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Photo | TJ Dillashaw reveals nasty cut that forced him out of Cory Sandhagen fight
TJ Dillashaw has revealed why he was forced out of his May 8 main event fight against Cory Sandhagen. On Tuesday evening, it was reported that Dillashaw was out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury. The hope was to reschedule the scrap for a later date, and shortly after the news broke, Dillashaw […]
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Stipe Miocic eyes Francis Ngannou trilogy: “I want to get back what’s mine”
Stipe Miocic is looking to have his trilogy fight with Francis Ngannou. Miocic and Ngannou had their rematch at UFC 260 and in the first round, the challenger had success stuffing the takedowns. He landed some shots but Miocic ate them and kept coming forward. In the second round, Miocic appeared to stun Ngannou and […]
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TJ Dillashaw reportedly out of his main event fight against Cory Sandhagen
TJ Dillashaw will not be making the walk the Octagon on May 8. In the main event of UFC Vegas 26, Dillashaw was set to return from a two-year USADA suspension to take on rising contender, Cory Sandhagen. It was a very intriguing bantamweight bout with the winner likely getting the next title shot. It […]
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Kamaru Usman says he’s happy to “take care of” Jake Paul, YouTuber accepts his challenge
Kamaru Usman is open to boxing Jake Paul. At UFC 261 on Saturday, Usman scored a highlight-reel KO over Jorge Masvidal to defend his belt for the fourth time. At the event was Paul who the crowd was going after, and Daniel Cormier even confronted him. Although Paul called out Cormier, Usman says he’d rather […]
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Jake Paul claims he’s a “better striker than 99.9%” of MMA fighters
Jake Paul believes he’s a better striker than 99.9 percent of MMA fighters, and that is why he has been calling them out. Paul, the brash YouTuber who turned professional boxer, has taken the combat sports world by storm after his KO win over Nate Robinson. His popularity only grew with his recent KO win […]
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Rachael Ostovich signs with BKFC
Rachael Ostovich has signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Ostovich was released from the UFC in December after losing three in a row. After the release, many were curious where she would sign as many pointed to Bellator given she is a Hawaiian, where Bellator holds events every year and is marketable. Yet, on Tuesday, […]
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Kamaru Usman praises Rose Namajunas following upset win at UFC 261: “Words can’t describe how proud I am of this woman”
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman praised newly-crowned women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas after her upset win at UFC 261. Usman put on a stunning performance in the main event when he electrified the crowd with a KO win over Jorge Masvidal, but Namajunas was one of the stars of the show, as well. “Thug” knocked […]
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Giga Chikadze says he will “knock Cub Swanson out cold,” confident he will be featherweight champ by early 2022
Giga Chikadze has a ton of confidence entering his UFC Vegas 25 co-main event fight against Cub Swanson. Chikadze had an incredible 2020 going 4-0 and improved to 5-0 in the UFC. He made a name for himself and began calling out ranked featherweights and gets his chance to face a well-known name in Swanson. […]
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Jeff Molina issues statement following insane “Fight of the Night” war at UFC 261
UFC flyweight Jeff Molina issued a statement following his insane, “Fight of the Night” war against Aoriqileng at UFC 261. Molina and Aoriqileng are not big names and their bout was just the second fight of the night on a stacked event that featured three title fights, so you can forgive fans for not expecting […]
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Chris Weidman says he did not celebrate when Anderson Silva broke his leg at UFC 168
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman says he did not celebrate when Anderson Silva broke his leg in their fight at UFC 168. Weidman suffered a horrible injury at UFC 261 this past Saturday night when his leg shattered in half on the first kick he threw against Uriah Hall. It was one of the […]
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Khamzat Chimaev explains why he wants to fight Nick Diaz
UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev explained why he wants to be the man who welcomes the legend Nick Diaz back into the Octagon. At UFC 261 this past Saturday in Jacksonville, Diaz was a guest at the event and apparently spoke to UFC president Dana White about making a comeback. On Monday night, BJPenn.com’s Chris […]
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Cory Sandhagen not impressed by Aljamain Sterling’s actions following title win, predicts Petr Yan beats him in rematch
Cory Sandhagen has revealed that he wasn’t impressed by Aljamain Sterling after his win over Petr Yan and that he believes Yan will win the rematch. Sandhagen, who was beaten by Sterling via submission back at UFC 250, has since bounced back with devastating wins over Marlon Moraes and Frankie Edgar. Now, he’ll turn his […]
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Photos | Chris Weidman shares X-rays of broken leg
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman shared a series of photos of his broken leg suffered in his fight with Uriah Hall at UFC 261. Weidman suffered one of the most horrific injuries in UFC history when he broke his leg on the very first kick he threw against Hall at this past Saturday’s UFC […]
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Colby Covington claims Kamaru Usman needed PEDs to beat Jorge Masvidal: “I mean, Marty Juiceman, he’s the CEO of EPO”
Colby Covington has claimed that Kamaru Usman needed the use of performance-enhancing drugs to knock Jorge Masvidal out. On Saturday night at UFC 261, Usman shocked the world when he knocked Masvidal out to retain the UFC welterweight title. Ever since then fans have been questioning whether or not he’s now the P4P best male […]
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Jorge Masvidal open to fighting Nick Diaz next time out: “I’m more than willing to throw down”
