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Jose ‘Shorty’ Torres excited for matchup vs Alex Perez, ‘its going to be a Mexican boxing style fight’
After an incredible finish that landed him on highlight reels across many platforms in his UFC debut, Jose ‘Shorty’ Torres is ready for his second fight on the big stage. In his debut, Torres defeated Jarred Brooks by knockout via slam back at UFC Fight Night 131 and his long-awaited arrival into the UFC’s flyweight […]
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BREAKING | Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor official for UFC 229
The time has finally come. The fight we have all been teased about and all knew was on the horizon has finally been made official. It was just announced at the UFC 25th anniversary press-conference that the highly anticipated lightweight showdown between the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champion Conor McGregor is on for […]
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Danny Castillo discusses ‘focused’ Cody Garbrandt, ‘This is the best he’s looked’
If there’s one person who has seen the most of the Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw rivalry it’s Team Alpha Male coach Danny Castillo. Castillo who has coached both Dillashaw and Garbrandt in their respective careers has seen everything behind the scenes and out in the open between these two former friends turned rivals. During […]
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UFC 227 weigh-in results: Both title fights are good to go
Tomorrow night, the UFC returns to Los Angeles, California with the exciting UFC 227 card. This card, which will emanate from the hallowed Staples Center, will be headlined by a bantamweight title rematch between champion TJ Dillashaw and challenger Cody Garbrandt. The pair first met less than a year ago, in the co-main event of […]
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BREAKING | Jimi Manuwa vs. Glover Teixeira bout headlines stacked UFC Sao Paulo card
UFC Sao Paulo, which goes down September 22 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, now has a main event. This main event will occur at light heavyweight, where British knockout artist Jimi Manuwa will collide with dangerous Brazilian star Glover Teixeira. This bout was announced by UFC Brazil on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ufc_brasil/status/1025415736431394816 This bout will mark Jimi Manuwa’s […]
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Derrick Lewis reacts to Cody Garbrandt’s controversial Tweets
This week, former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was swallowed up by a social media firestorm after some controversial Tweets from his past were unearthed. The controversy was based on Garbrandt’s frequent use of the N-word. At first, the former UFC champ refused to address this controversy. Cody Garbrandt might want to delete some of […]
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Herb Dean discusses 12-6 elbow controversy in Poirier vs. Alvarez rematch
Last Saturday night, in the main event of UFC on Fox 30 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Dustin Poirier picked up one of the biggest wins of his career, stopping former champ Eddie Alvarez with a second-round volley. Unfortunately, Poirier’s win was shadowed by a bit of controversy. Moments before Poirier poured on the offence to […]
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USADA has already tested Brock Lesnar three times ahead of UFC return
Barring disaster, former UFC heavyweight champion and WWE star Brock Lesnar will get the next crack at UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier. First, however, Lesnar will have to serve the remainder of a suspension imposed the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), and pass a battery of new drug tests to assure he is, in fact, […]
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Cody Garbrandt shares what Mike Tyson told him ahead of UFC 227 title fight
Back in November, in the co-main event of UFC 217, Cody Garbrandt surrendered the UFC bantamweight title to his arch rival TJ Dillashaw, succumbing to a second-round punch. This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 227, Garbrandt will attempt to reclaim that title from Dillashaw in an immediate rematch. It’s a monumental challenge […]
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PFL 5 full results, highlights and standings: Brooks, Magalhaes, Schulte among winners
Last night, The Professional Fighters League (PFL) took over the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, New York with the action-packed PFL 5. This card featured bouts in the lightweight in light heavyweight divisions, as talented fighters battled to cement their places in the PFL post-season, and edge closer to each division’s million-dollar prize. […]
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Cody Garbrandt addresses use of the N-word in past Tweets
Earlier this week, former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was swallowed up by a social media firestorm after some controversial Tweets from his past were unearthed. The controversy was based on Garbrandt’s repeated use of the N-word. Initially, Garbrandt was reluctant to address this controversy. Cody Garbrandt might want to delete some of his old […]
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BREAKING | Nate Diaz returns, faces Dustin Poirier at UFC 230
As we anticipate the likely announcement of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor any day now, a new and surprising fight has come up. Recently earning the biggest win of his career in his big rematch with the former champion Eddie Alvarez, Dustin Poirier has already inked his next fight. And to the surprise of surely […]
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Pat Barry believes Joanna Jedrzejczyk is only hurting herself by not accepting defeat
After losing for the first time in her entire MMA career, and back to back at that, the former strawweight queen has gotten back in the win column. At UFC on Fox 30, Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeated Tecia Torres via clear unanimous decision. The fight was Jedrzejczyk’s first three-rounder since December 2014 in her and Claudia Gadelha’s […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 91 // Vicente Luque
BJPENN.COM Radio is back again, Penn Nation! This episode features a hungry and incredibly talented young prospect in the UFC’s welterweight division, Vicente Luque. At just 26 years old, “The Silent Assassin” has already amassed a 6-2 record in one of the sports toughest divisions, and after scoring an impressive first-round knockout over Chad Laprise […]
