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Anthony Pettis has two opponents in mind if Jose Aldo is retiring
Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis was hoping to score a title fight with current interim UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. However, after news broke that Eddie Alvarez would be defending his lightweight strap against current featherweight champion Conor McGregor at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 in New York, a frustrated Aldo announced that he […]
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REPORT: Werdum vs. Velasquez II set for December 30 in Las Vegas
The rematch between former UFC heavyweight champs Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez appears to be set for the UFC’s annual end of the year card, according to Werdum’s coach Rafael Cordiero. “Beniel Dariush is representing our team on 5 November in Mexico City and Werdum on December 30 in Vegas against Cain Velasquez. Go with everything!”, […]
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Daniel Cormier set to defend his UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 206 in Toronto
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will return to the Octagon to defend his title at UFC 206 in Toronto, Canada. The event is scheduled to take place on December 10. Cormier made his announcement on Wednesday night’s “UFC Tonight” show on FOX Sports 1. Cormier is slated to face Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in another […]
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NOW!! // BJPENN.COM Radio Relaunch // Matt “The Immortal” Brown || Eddie Bravo || Bas Rutten
The long-awaited return of BJPENN.com Radio takes place at 8PM ET/ 5PM PT on October 5th!For the flagship show relaunch we bring you a savage lineup of guests from accross the combat sports spectrum. 8:15PM/5:15PM- Matt “The Immortal” Brown @IamTheImmortal will kick off the show to discuss what the welterweight contender has planned for the […]
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Dan Henderson sends a message to the middleweight division
When it was announced earlier this year that #13 ranked UFC middleweight Dan Henderson would be getting first crack at Michael Bisping and his middleweight championship, there was widespread outrage regarding Bisping cutting the line to get a middleweight title shot. While many MMA fans wanted to see the UFC 100 rematch between Bisping and […]
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EXCLUSIVE | “Felony” Charles Bennett Discusses His Renewed Beef with Wanderlei Silva
One of the biggest storylines to emerge from Rizin Fighting Federation’s latest card, which went down on September 25 in Saitama, Japan, was the reemergence of an age-old beef between “Felony” Charles Bennett and the much larger Wanderlei Silva. Bennett and Silva’s beef stems from an infamous 2005 locker room brawl. Footage of this brawl, […]
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Lineker vs. Dodson draws lowest ratings for of the year for Saturday Fight Night’s
Despite appearing to be a good card on paper, UFC Fight Night: Dodson vs. Lineker on Saturday night pulled the lowest ratings for any Fight Night card this year. The event had a paltry 657,000 viewers on FS 1 Saturday night, which made it the lowest for a Saturday night prime time show so far this […]
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Stephen Thompson Says Fans Booing Got in Tyron Woodley’s Head
In June of this year, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson extended his win-streak to seven with a decision win over recent Bellator signee Rory MacDonald. With the win, he established himself as the obvious opponent for Robbie Lawler and Tyron Woodley’s July welterweight title fight. When Woodley won the title with a first-round KO of Lawler, however, […]
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Jon Jones NSAC hearing postponed
It looks as though the MMA community will have to wait longer for the return of pound for pound kingpin, interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. After it was revealed last month that Jones would be appearing in front of the NSAC on October 10th along with Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor, who could be […]
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A Look Back at the Record-Breaking Rise of Conor McGregor
In April of 2013, a 25-year-old Conor McGregor waved goodbye to a job as a plumber’s apprentice and made a successful UFC debut with a first-round TKO of Marcus Brimage. In the moments after the win, McGregor would famously call for a knockout of the night bonus. He would receive that bonus, and return home […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov gives final warning, will never fight in UFC again if snubbed of title shot after UFC 205
#1 UFC ranked lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov is not happy that he is not challenging Eddie Alvarez for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 205 in New York. Nurmagomedov feels he was “used” to set up the lightweight title fight between Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor, which will headline the UFC 205 card. Instead of […]
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MMA community reacts to the death of UFC fighter Josh “Anqa” Samman
Tragic news hit the MMA community on Wednesday when it was revealed that UFC middleweight Josh “Anqa” Samman had passed away at the young age of 28-years-old. Samman, who made his way to the UFC on TUF season 17, “Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs Team Sonnen” was found unresponsive in a Florida apartment last week. […]
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Jason Parillo gives detailed prediction for Michael Bisping’s win at UFC 204
This weekend, in the main event of UFC 204, Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson will step into the Octagon in Manchester, England, to square off for Bisping’s UFC middleweight championship. While the fight has the potential to be Bisping’s first successful title defense, it could also mean MMA history for Henderson. Henderson, who was a […]
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Josh Samman: The man beyond the Octagon
Josh Samman managed to live an extraordinary life despite his relatively short 28 years here, becoming a widely recognized UFC fighter and best-selling author without ever reaching his 30th birthday. Although Samman enjoyed massive successes as a prize-fighter and writer, he endured as much tragedy as he did triumph. The world was first introduced to […]