Jorge Masvidal says he will fight again and would be open to facing Nick Diaz next time out. At UFC 261, Masvidal suffered a KO loss to Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title. It served as their rematch from last July where Usman won a decision. Although the result was disappointing for “Gamebred” he says […]
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Jon Jones no longer working with First Round Management, Malki Kawa issues statement
Jon Jones will no longer be repped by First Round Management. On Monday evening, the management company took to social media to announce their relationship is over. It caught the MMA world by surprise, given the fact the Kawa’s have been working with the former light heavyweight champ for years. After an 11 year journey […]
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Conor McGregor makes $500k donation to Louisiana Youth following recent charity dispute with Dustin Poirier
Conor McGregor has donated $500k to a Louisana Youth charity following his recent dispute with Dustin Poirier. In the lead-up to McGregor and Poirier’s rematch at UFC 257, the Irishman said he would be donating $500k to Poirier’s charity. However, just recently, “The Diamond” revealed the Irishman never donated. After some back-and-forth, Poirier apologized for […]
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Daniel Cormier says he’ll cut down to 205 to fight Jake Paul in MMA: “I’m going to smash him and I’m going to hurt him”
Daniel Cormier is open to fighting Jake Paul but says it must happen in MMA. After Paul knocked out Be Askren he called out Cormier and said he’d beat him up just like Stipe Miocic did. Cormier did not take kindly to those words and at UFC 261, “DC” approached Paul in the crowd to […]
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Chase Hooper returns on June 12 at UFC 263 against Steven Peterson
Chase Hooper has his next fight booked. Multiple sources have informed BJPENN.com that Hooper is set to fight Steven Peterson at UFC 263 on June 12 at a location to be determined. Contracts have been signed by both fighters, the sources revealed. Hooper (10-1-1) returned to the win column last time out with a third-round […]
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Alex Oliveira issues statement following submission loss to Randy Brown at UFC 261
UFC welterweight Alex Oliveira issued a statement following his submission loss to Randy Brown on the preliminary card of UFC 261. Oliveira was knocked down and then tapped out by Brown in the preliminary headliner on ESPN before the UFC 261 pay-per-view card. Unfortunately for Oliveira, the fight did not go as planned as he […]
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Dana White not interested in Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko 3
UFC president Dana White says he is not interested in booking a trilogy fight between UFC champions Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko. Shevchenko and Nunes have fought twice previously, with the Brazilian winning both times, the first time via unanimous decision and the second time via split decision. Though Nunes is 2-0 over Shevchenko, many […]
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Jessica Andrade issues statement following TKO loss to Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 261
Jessica Andrade released a statement following her second-round TKO loss to UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 261. Andrade, the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, earned herself a title shot at 125lbs following a knockout win over former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian last fall on Fight Island. Unfortunately for Andrade, she went up […]
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What’s next for the stars of UFC 261?
The UFC returned to a full capacity crowd on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Florida for UFC 261. The card saw three title fights as Kamaru Usman rematched Jorge Masvidal, Weili Zhang took on Rose Namajunas, and Valentina Shevchenko battled Jessica Andrade. The event was one of the better ones in recent memory and one title […]
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Chris Weidman issues video statement following broken leg at UFC 261: “Man, this is not fun, I can’t believe it happened”
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman provided a health update after having his leg broken in his fight with Uriah Hall at UFC 261. Weidman suffered one of the worst injuries in UFC history when he broke his leg on the very first kick he threw against Uriah Hall. Following the fight, Weidman was rushed […]
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Watch Joe Rogan and company react to the violent finishes from Saturday’s UFC 261 event
UFC commentator Joe Rogan had some amazing reactions to some of the crazy things we saw take place this past Saturday night at UFC 261. Rogan, along with former UFC champion Daniel Cormier and veteran play-by-play man Jon Anik, were in the same booth with each other for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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Rose Namajunas credits former UFC rival Joanna Jedrzejczyk for supplying blueprint on how to beat Zhang Weili
Rose Namajunas has credited Joanna Jędrzejczyk for giving her the blueprint on the right way to approach a fight against Zhang Weili. “Thug Rose” went into her title fight at the weekend knowing that many viewed her as the underdog – but coming out of it, she was the one who had her hand raised […]
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Conor McGregor impersonator handed three year jail sentence for drug trafficking
A drug dealer impersonating Conor McGregor has been handed a three-year jail sentence in relation to drug trafficking charges. Mark Nye, a 34-year-old man from Surrey, was pulled over by police after being caught in possession of Class A drugs in addition to two phones that proved his crimes. When he was pulled over, the […]
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Francis Ngannou sends message of support to Weili Zhang following UFC 261 title loss to Rose Namajunas
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou sent a message of support to Weili Zhang following her UFC 261 title loss to Rose Namajunas. Zhang lost her belt to Namajunas when she suffered a first-round head kick KO loss at UFC 261. It was a tough night at the office for Zhang, who was fighting for the […]