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The estimated PPV numbers for UFC 227 are in, and they’re better than expected
On August 4, the UFC took over the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California with UFC 227. The card featured two title fights: a bantamweight title rematch between champion TJ Dillashaw and challenger Cody Garbrandt, and a flyweight title rematch between long-time champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo. Despite the […]
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VIDEO | Champions TJ Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo have their first stare down
It's on, @UFC fans! @tjdillashaw & @henrycejudo are ready! #UFC @MarioLopezExtra pic.twitter.com/dVLfVyPh5V — ExtraTV (@extratv) August 13, 2018 UFC 227 left us with plenty to be desired and in a way we sort of went in with plenty to be desired. Which leaves us wondering what’s next. At the August 4th event in Los Angeles, […]
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Matt Sayles eye poked multiple times with no point deductions at UFC 227, now requires eye surgery
UFC 227 this past Saturday delivered on a variety of levels. As per every fight night, not everyone gets to go home happy. Some less than others. In the event’s preliminary portion of the card, UFC newcomer and a winner on season 1 of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, Matt Sayles debuted opposite Sheymon […]
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UFC 227 Results: TJ Dillashaw stops Cody Garbrandt in Round 1 (VIDEO)
A bantamweight title fight rematch featuring current champion TJ Dillashaw taking on former title holder Cody Garbrandt headlined tonight’s UFC 227 event in Los Angeles. The former teammates turned bitter rivals, Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw first met at November’s UFC 217 event in New York. After being dropped in the first-round, Dillashaw would storm […]
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UFC 227 Results: Henry Cejudo defeats Demetrious Johnson (Highlights)
A flyweight title fight rematch featuring long time division champion Demetrious Johnson taking on former title challenger Henry Cejudo served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 227 event in Los Angeles. “Mighty Mouse” entered tonight’s contest on a twelve fight win streak, his latest being a sensational armbar submission victory over Ray Borg at UFC […]
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UFC 227 Results: Renato Moicano submits Cub Swanson (VIDEO)
A featherweight fight between Cub Swanson and Renato Moicano took place on tonight’s UFC 227 main card from Los Angeles, California. Cub Swanson entered tonight’s contest on a two-fight losing skid, with those setbacks coming to Frankie Edgar and Brian Ortega respectively. Prior to that, Swanson had put together a four-fight win streak which included […]
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UFC 227 Results: Thiago Santos defeats Kevin Holland
A middleweight bout between Thiago Santos and Kevin Holland kicked off tonight’s UFC 227 main card from Los Angeles. Thiago Santos (17-6 MMA) entered tonight’s contest having won four of his past five fights, which included a second-round TKO victory over Anthony Smith. Meanwhile, Kevin Holland came in to tonight’s fight sporting a record of […]
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UFC 227 Results: TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt 2
Unable to catch tonight’s Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view event from Los Angeles? BJPENN.com has you covered for all of this evenings UFC 227 results! UFC 227 is headlined by a bantamweight title fight rematch featuring current champion TJ Dillashaw taking on former title holder Cody Garbrandt. The former teammates turned bitter rivals, Garbrandt and Dillashaw […]
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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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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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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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UFC 227 takes a late hit as Bethe Correia is pulled from bout with Irene Aldana mid fight week
Losing fights is never a good thing for all involved. Especially when it’s right in the middle of fight week, making the task of finding a replacement even harder. And for Mexican bantamweight prospect Irene Aldana, no one is going to be able to fill in for her opponent Bethe Correia. The bout was initially […]
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Cody Garbrandt reflects on UFC 217, talks fighter pay, ‘Something’s gotta change’
At UFC 217 we witnessed one of the most anticipated grudge matches of the year and the bantamweight gold was on the line. That fight, of course, being the battle between heated former teammates TJ Dillashaw and the then champion, Cody Garbrandt. Initially, the fight was supposed to go down at UFC 213 as the […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Focused on UFC 227, Ricardo Ramos hopes for eventual fight with Sean O’Malley
In a way, UFC 227 will be a bantamweight showcase as the card hosts six bouts in the division. One of which being for the men’s title. Among the 12 135-pound combatants is the Brazilian prospect, Ricardo Ramos. At 22-years old, he’s the youngest of the dozen 135ers competing on August 4th. Already 11-1 in his young […]
