Fighting first reported the news that Cormier pulled out of the UFC 206 main event where he was slated to take on #1 UFC […]