Category: UFC 219

  • Report | UFC 219’s PPV Numbers Among 2017’s Best

    Report | UFC 219’s PPV Numbers Among 2017’s Best

    The preliminary numbers for the UFC’s final event of 2017 have been released by Dave Meltzer and they did better than most may have assumed they would. Estimations are around 340,000 to 380,000 buys which…is shockingly the third highest of 2017. The top two being UFC 217 which was headlined by UFC middleweight champion, Michael […]

  • Twelve UFC 219 Fighters Receive Medical Suspensions

    Twelve UFC 219 Fighters Receive Medical Suspensions

    Oh, medical suspensions. We get them with every single MMA event. Some are more severe than others and for the most recent UFC event(UFC 219), Cynthia Calvillo could be leading the pack in that category. According to MMAFighting, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the list of fighters who will be receiving these suspensions. Cynthia […]

  • UFC 219 Salaries | Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm earn top paydays

    UFC 219 Salaries | Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm earn top paydays

    Last weekend, the UFC touched down in Las Vegas, Nevada with UFC 219. In the card’s main event, we watched Cris Cyborg defend her women’s featherweight title by out-duelling Holly Holm to a unanimous decision win. In the co-main event, meanwhile, we saw lightweight star Khabib Nurmagomedov extend his record to an insane 25-0, bludgeoning […]

  • PHOTO | UFC 219 Cyborg vs. Holm judges scorecards revealed

    PHOTO | UFC 219 Cyborg vs. Holm judges scorecards revealed

    UFC 219 Cyborg vs. Holm judges scorecards revealed Cris Cyborg successfully defeneded her UFC featherweight title against Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 219 last night in Las Vegas. Cyborg was able to get the better of “The Preachers Daughter” in the standup and was awarded a unanimous decision victory from the judges […]

  • What’s next for Cris Cyborg and the other UFC 219 main card winners?

    What’s next for Cris Cyborg and the other UFC 219 main card winners?

    What’s next for Cris Cyborg and the other UFC 219 main card winners? Cris Cyborg successfully defended her UFC women’s featherweight title at last night’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas defeating Holly Holm via unanimous decision. The victory solidified Cyborg’s status as the most feared women’s fighter on the planet and left fight fans […]

  • UFC 219 Reebok Athlete Outfitting Payouts: Khabib Nurmagomedov takes home just $5,000

    UFC 219 Reebok Athlete Outfitting Payouts: Khabib Nurmagomedov takes home just $5,000

    The UFC 219 Reebok Athlete Outfitting payouts are in! UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg earned an event-high $40,000 for her decision victory over former bantamweight champion Holly Holm who received $30,000 for her efforts. Meanwhile, top lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov earned just $5,000 for his mauling of Edson Barboza. The Brazilian took home $15,000 […]

  • UFC 219: Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm full fight video highlights

    UFC 219: Cris Cyborg vs. Holly Holm full fight video highlights

    Last night, the UFC closed out the year 2017 with UFC 219, a stacked card out of Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event of this anticipated pay-per-view, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg attempted her first title defense opposite former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm. In advance of this fight, Holm was considered […]

  • Pros react to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dominant victory over Edson Barboza

    Pros react to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dominant victory over Edson Barboza

    Pros react to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dominant victory over Edson Barboza! Khabib Nurmagomedov picked up a dominant decision victory over Edson Barboza in the co-main event of tonight’s UFC 219 fight card in Las Vegas. “The Eagle” used his tremendous wrestling skills to batter Barboza for the better part of three rounds, thus earning a lopsided […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Cris Cyborg defeats Holly Holm (Highlights)

    UFC 219 Results: Cris Cyborg defeats Holly Holm (Highlights)

    A women’s featherweight title fight between current champion Cris Cyborg and former bantamweight title holder Holly Holm served as the main event of tonight’s UFC 219 fight card in Las Vegas. HERE WE GO!!#UFC219 pic.twitter.com/mNFW134MAk — UFC (@ufc) December 31, 2017 Round one begins and the chants of “Holly” quickly fill the arena. She lands […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Khabib Nurmagomedov batters Edson Barboza (Highlights)

