Tag: champion

  • Get To Know TUF 20 Contestant Felice Herrig

    Get To Know TUF 20 Contestant Felice Herrig

    To prep fight fans for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, which will crown the inaugural women’s strawweight champion, the UFC is continuing to relase ‘get to know’ videos, to familiarize fans with contestants.

  • Junior Dos Santos Admits He Has Holes In His Game

    Junior Dos Santos Admits He Has Holes In His Game

    Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos is known for his one punch knockout power, as well as his boxing abilities. However it is no secret that Dos Santos struggles with wrestlers, as seen in his last two fights against Cain Velasquez. Dos Santos spoke to MMAFighting.com about the holes he sees in his game, […]

  • A Day In The Life Of Ed Soares (Video)

    A Day In The Life Of Ed Soares (Video)

    Ed Soares, longtime manager of Anderson Silva is now the head promoter for RFA, and leading up to RFA 15 where the promotion crowned its first middleweight champion. Check out the behind the scenes video below.

  • .gif | Bellator 117: Watch Douglas Lima Punish Rick Hawn with Leg Kicks

    .gif | Bellator 117: Watch Douglas Lima Punish Rick Hawn with Leg Kicks

    Douglas Lima dominated this title fight and became the first new Bellator Welterweight Champion since 2010. Lima utilized his leg kicks to pick apart Rick Hawn at Friday’s ‘Bellator 117’ event. It was a performance worthy of a champion and we here at BJPENN.COM hope that Hawn did not suffer any serious injuries. It was […]

  • Evans Confirms Torn ACL, Hoping For Fall Return

    Evans Confirms Torn ACL, Hoping For Fall Return

    “[The knee injury] was the last practice of the camp. Towards the end of practice, I was doing a wall drill, where guys are trying to hold me against the wall, and we were wrestled up and [training partner Cezar Mutante] slipped out of position and he ended up landing on my knee at a […]

  • QUICK TWITT | Cain Velasquez Shoulder Surgery A Success, Champ Currently In Recovery

    QUICK TWITT | Cain Velasquez Shoulder Surgery A Success, Champ Currently In Recovery

    UFC Heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez, has gone under the knife for a torn labrum. Initially it was thought that the UFC’s personal ‘Brown Pride’ representative would not need surgery, but Cain and his medical team decided that the medical procedure was the right course of action. The champ is no stranger to surgery and the […]

  • Opposing View | Why Jon Jones Beat Alexander Gustafsson

    Opposing View | Why Jon Jones Beat Alexander Gustafsson

    At UFC 165, we witnessed one of the greatest title fights in the history of the sport. Jon Jones stepped into the octagon ready to defend his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, but “Bones” did not expect the challenge that was about to cross his path to victory. Alexander Gustafsson left his all in the octagon […]

  • Lyoto Machida: “Title shot should be on the line” | UFC NEWS

    Lyoto Machida: “Title shot should be on the line” | UFC NEWS

    On today’s UFC 157 conference call, Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida sounded off on the implications of his upcoming bout with Dan Henderson. Machida, who is coming off a win over Ryan Bader at UFC on Fox 4 in August, said the winner of UFC 157’s co-main event deserves a crack at Jon Jones. For the […]

  • Leites: Silva didn't not finish me on purpose

    Leites: Silva didn't not finish me on purpose

    By Evan Stoumbelis Former UFC Middleweight Thales Leites responded to Anderson Silva‘s comments today that the Middleweight Champ took it easy on Leites in their title fight because of their friendship. “First, I want to say that Anderson never attended the New Union, never seen him there, we were never friends or acquaintances besides our […]