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Paul Heyman doesn’t see anything preventing Brock Lesnar from taking fight with Daniel Cormier
UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has already successfully defended his heavyweight title in which he earned in July with a stunning first-round knockout victory over the defending king, Stipe Miocic. It seemed clear after that fight that Cormier’s first heavyweight title defense would come against another former heavyweight champion in the WWE […]
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Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz 3 Live Stream
Catch Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz 3 right here on BJPENN.COM, on Saturday, November 24. The 48-year-old UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell will enter this anticipated showdown having not fought since June of 2010, when he was knocked out by Rich Franklin in what was expected to be his final fight. In his next […]
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UFC Beijing: Curtis Blaydes vs. Francis Ngannou 2 fight card
The next UFC event on the calendar is UFC Beijing, which goes down this Saturday morning in Beijing, China. This UFC Beijing card will be headlined by a heavyweight rematch between top contender Curtis Blaydes and former title challenger Francis Ngannou. The pair first met in August of 2016. On the night of their first […]
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Chael Sonnen: ‘Ben Askren is going to become Dana White’s favorite fighter’
UFC President Dana White has not been shy about his disdain for former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren in the past. Yet Chael Sonnen believes the UFC President will come to love the American wrestler, who has finally joined the UFC roster. In fact, he thinks Askren is likely to become White’s […]
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Devin Powell on UFC Argentina injury: ‘That the was scariest injury I’ve had in a fight’
Last Saturday night, on the undercard of UFC Argentina, American lightweight Devin Powell stepped into the cage with Peru’s Jesus Pinedo. In the end, Powell lost this fight by unanimous decision. Apparently, however, this defeat was the least of his worries. Mid-way through the second round, Powell says he sustained a hematoma inside his eye. This caused […]
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Oscar De La Hoya scolds Dana White for telling fighters when to retire
Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz’s trilogy fight is just around the corner. The fight, which is being promoted by Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions, goes down this Saturday, November 24. As this trilogy fight between the two MMA legends looms on the horizon, many members of the MMA community are quite excited. […]
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Former Bellator champion Joe Warren returns at Bellator 210
“The Baddest Man On The Planet” is back. Former multi-division Bellator champion Joe Warren will square off with Shawn Bunch at Bellator 210 on Nov. 30. MMAJunkie was the first to report the fight booking. Warren (15-7) will look to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time since Mar. 2012 as he’s coming off a […]
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VIDEO | Take a look inside the new UFC Performance Institute in China
The UFC is continuing its push into the Chinese market in a big way. The promotion will be opening a brand new UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai, China. It will reportedly be more than 93,000 square feet and will cost the promotion a whopping $13 million. However, this PI will be quite different from the […]
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Management releases statement on Rachael Ostovich assault
Over the weekend, TMZ reported that UFC strawweight Rachael Ostovich had been attacked by “someone close to her.” According to a report from MMA Fighting, The Honolulu Police Department has now opened an assault investigation into this attack. Per Honolulu PD spokesperson Sarah Yoro, the attack involved “a 27-year-old female victim and a 27-year-old male suspect,” […]
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Cynthia Calvillo responds to criticism surrounding UFC Argentina weigh-in miss
Last Saturday night, on the main card of UFC Argentina, long-time strawweight contender Cynthia Calvillo rebounded from her first pro loss and an unfortunate marijuana-related suspension with a first-round submission defeat of Poliana Botelho. At a glance, it was the perfect way to rebound from an undeniably tough year. Unfortunately, Calvillo missed weight for the fight, […]
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Father still wants Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight Georges St-Pierre
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has a lot of options on the table for his next fight. There’s a rematch with Conor McGregor. There’s a long awaited fight with top-contender Tony Ferguson, and matchups with other top contenders like Dustin Poirier or Kevin Lee. Of all the options available to Khabib Nurmagomedov, however, there is […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington questions Tyron Woodley’s recent criticism
Colby Covington vs. Tyron Woodley is a fight MMA fans are looking forward to. Ever since Covington defeated Rafael Dos Anjos in June to win the promotions interim belt, fans and analysts have been debating if “Chaos” is the man to dethrone “The Chosen One”. Fans initially expected to get that answer in the fall […]
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Gegard Mousasi vs Rafael Lovato Jr official for Bellator 214
Going head to head with the UFC? “No problem,” says Bellator MMA as UFC 233 and Bellator 214 both take place on January 26 in Los Angeles. In the main event for Bellator 214, the new heavyweight champion will be decided as the heavyweight title Grand Prix comes to a close with Fedor Emelianenko taking […]
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Rory MacDonald offers harsh critique over Gegard Mousasi fight
Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald had a chance to make history in his last time out. At Bellator 206, MacDonald was moving up to the middleweight division to take on middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi. The ‘Red King’ was looking to be the first ever dual-division champion in Bellator history. Ultimately, the Canadian failed to do […]
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VIDEO | Megan Anderson stars in new reality competition show