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VIDEO | Khabib Nurmagomedov says for Conor McGregor fight ‘They have to pay me too’
Khabib Nurmagomedov has given an update on his proposed #UFC 229 fight with Conor McGregor. And he wants a new contract to fight 'The Notorious'. Full video, which comes via @adamglyn, available here: https://t.co/WiCbbkAGI0 pic.twitter.com/7vpeL8GCYI — Chisanga Malata (@Chisanga_Malata) August 2, 2018 “If they wanna make money fight, they have to pay me too, you […]
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BREAKING | UFC Moncton gets Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith as headliner
The UFC’s next event in Canada has its main event! And it’s a good one as two of the light heavyweight division’s quickest finishers face off. After his very impressive quick destruction of the legendary Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Anthony Smith was vying to fill in for Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 227 against Alexander Gustafsson. Funny […]
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Chris Weidman explains why UFC didn’t give him title shot: “It kind of pisses me off”
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was hoping that he would get the next shot at reigning champion Robert Whittaker. Whittaker himself also seemed to be on board with this plan. Unfortunately for Weidman, the next middleweight title shot will instead go to Kelvin Gastelum — who he defeated in his last fight. Whittaker and […]
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PHOTO | Colby Covington gets his wish, meets President Donald Trump
Earlier today, pictures surfaced of UFC President Dana White visiting US President Donald Trump at The White House. At the time, it looked as though White had done so without UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington — despite Covington’s longstanding hopes of meeting the US President. As it turns out, however, Covington did get his […]
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Cub Swanson explains choice to stay with UFC despite “huge offers” from other promotions
Cub Swanson’s December submission loss to Brian Ortega marked the final obligation on his most recent UFC contract. Despite the fact that this loss depleted the leverage he had when negotiating his new contract, he says he was still able to hash out a favorable new deal with the promotion. That said, Swanson claims he […]
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TJ Dillashaw explains why Cody Garbrandt’s attitude has changed ahead of rematch
Ahead of TJ Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt’s first fight, which co-headlined UFC 217 in November, there were almost no breaks from their war of words. Heading into their Saturday night, UFC 227 rematch, which will see Garbrandt attempt to reclaim the bantamweight title after being knocked out by Dillashaw, the trash talk has been much […]
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UFC rankings update: Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor move up at lightweight
The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s action-packed UFC Calgary card. As always, these new UFC rankings feature some logical changes, and some that seem to be governed completely by whim. Dustin Poirier, for example, has surged up to the number-three spot in the UFC lightweight rankings as a […]
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Bethe Correia discusses UFC 227 exit, calls it the most difficult situation of her career
Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Bethe Correia was supposed to battle Irene Aldana at UFC 227 in Los Angeles, California this Saturday. Unfortunately, the California State Athletic Commission announced that Correia’s vision wasn’t on point, which prompted the UFC to remove her from the matchup as a precaution. Even though she was cleared by multiple […]
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PHOTO | Dana White visits Donald Trump at the White House — without Colby Covington
UPDATE: It looks like Colby Covington did join Trump and White and the White House after all. In the lead-up to his UFC 225 interim title fight with Rafael dos Anjos, UFC welterweight Colby Covington shared his hopes of visiting President Donald Trump at the White House if he won the title. When Covington won […]
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Cody Garbrandt says the UFC wants him to be champ: “that’s why they gave me the rematch”
Back in November, Cody Garbrandt lost the UFC bantamweight title to TJ Dillashaw. This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 227, he’ll have the chance to reclaim it when he meets Dillashaw in an immediate rematch. Given that Garbrandt was knocked out by Dillashaw, and that he never defended his title, his being […]
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VIDEO | Demetrious Johnson says collecting all other world titles is what ‘really gets me excited’
https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1024852848561946624?s=19 “I want to fight all the guys in my division. We got new guys comin’ up, Sergio Pettis looked good his last fight, ya got [Jose] ‘Shorty’ Torres…he’s in here now. Shoot, Kyoji Horiguchi’s in RIZIN tearin’ things up. So there’s lots of guys out there but for me, I’m just sort of going […]
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Report | Sergio Pettis vs Jussier Formiga in the works for UFC 229
With no fights officially announced yet for the UFC’s return to the T-Mobile arena, it looks like we’ll soon be getting our first. As the flyweight title is about to be put on the line a rematch as champion Demetrious Johnson defends against Henry Cejudo at UFC 227, another challenger afterward will be needed at […]
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Eddie Alvarez issues statement on Poirier loss, discusses coaching and officiating drama
Last week, former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez came up short in a high-stakes rematch with Dustin Poirier, succumbing to a storm of second-round strikes. In the immediate fallout of this tough loss, Alvarez was quiet. On Wednesday afternoon, however, the former champion and lightweight great broke his silence with a deep and […]
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Michael Page trashes “d***head” Paul Daley, teases upcoming London showdown
Bellator has been trying to book a fight between British knockout artists Michael Page and Paul Daley for years. Now that Page and Daley are both expected to participate in Bellator’s Welterweight Grand Prix, the fight would seem to be closer to fruition than ever. In fact, Page thinks it’ll happen before the year is […]