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Fighters react to Donald Cerrone submitting Mike Perry
A welterweight fight between dangerous strikers Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry co-headlined tonight’s UFC Fight Night 139 even in Denver. Donald Cerrone (33-11 MMA) entered tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a unanimous decision loss to surging welterweight contender Leon Edwards at June’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore. Prior to the setback, […]
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UFC Denver Results: Donald Cerrone submits Mike Perry (VIDEO)
A highly anticipated welterweight fight between former teammates Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry served as the co-main event of UFC Denver. Donald Cerrone (33-11 MMA) was last seen in action at June’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to surging welterweight contender Leon Edwards. Prior to the setback, […]
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UFC Denver Results: Germaine de Randamie defeats Raquel Pennington (Highlights)
A key women’s bantamweight bout featuring recent title challenger Raquel Pennington taking on former featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie took place at tonight’s UFC Denver event. Germaine de Randamie will fight for the first time since UFC 208 in February of 2017, where she defeated Holly Holm via unanimous decision to claim the promotions inaugural […]
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UFC Denver Results: Korean Zombie vs. Yair Rodriguez
Stay glued to bjpenn.com this evening for all of tonight’s UFC Denver Results. The event, UFC Fight Night 139, will serve as the promotions 25th anniversary show. UFC Denver is headlined by a key featherweight bout featuring “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung taking on Yair Rodriguez. Jung was initially slated to face former lightweight […]
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UFC Commentator Joe Rogan forced to evacuate his home due to California Wildfires
UFC commentator Joe Rogan has been forced to evacuate his home due to the California Wildfires. The devastating wildfire, which is now being dubbed the “Woolsey Fire”, has reached Malibu, Calabasas and Agoura, forcing many home owners to evacuate the area. Joe Rogan took to Twitter earlier today where he announced that he was forced […]
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Anderson Silva is officially eligible to make his octagon return!
Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva could soon be back in the Octagon. The mixed martial arts legend completed a one-year suspension from USADA earlier today. “The Spider” received the suspension after failing a drug test in the lead up to his planned UFC Shanghai main event fight against Kelvin Gastelum last year. USADA deemed […]
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Shaquille O’Neal had one major concern prior to his grappling match with Forrest Griffin
Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal reveals he had one major concern prior to his grappling match with UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin. The multiple-time NBA champion, Shaq, squared off with Griffin at the UFC Performance Center in Las Vegas. O’Neal opened up about his experience grappling with the former UFC light heavyweight champion in a […]
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Darren Till threatens to “slap that baldy head” off of Anderson Silva at UFC London
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till is planning a move up to middleweight and has his eyes set on a fight with former 185-pound kingpin Anderson Silva. Darren Till was expected to be the first man to welcome new welterweight signee Ben Askren to the UFC, but apparently the Liverpool native has other plans. […]
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Rafael dos Anjos tells “drunk” Conor McGregor to shut up!
Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had some strong words for Conor McGregor following the Irishman’s demands of ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong. Last week a massive trade sent former ONE Championship welterweight title holder Ben Askren to the UFC in exchange for former flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson. Shortly after the historic trade was made […]
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Ben Askren and Scott Coker exchange shots online over failed Bellator negotiations
Undefeated welterweight fighter Ben Askren (18-0 MMA) was apparently in talks with Bellator’s Scott Coker just weeks before he was traded to the UFC by ONE Championship. According to the Bellator President, Coker, there were talks between his organization and ONE Championship to do some co-promotion which would have allowed Ben Askren to compete at […]
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VIDEO | Germaine de Randamie: ‘I don’t care about any belts’
"I'd rather be the people's champion than the UFC champion. Win the crowd, win your freedom, right?" – Germaine de Randamie Watch @IronLadyMMA's interview with @MMAjunkieJohn here: https://t.co/CPLuyVgb2i #UFCDenver pic.twitter.com/As3bQx2rYD — MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) November 9, 2018 “[My UFC belt is] at home. I still fought the fight [for the inaugural UFC featherweight title against […]
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Bellator and ONE Championship were talking to Ben Askren before UFC trade
Just a few weeks ago, the UFC and ONE Championship did something no one thought was possible. They agreed to a trade that sent Demetrious Johnson to ONE and Ben Askren to the UFC. However, before that trade happened, ONE Championship reached out to Bellator to see if they would co-promote with them in a […]
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Justin Scoggins says he was released after accepting a fight against Mark De La Rosa
According to former UFC flyweight Justin Scoggins, he was slated to fight this Saturday on short notice against Mark De La Rosa at UFC Denver. The match-up was slated to take place in the bantamweight division. De La Rosa was initially set to face Jordan Espinosa before an injury forced the Contender Series winner off […]
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PHOTO | Daniel Cormier shows off impressive UFC belt collection
UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier has accomplished incredible things in the UFC. He’s one of just two fighters to wear titles in two divisions concurrently, and is the only fighter in UFC history to actively defend two separate titles. Earlier this week, Daniel Cormier showed off the fruits of his labor, flaunting […]