    UFC 219 Results: Khabib Nurmagomedov batters Edson Barboza (Highlights)

    A key lightweight scrap between top division contenders Edson Barboza and Khabib Nurmagomedov served as the co-main event of tonight’s UFC 219 fight card in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Barboza lands a nasty inside leg kick to start. He lands another. Khabib is applying a lot of pressure trying to prevent Edson from […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Dan Hooker submits Marc Diakiese (VIDEO)

    UFC 219 Results: Dan Hooker submits Marc Diakiese (VIDEO)

    A lightweight scrap between exciting fighters Marc Diakiese and Dan Hooker took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Diakiese quickly takes the center of the octagon. Hooker throws a jab that misses. He circles around the outside. Marc throws a side kick that misses. […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Carla Esparza defeats Cynthia Calvillo (Highlights)

    UFC 219 Results: Carla Esparza defeats Cynthia Calvillo (Highlights)

    A key women’s strawweight scrap between surging contender Cynthia Calvillo and former champion Carla Esparza took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Esparza rushes in and lands a nice right hand over the top. Both women are swinging wildly early on here. Both ladies […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Neil Magny defeats Carlos Condit

    UFC 219 Results: Neil Magny defeats Carlos Condit

    A welterweight scrap between former interim title holder Carlos Condit and perennial contender Neil Magny kicked off tonight’s UFC 219 pay-per-view card in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Magny comes forward quickly. Condit catches him with a nice leg kick. Carlos attempts a head kick but it misses the mark. Condit lands a leg […]

  • UFC 219 Main Card Fighter Salaries

    UFC 219 Main Card Fighter Salaries

    The salaries for tonight’s UFC 219 main card fighters are in! The pay-per-view event is headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight featuring current champion Cris Cyborg taking on former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm. Win or lose, Cyborg will take home $500,000 for her efforts while “The Preachers Daughter” is guaranteed a cool $300,000. […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Marvin Vettori and Omari Akhmedov battle to a majority draw

    UFC 219 Results: Marvin Vettori and Omari Akhmedov battle to a majority draw

    A middleweight scrap between Omari Akhmedov and Marvin Vettori took place during tonight’s UFC 219 prelims from Las Vegas. Round one begins and Akhmedov lands a hard inside low kick to start. Marvin presses forward. He briefly switches his stances and then misses with a jab. Another low kick from Omari. Vettori replies with a […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Matheus Nicolau defeats Louis Smolka

    UFC 219 Results: Matheus Nicolau defeats Louis Smolka

    A flyweight scrap between Matheus Nicolau and Louis Smolka kicked off tonight’s UFC 219 prelims on FS1 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Smolka lands a good kick to the body. Matheus steps into the pocket and lands a heavy left hook. Smolka circles out and then comes forward with a […]

  • UFC 219 Results: Tim Elliott submits Mark Delarosa (VIDEO)

    UFC 219 Results: Tim Elliott submits Mark Delarosa (VIDEO)

    A bantamweight scrap between former flyweight title challenger Tim Elliott and UFC newcomer Mark Delarosa kicked off tonight’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Elliott presses forward quickly. Mark grabs a hold of his neck and drops for a guillotine. Elliott is able to escape and winds up in side control. […]

  • UFC 219 Live Results

    UFC 219 Live Results

    UFC 219 Live Results Thread Unable to catch tonight’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s action. The pay-per-view event is headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight featuring current champion Cris Cyborg defending her strap […]

  • VIDEOS | UFC 219 Weigh Ins & First UFC 220 Stare downs!

    VIDEOS | UFC 219 Weigh Ins & First UFC 220 Stare downs!

