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Darren Till wants to take Mike Perry up on his offer, will pay $5k to be in his corner
Darren Till is hoping to be the lucky fan to be in Mike Perry’s corner at UFC 255. On Sunday, Perry took to social media to say whoever pays him the most amount of money can be in his corner with his girlfriend at UFC 255 when he fights Robbie Lawler. Whoever gives me the […]
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Jon Jones tired of trash talking, tells Israel Adesanya to “sign the contract”
UFC legend Jon Jones says he’s tired of the trash talk with Israel Adesanya, telling the UFC middleweight champion to “sign the contract.” Jones and Adesanya have been going back-and-forth for the better part of the past year, but things seemed to have reached a boiling point ever since Adesanya’s knockout win over Paulo Costa […]
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Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns off UFC 256, promotion looking at two possible replacements
Kamaru Usman will no longer be defending his welterweight title on December 12 at UFC 256. Usman was supposed to take on Gilbert Burns in a fight that was supposed to happen in July but the Brazilian tested positive for COVID-19. It was a fight many fans were looking forward to due to they were […]
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Alexander Hernandez vs. Chris Gruetzemacher set for UFC event on Halloween
Alexander Hernandez is looking to return to the win column in Las Vegas on Halloween. Multiple sources have told BJPENN.com that Hernandez will take on Chris Gruetzemacher on October 31. Hernandez is coming off a TKO loss to Drew Dober back in May, marking his second loss in three fights. The 28-year-old stormed onto the scene […]
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Coach: Israel Adesanya could move to light heavyweight for next fight
City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman says his star pupil, Israel Adesanya, could move up to the light heavyweight division for his next fight. Adesanya is the current UFC middleweight champion, and defended his strap with a second-round TKO win over the formerly unbeaten Paulo Costa late last month. Since that win over Costa, he’s made […]
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Dana White confirms next featherweight title shot will go to Korean Zombie vs. Ortega winner
UFC president Dana White confirmed that the winner of The Korean Zombie vs. Brian Ortega will get a featherweight title shot. Bitter rivals ever since an incident at UFC 248 that saw Ortega slap the Korean Zombie’s friend Jay Park, The Korean Zombie and Ortega will finally get locked in the same cage on October […]
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Conor McGregor denied training space at Italian gym, issue later resolved
The world’s most famous mixed martial artist, Ireland’s own Conor McGregor, was reportedly denied entry to an Italian gym. Italian publication Città della Spezia reported that the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion was denied when he sought a place to train for a week. McGregor was enjoying a vacation in the Liguria region of […]
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Dustin Poirier: Exhibition fight with Conor McGregor is “very real”
Dustin Poirier says his much discussed exhibition fight with fellow UFC lightweight contender Conor McGregor is “very real.” Last week, McGregor invited Poirier to Dublin to compete in an exhibition fight for charity. Poirier promptly accepted this invitation, at which point McGregor released an official poster for the event. Martial art sparring match in aid […]
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Irene Aldana issues statement after decisive loss to Holly Holm
Irene Aldana has issued a statement after she came up short opposite former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm over the weekend. Aldana took on Holm in the main event of UFC Fight Island 4 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi last Saturday. The bout represented the biggest test of her MMA career thus far, but […]
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Leon Edwards responds to callout from ‘Wonderboy’
Surging UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards isn’t particularly interested in a fight with Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. Edwards, who fights out of Birmingham, UK, is currently on an eight-fight unbeaten run in the UFC welterweight division, including wins over top-flight foes like Gunnar Nelson, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Rafael dos Anjos. Despite this amazing success, he’s […]
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Court McGee admits he reset his own broken nose in the middle of Carlos Condit fight
Court McGee sustained a broken nose in the middle of his fight with Carlos Condit, but he didn’t need a doctor to help him fix it. McGee met Condit met on the undercard of last Saturday’s UFC Fight Island 4 card. Mid-way through the fight, Condit landed a blow that badly broke his foe’s nose. […]
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Michel Pereira calls out Anthony Pettis with help from Johnny Walker
UFC welterweight Michel Pereira called out long-time Octagon veteran Anthony Pettis with a little help from his friend Johnny Walker. Following his recent submission win over Zelim Imadaev, Pereira called out several of the UFC’s top welterweights including Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington. However, those types of top-five ranked opponents were always Pereira shooting for […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson fight still possible, says Dana White
UFC President Dana White says a fight between lightweight stars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson is still possible. For many years, a fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson stood out as one of the biggest the UFC could make—and the promotion certainly tried. White and his matchmaking team attempted a whopping five times to make this […]
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Photos | Carlos Condit and Court McGee share a meal after Fight Island scrap
After slugging it out at UFC Fight Island 4 on Saturday, Carlos Condit and Court McGee linked up to have a meal together post-fight. Condit and McGee met on the undercard of UFC Fight Island 4, which went down on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The pair fought for the allotted 15 minutes, with Condit […]
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What’s next for Holly Holm and Irene Aldana after UFC Fight Island 4?