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‘Disappointed’ Daniel Cormier writes letter to ‘entitled’ Alexander Gustafsson after injury report
The once “golden division” in MMA was the 205-pound weight class. Now in its current 2018 stage, it struggles to find a clear title contender. Consistently atop that list is Sweden’s finest fighting son, Alexander Gustafsson. “The Mauler” is a two-time title challenger who’s title losses came to two of the greatest fighters of all […]
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VIDEO | Anthony Smith willing to step in against Alexander Gustafsson after UFC Hamburg
“I’m in, man [to fill in at UFC 227 for Volkan Oezdemir]. I got a pretty tall task ahead of me, ya know, with [Mauricio] ‘Shogun’ [Rua]. But if it goes well and I get out of there uninjured, I have no problem leaving here and going straight to LA. I’m in. I’m a company […]
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Volkan Oezdemir gets charges dropped in felony battery case
Top-ranked UFC light heavyweight contender, Volkan Oezdemir got some big news today. After an alleged incident involving a scuffle between the recent 205-pound title challenger and a Florida man last year, Oezdemir’s lawyer Bruce Zimet has told MMAFighting that the charges against Oezdemir have been dropped. Oezdemir’s third-degree felony charge was to go on trial today. The accusation […]
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Derek Brunson injured out of UFC 227 bout with Antonio Carlos Junior
Preparing for his biggest fight to date, The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 winner, Antonio Carlos Junior may now have to prepare for even longer. Riding an impressive five-fight winning streak that consists of four rear-naked-choke victories (three consecutive), Carlos Junior is poised for a step up in competition and he was set to get it against […]
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Report | Alexander Gustafsson and Volkan Oezdemir agree to fight at UFC 227
Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson’s search for an opponent at UFC 227 on August 4th appears to have come to a surprising end. The perennial top-ranked UFC light heavyweight contender was initially expected to possibly be getting a fight with the former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold at the Los Angeles event. But all […]
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PHOTO | UFC 227 gets official fight poster
UFC 227, which goes down on August 4 in Los Angeles, California, now has an official fight poster. See this poster poster, which is pretty standard except for the fact that it looks like it was ripped in half, below: https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1009980016174686208 As this poster implies, UFC 227 will be headlined by a bantamweight title rematch […]
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Ricky Simon vs Benito Lopez official for UFC 227 in Los Angeles
The brewing rivalry between former Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series contestants is now officially set to unfold in the Octagon. After each Ricky Simon and Benito Lopez made their voices be heard that they wanted to fight one another for their sophomore UFC appearances, it seemed like logical matchmaking. And the UFC thought so too. […]
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Report | Demetrious Johnson vs Henry Cejudo 2 close to finalization for UFC 227
MMA fans were hopeful that we would be getting both champions, TJ Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227 in Los Angeles on August 4th. And it looks like we very well might be…they just won’t be going against each other. Negotiations were underway for a potential super fight between the flyweight and bantamweight champions, […]
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Cub Swanson vs Renato Moicano added to UFC 227
The UFC’s next trio of pay-per-view events is shaping up to be one of the best stretches of events in the organization’s history. Last of the three if UFC 227 on August 4th in Los Angeles, California which has just added a very fun featherweight scrap. After verbal agreements over Twitter to fight each in […]
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VIDEO | Luke Rockhold re-injures leg, potential fight with Alexander Gustafsson on hold
Luke Rockhold reinjured his leg in training late last week and is now definitely not fighting Alexander Gustafsson this summer. I’m told he’s hoping to return in October, at the earliest. Here’s a video he provided to me of his shin getting stitched up. (Warning: GRAPHIC) pic.twitter.com/CDQseH7nUN — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) May 22, 2018 The […]
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Cody Garbrandt Gets Specific With Continued PED Use Accusations Toward TJ Dillashaw
Once upon a time, all was well in the California city of Sacramento. The top MMA gym for lighter weight fighters, Team Alpha Male was thriving with talented members all atop their respective divisions. Everyone got along just fine…! Then one day…it all would change. A member would disband from the team and reasons to […]
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Title fights officially announced for UFC 225 and UFC 227
Two title fights were officially announced by the UFC on Friday at their 25th Anniversary Press Conference in New York. Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington will meet at UFC 225 for the interim welterweight title. Initial reports came out that the two were going to meet at UFC 224 in […]