    UFC 219 is tomorrow! Which means we got the weigh-ins today. Check out all the fighters making weight and their stare downs at the ceremonial weigh-ins. The Kiwi @DanTheHangman takes on the Brit @Marc_Diakiese at #UFC219 on PPV!! pic.twitter.com/zH4OlJ6tyB — UFC (@ufc) December 30, 2017 Can Calvillo make it four in a row inside the […]

  • VIDEO | Watch All of These Brutal Knee Knockouts of 2017

    VIDEO | Watch All of These Brutal Knee Knockouts of 2017

    MMA: The Knees of 2017. 2:20 of brutal knee knockouts (by @Grabaka_Hitman) #YearoftheKnee pic.twitter.com/JsDB9BHzdd — Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) December 27, 2017 In just a couple of days, Khabib Nurmagomedov is scheduled to return against Edson Barboza at UFC 219. The last time we saw Barboza, he pulled off an incredible flying knee knockout over Beneil […]

  • UFC 219 Fight Card and Start Time

    UFC 219 Fight Card and Start Time

    The octagon will return to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on December 30 for the promotions UFC 219 fight card. The pay-per-view event is headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight featuring current champion Cris Cyborg defending her strap against former bantamweight title holder Holly Holm. The most feared women’s fighter on the planet, Cris […]

  • UFC 219’s co-main event has officially been set

    UFC 219’s co-main event has officially been set

    For week, there has been talk about a possible blockbuster main event for UFC 219. While the card already includes dynamite women’s featherweight title fight between Cris “Cyborg” Justino and Holly Holm, the widespread hope was that the UFC would tack at least one more title fight onto this typically stacked end-of-year card. While we’ve […]

  • Interim UFC lightweight champ Tony Ferguson responds to Khabib Nurmagomedov

    Interim UFC lightweight champ Tony Ferguson responds to Khabib Nurmagomedov

    Interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has finally responded to Khabib Nurmagomedov. The undefeated Russian standout, Nurmagomedov, made headlines earlier this week when he revealed that the UFC had offered him a fight with Tony Ferguson at UFC 219. To be clear I was offered to fight @TonyFergusonXT on December 30th and I accepted the […]

  • VIDEO | Colby Covington issues a challenge to UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley

    VIDEO | Colby Covington issues a challenge to UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley

    Surging UFC welterweight contender Colby “Chaos” Covington is “staying ready” in hopes that he can secure a short-notice title fight with current 170-pound champion Tyron Woodley at December’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Covington recently took to social media where he issued the following challenge to “The Chosen One”, who Colby claims is afraid […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | Tyron Woodley on fight with Nate Diaz “It looks like the 314 trumps the 209”

    EXCLUSIVE | Tyron Woodley on fight with Nate Diaz “It looks like the 314 trumps the 209”

    UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is hoping to secure a fight with former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz at December’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Earlier this week “The Chosen One” announced that a fight with the younger Diaz brother was fifty-percent complete and only required Nate to stop with his “excuses” and sign […]

  • BREAKING! UFC 219 gets a title fight!

    BREAKING! UFC 219 gets a title fight!

    UFC 219 gets a title fight! The octagon will return to T-Mobile Arena next month for UFC 219 on December 30 in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view event finally received a title fight just moments ago as the promotion just announced that Cris Cyborg will be defending her women’s featherweight title against former bantamweight title holder […]

  • Dominick Cruz forced out of UFC 219 fight with Jimmie Rivera due to a broken arm

    Dominick Cruz forced out of UFC 219 fight with Jimmie Rivera due to a broken arm

    Former UFC bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz has been forced out of his planned UFC 219 fight with Jimmie Rivera due to a broken arm. MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani recently broke the news on Twitter. Dominick Cruz is out of the UFC 219 fight vs. Jimmie Rivera, sources say. Broken arm. TBD at this time what they’ll […]

  • UFC 219 Fight Card and Rumors

    UFC 219 Fight Card and Rumors

    The UFC 219 fight card will serve as the final Ultimate Fighting Championship event of 2017. The pay-per-view event is set to take place on December 30 live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. UFC 219 currently does not have a main event but could potentially feature a trilogy bout between Nate Diaz and Conor […]