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Eddie Alvarez: Conor McGregor fans “don’t know s*** about MMA”
Last week, Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez came face to face for the first time at the UFC 205 press conference ahead of their historic fight for Alvarez’ lightweight championship in the main event of UFC 205 on November 12th. When Alvarez fielded his first question from a media member, he was meet with boos […]
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Michael Bisping feeling “massive pressure” ahead of UFC 204
In just over 72 hours, Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson will step into the Octagon in the main event of UFC 204 in Manchester, England to fight for the UFC middleweight championship. In addition to the fight being a highly anticipated rematch of the pair’s UFC 100 scrap that saw Henderson pick up arguably one […]
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‘UFC Fight Night: Portland’ payouts
This past weekend the UFC hit Portland, Oregon for an action packed night of fights. The event started off with a bang on UFC Fight Pass as Curtis Blaydes picked up a spectacular KO win over Cody East, leaving East with a massive welt on his head from brutal elbows. Throughout the event the ball […]
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South Korea’s Road FC Hosts 32-Man Lightweight Tournament, Invites Jose Aldo to Compete for $1M Prize
Last Saturday, South Korean promotion Road FC announced that they’ll be hosting a 32-man lightweight tournament. According to the burgeoning organization, the winner of this massive tournament will take home a whopping $1,000,000. According to the folks over at BloodyElbow.com, this tournament will kick off in the spring of 2017, and will unfurl over the course […]
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Report: Josh Samman passes away after being in coma
Wednesday morning the MMA community was hit with a tragic development regarding UFC middleweight Josh Samman, who has been in a coma since being found unresponsive in a Florida apartment last month. While there has still been no word as to why Samman was found unresponsive, and another man with him was found dead, Samman’s […]
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VIDEO | Way Back Wednesday: Watch Kimbo Slice Beat Up Afro Puff and Big Mac
https://youtu.be/snigTc_iaXM Earlier this year, news broke that Bellator heavyweight and former UFC star Kevin Ferguson – more widely known as Kimbo Slice – had tragically passed away. The beloved fighter died of heart failure after being rushed to a hospital in Florida. Slice, of course, rose to prominence as a street fighter. In the early 2000s, […]
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TJ Dillashaw blasts Dominick Cruz once again for “running”
Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw has been doing everything in his power to secure a rematch with UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. Cruz, who returned to the Octagon earlier this year, fought Dillashaw in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ back in January, and reclaimed the bantamweight championship that he never actually […]
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Thomas Almeida still thinks about Cody Garbrandt loss “all the time”
At the beginning of 2016, many predicted that 21-0 Brazilian bantamweight Thomas Almeida would climb to the top of the UFC’s bantamweight rankings by the end of the year, and even potentially earn himself a crack at bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. On May 29th, Almeida stepped into the Octagon against Team Alpha Male prospect Cody […]
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VIDEO – This day in MMA history: Scott Coker’s Birthday
Scott Coker took over operations for Bellator MMA back in 2014, when Viacom replaced Bjorn Rebney with the former Strikeforce president. Ever since, Bellator has signed some massive free agents, from Rory MacDonald to Benson Henderson. Bellator’s Facebook page pasted a video on Monday in celebration of Coker’s birthday, and some of the major successes […]
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VIDEO | UFC 205: Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor Promo – History
https://youtu.be/etWtQoKHxEo The historic UFC 205 card taking place at Madison Square Garden will feature a main event bout between UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. Alvarez will look to defend his belt for the first time while “The Notorious” will look to stamp his name in mixed martial arts history […]
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Jose Aldo disgusted with the direction MMA is heading
Current UFC interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo has come to a point in his career where he is simply fed up. The Brazilian champion recently stated that he wants to be released from his UFC contract to pursue new opportunities outside the world of mixed martial arts. Tap.Nap.Snap caught up with Aldo last week and […]
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On this day in MMA history: Seth Petruzelli KOs Kimbo in 14 seconds flat
Eight years ago today, the MMA world was turned upside down with one punch and 14 seconds. Ultimate Fighter season 2 alum Seth Petruzelli, who was filling in for Ken Shamrock after a last-minute cut forced Shamrock off the card, had done something remarkable. He knocked out Kimbo Slice in one of the highest viewed […]
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Eddie Alvarez questions why his UFC 205 contract pay got Conor McGregor so emotional
Eddie Alvarez says that he will be making “millions” for his UFC lightweight title fight against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor at UFC 205. The historic card will feature the two UFC champions in McGregor’s attempt to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two different UFC weight class titles at the same […]
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VIDEO | Team Alpha Male’s Adam Corrigan exposes Julian Wallace getting knocked by 19-year-old cousin of Cody Garbrandt
[ooyala code=”VkbDk5NjE6OYLWIUiWt1W49LWuUnsMlX” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”1280″] The very recognizable Australian MMA fighter, Julian “Julz the Jackal” Wallace has seemed to get a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. You may recognize Wallace and his face tattoos from the viral bullying video in his faceoff with Ben “10” Nguyen, where he was knocked out […]