Professional combat sports athlete, former Australian army officer in training, now reality TV star? UFC featherweight and former Invicta FC champion, Megan Anderson is just continuing to add to her resume. Early in September, Australia’s Anderson went to Are, Sweden to star in the new reality challenge show, Heroes & Superstars as part of Team Green. The […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Chris Leben explains why he thinks WBKFF is ‘gonna be a hit’
Everyone loves a good comeback story and perhaps no MMA fighter has a more inspirational one than “The Crippler” Cris Leben. An original cast member on season one of The Ultimate Fighter, Leben recently came out of retirement to knock out Phil Baroni in the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation’s (WBKFF) inaugural event. “It went well,” […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Juan Espino fires back at TUF rival Maurice Greene
On The Ultimate Fighter 28 the biggest rivalry of the season is between Juan Espino and Maurice Greene. The two simply hated each other and got into several verbal exchanges in the house. As well, they nearly got into fights at the gym and in the house. Luckily for them, they get to settle their differences inside […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington rips Nick Diaz for turning down UFC 230 fight
The UFC had a very, very difficult time locking down a main event for UFC 230, which went down earlier this month in New York City’s famous Madison Square Garden. While the card’s headlining spot was ultimately filled by a heavyweight title fight between champ Daniel Cormier and challenger Derrick Lewis, there were reportedly also […]
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James Vick believes top-ranked lightweights would have continued to duck him if he’d beat Justin Gaethje
Back in August, streaking UFC lightweight contender James Vick stepped into the cage with former World Series of Fighting lightweight champ Justin Gaethje. For Vick, this bout represented an opportunity to vault into UFC lightweight title contention. Unfortunately, however, he was caught by a thunderous punch in the first round, and instead left the Octagon […]
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Chael Sonnen: Floyd Mayweather ‘will be 50-1’ after bout with Tenshin Nasukawa
The mysterious RIZIN 14 showdown between undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and 20-year-old kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa is apparently back on. According to Mayweather, however, it will merely be a boxing exhibition… just three, three-minute rounds of “moving around” for yet another mammoth payday. While Floyd Mayweather seems to think this fight with Tenshin Nasukawa […]
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Israel Adesanya turns down backup spot for Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum fight at UFC 234
You can scratch Israel Adesanya off the list of potential backup fighters for the Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum middleweight title fight at UFC 234. That’s according to Adesanya himself who told the New Zealand Herald that following a meeting with UFC President Dana White last week he’s not interested in taking that spot. “[White] […]
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Khabib Nurmagomedov father rates skills of Tony Ferguson, Dustin Poirier, Kevin Lee
Speaking to the Russian newspaper Izvestia this week, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, gave his take on three of the most likely opponents for his son’s next fight: Tony Ferguson, Dustin Poirier and Kevin Lee. Interestingly, he seems to want both Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee to fight Islam Makhachev […]
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Report: Khabib Nurmagomedov father wants boxing rematch with Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor’s desired rematch with reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov could occur in the boxing ring. At least, that’s what Nurmagomedov’s father Abdulmanap says. Speaking to the Russian newspaper Izvestia this week, the Nurmagomedov patriarch shared his belief that his son is more than capable of hanging with Conor McGregor under the boxing ruleset, and […]
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VIDEO | MMA fighter wins by TKO, injures leg during victory celebration
In the sport of MMA, there’s no victory celebration more tried and true than a fighter scaling the cage and throwing their arms up in triumph. We’ve seen countless fighters do so after big stoppage victories. Santiago Ponzinibbio did so just last weekend after knocking out Neil Magny in the UFC Argentina main event. Apparently, […]
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After UFC Argentina win, Cynthia Calvillo hopes to settle ‘unfinished business’ with Michelle Waterson
Cynthia Calvillo has not had a particularly easy year. After experiencing her first professional loss, a decision defeat to Carla Esparza, in late 2017, she tested positive for marijuana metabolites and was suspended for 9 months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Last weekend, however, on the main card of UFC Argentina, the rising prospect […]
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Dana White wants Daniel Cormier to delay retirement plans for three more fights
Daniel Cormier, who currently owns the UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight titles, has been planning to retire in March of 2019 for some time. UFC President Dana White, however, isn’t sure that’s the way things will shake out. “I don’t know [if Cormier’s last fight will be next year],” White told TMZ Sports recently (transcript via MMA […]
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Report | Rachael Ostovich suffers broken orbital bone in Hawaii attack
Horrible news has come out of Hawaii that UFC flyweight and season 26 of The Ultimate Fighter contestant, Rachael Ostovich was attacked and hospitalized recently. TMZ was first to report the news out of Honolulu and does not say specifically when the attack was to have happened but does say that Ostovich is believed to have […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington responds to Ben Askren callout, makes pick for Askren vs Robbie Lawler
Following the announcement that former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight king, Ben Askren had finally joined the UFC roster, speculation began as to who ‘Funky’ would debut against. After immediately taking to social media and calling out the elite of the division, the dust settled and Askren was booked against former UFC champ Robbie Lawler […]