In the main event of UFC Fight Island 4, Holly Holm was looking to prove she is still the number one contender while Irene Aldana was looking to earn a title shot with a win. It was the first time Aldana was headlining a show and in the lead-up to the fight, it was a […]
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UFC Fight Island 4 Reebok Pay: Carlos Condit takes home biggest sum
UFC veteran Carlos Condit took home the biggest Reebok payday after his big win over Court McGee at the weekend. The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay is a program that features media obligations, outfit requirements and more, all of which come under the UFC fighter code of conduct. This replaced the former payouts that were […]
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Darren Till dubs Israel Adesanya’s UFC 253 performance an “utter masterclass” but vows he can defeat “Stylebender”
Darren Till praised Israel Adesanya’s showing against Paulo Costa while simultaneously declaring that he will beat the champion one day. Adesanya was able to completely dominate Costa at UFC 253, retaining the UFC Middleweight Championship in the process. Till, on the other hand, will attempt to bounce back from his defeat to Robert Whittaker when […]
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Mike Perry offers fans the opportunity to be in his corner against Robbie Lawler
UFC welterweight Mike Perry is offering the chance to be in his corner for his next fight against Robbie Lawler to the highest bidder. Perry takes on Lawler in what is expected to be a fan-friendly brawl at UFC 255 later in November. In Perry’s last fight against Mickey Gall, a unanimous decision victory for […]
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Antonio Carlos Junior takes a shot at Paulo Costa, asks where the vaseline was when Israel Adesanya humped him
UFC middleweight contender Antonio Carlos Junior took a shot at Paulo Costa, asking where the vaseline was when Israel Adesanya humped him. After talking tons of trash on social media and in interviews, Costa lost by second-round TKO to Adesanya at UFC 253 in what was a one-sided fight. But what everyone was talking about […]
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Derek Brunson calls out Paulo Costa for UFC 256 fight
UFC middleweight contender Derek Brunson has requested a fight against Paulo Costa for the UFC 256 pay-per-view later this year. Brunson is coming off of a vicious third-round TKO win over prospect Edmen Shahbazyan that cemented his pale as a top-10 middleweight. Costa, meanwhile, is a top-five fighter who is coming off of a TKO […]
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The Korean Zombie apologizes for trash talking Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovski
UFC featherweight contender The Korean Zombie says he regrets trash-talking Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovski and has issued a public apology. The Korean Zombie has always been a quiet and cerebral fighter, but in the past year or so he has become more outspoken and getting more involved in back-and-forth trash-talking with both Ortega and […]
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Stephen Thompson explains why Khamzat Chimaev fight doesn’t interest him: “It just doesn’t make sense for me”
UFC welterweight contender Stephen Thompson recently explained why he isn’t interested in a fight against hotshot prospect Khamzat Chimaev. There have been rumors lately that Thompson could be the next man to step into the Octagon with Chimaev, who has quickly become one of the biggest young stars in the UFC. Since making his UFC […]
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Patricio Pitbull sends a message to new UFC fighter Michael Chandler: “You’ll always be my b*tch”
Bellator champion Patricio Pitbull sent a message to new UFC fighter Michael Chandler, saying “you’ll always be my b*tch.” Pitbull KOed Chandler in Bellator last June to become a rare double champion in the promotion. As for Chandler, after KOing Sidney Outlaw and Benson Henderson in devastating fashion, he signed a free-agent contract with the […]
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Germaine de Randamie releases statement following stunning submission win over Julianna Pena
UFC women’s bantamweight contender Germaine de Randamie has released a statement following her stunning submission win over Julianna Pena. De Randamie is one of the top strikers in the women’s weight classes so it was downright shocking, in a good way, to see her defeat Pena via technical submission in the third round. After Pena […]
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Alex Pereira believes Israel Adesanya won’t fight him again, provides update to GLORY and MMA careers
GLORY kickboxing star Alex Pereira believes that UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya won’t fight him again after already losing twice. Pereira is the current GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion. He is one of the top-ranked kickboxers in the world and has been for several years now. In 2017, Pereira met Adesanya in a […]
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James Krause steps in as short-notice replacement opponent on Fight Island against Claudio Silva
UFC welterweight James Krause will step up on short notice when he takes on veteran Claudio Silva at an upcoming UFC Fight Island event. Silva was set to take on Muslim Salikhov, but the fight is off after Salikhov was forced to withdraw from the event. In his place will step in Krause, who has […]
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Fighters Brendan Loughnane, Artem Lobov and Conor McGregor believe MMA contracts need to include new verbiage
MMA fighters Brendan Loughnane, Artem Lobov, and Conor McGregor believe that MMA contracts need to include new verbiage in them. Contracts in this sport are generally very restrictive. First off, most fighters can only fight for the one promotion that has them under contract. Second off, most promotions can cut their fighters at any time. […]
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James Gallagher responds to critics following victory at Bellator Europe
Bellator bantamweight prospect James Gallagher responded to his critics following his recent victory over Cal Ellenor at Bellator Europe. The 23-year-old Gallagher made it look easy once again as he improved his pro record to 11-1 with the first-round finish over Ellenor. Gallagher has now won four straight fights since suffering his lone career defeat […]