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UFC flyweight Roberto Sanchez announces he’s been cut by promotion: I was told the is ‘being scrapped’
We can now add another name to the list of flyweight fighters ostracized by the UFC. As the UFC’s purported closure of the division bears down, UFC flyweight Roberto Sanchez has joined Jared Brooks, Justin Scoggins and Jose Torres among those to be released from the promotion. Roberto Sanchez made this announcement on Instagram, sharing […]
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Mike Perry accuses Ray Borg of faking illness, withdrawing from UFC Denver because he’s scared
Earlier this week, we were hit by the unfortunate news that Saturday’s UFC Denver card has lost one of its best matchups: a flyweight tilt between former title challengers Ray Borg and Joseph Benavidez. Borg withdrew from the matchup with an illness. Mike Perry, who trains under the same roof as Ray Borg at JacksonWink […]
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Daniel Cormier shares his daughter’s touching reaction to Derrick Lewis win
UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has brought his wife and children to his last three fights. All three of these fights, of course, wound up being dominant stoppage victories for the two-division champ, which his family, and particularly his children, were very excited about. Apparently, however, Daniel Cormier’s daughter as a tough […]
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Artem Lobov makes good on promise, returns 20% fine to Michael Johnson
Artem Lobov was originally supposed to fight Zubaira Tukhugov at the UFC’s recent UFC Moncton card. After Tukhugov got involved in the infamous UFC 229 post-fight brawl, however, he was removed from this bout. After a brief scramble, the UFC was able to find a replacement opponent for Artem Lobov in former UFC lightweight contender […]
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UPDATE | Henry Cejudo to defend flyweight title vs TJ Dillashaw at UFC 233
The first pay-per-view of the year may have its headliner. According to MMAFighting, Henry Cejudo vs. TJ Dillashaw is targeted for the card in Anaheim, California on January 26. What weight class that the bout will be at is unknown right now. However, it seems to make the most sense to have the fight at […]
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Under the MMA Microscope | Is the UFC ridding of flyweight at the wrong time?
The secret is out. The UFC really is planning on disbanding their men’s flyweight division which means a batch of fighters will need to find new fighting homes. In the end, surely this is being looked at from a business standpoint by the organization. So rather than getting to the bottom of whether or not […]
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Henry Cejudo, other top fighters fire back at Conor McGregor after Chatri Sityodtong jab
Earlier this week, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor released a rather bizarre Tweet that seemed to blame ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong for the UFC’s choice to close down its flyweight division. You must now take all the 125lbers that have been let go, Chatri.You talk all of this Martial Art and […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Jared Cannonier believes fighters are no longer sleeping on him following knockout win at UFC 230
At UFC 230 Jared Cannonier stepped in on short notice to face top 10 middleweight David Branch. It would be Cannonier’s toughest fight to date. Making it even harder was the fact that it was Cannonier’s middleweight debut and he was riding a two-fight losing streak. To beat Branch by knockout in the second round […]
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UFC 233 continues to stack up as Ariane Lipski now makes UFC debut vs Joanne Calderwood and Yana Kunitskaya faces Marion Reneau
Every fight announcement for UFC 233 so far has been an eyebrow raiser and that trend just continues with “The Violence Queen” Ariane Lipski (11-3) getting her new UFC debut. Initially, Lipski was to be making her debut on short notice as the replacement for Veronica Macedo at UFC Argentina against Maryna Moroz. Unfortunately, Moroz […]
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Conor McGregor asks ONE Championship to sign all cut UFC flyweights
Ever since Demetrious Johnson was traded to ONE Championship there was talk that the UFC would soon be closing the flyweight division. Reports came out yesterday that that was indeed the case. Several flyweights have tweeted that they have been cut and Jarred Brooks was one of them as he told BJPENN.com. Several fighters are now […]
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Dillon Danis, Zubaira Tukhugov facing discipline by the NSAC
It appears the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) is still punishing people for the melee that occurred at UFC 229. Right now, Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are indefinitely suspended with a hearing on December 10. Well, it appears one of McGregor’s teammates, Dillon Danis and one of Nurmagomedov’s, Zubaira Tukhugov will be facing discipline […]
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Jon ‘Bones’ Jones returns to the UFC light heavyweight rankings in the #1 spot
Now that former UFC champion Jon Jones is scheduled to return to the Octagon on December 29, “Bones” has also found himself in the top spot of the 205-pound rankings. The latest UFC rankings have Jones (22-1) one spot ahead of his UFC 232 foe Alexander Gustafsson and two spots ahead of UFC Moncton main […]
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Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza downplays Israel Adesanya’s UFC 230 win: ‘He didn’t impress me’
UFC 230 was a big night for the UFC middleweight division. First, we saw undefeated striking sensation Israel Adesanya burst into the division’s top-10 with a first-round dissection of Derek Brunson. Then, an hour or so later, we saw former Strikeforce middleweight champ Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza surge back into title contention with a jaw-dropping third-round […]
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Yoel Romero hoping to fight Anderson Silva at UFC Brooklyn
After the UFC attempted once again to set up Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa, it fell through and now Romero wants to face Anderson “The Spider” Silva. According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, the UFC was planning to book Romero vs Costa as the main event of the UFC’s first event on ESPN+ which will take […]