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Rousey Enters Arbitration Over Dispute With Management
By Evan Stoumbelis UFC Women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey entered arbitration today to settle a dispute with the champ and her former management firm. California State Athletic Commissioner Andy Foster will hear the dispute between Rousey and Fight Tribe Management. Fight Tribe Management sent the request for a neutral party to overhear the arguments between […]
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Saffiedine Out, Lawler Steps In Against Ellenberger
By Evan Stoumbelis Tarac Saffiedine has been forced off April’s UFC 172 card, and has withdrawn from his bout against Jake Ellenberger. Stepping in is none other than “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler, the bout has been moved to May’s UFC 173 card. Lawler found himself on the wrong end of a controversial decision against Johny Hendricks […]
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Chicago Cagefighting Championship’s APFC 16 Preview
By Evan Stoumbelis Next Saturday, April 5th, the Chicago Cagefighting Championship will be presenting fight fans with American Predator Fighting Championship 16 (APFC) live from the Odeum, in Villa Park Illinois. This card will have professional, as well as amateur fights, and will have local standout fighters, such as Dennis Dombrow and Carson Beebe. Headlining […]
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Report: UFC releases four more fighters
Four more fighters appear to have been released by UFC. Disclaimer: This information is all based on updates to the UFC.com lists of active fighters. Profiles will very likely still exist for each fighter as the UFC retains a database of all former competitors, but these fighters no longer appear on the UFC roster lists themselves. It often […]
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‘UFC Presents Ronda Rousey: Breaking Ground’ nominated for Sports Emmy
According to a report from MMAJunkie, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has nominated “UFC Presents Ronda Rousey: Breaking Ground” for an Emmy in the categoryof Outstanding Sports Documentary. The one-hour documentary featuring the UFC’s women’s bantamweight champion originally aired in September of 2013 on FOX Sports 1. According to an official release, the “UFC […]
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Pettis vs. Melendez confirmed for end of year event
By Evan Stoumbelis Lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis officially has an opponent set for his first title defense, Gilbert Melendez who will coach opposite Pettis on TUF 20 will step in the cage with Pettis in the UFC’s year end event which is likely to be on December 27th at UFC 182, however this has […]
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Sergio Pettis vs. Yaotzin Meza set for ‘UFC Fight Night 43’ in Albuquerque
UFC officials announced today that a bantamweight bout between Sergio Pettis (10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Yaotzin Meza (20-9 MMA, 1-2 UFC) is the latest addition to June’s ‘UFC Fight Night 43’ event in Albuquerque. After opening his professional mixed martial arts career with 10-straight victories, 20 year-old Sergio Pettis suffered his first ever setback at […]
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John Dodson vs. John Moraga 2 set for ‘UFC Fight Night 43’ in Albuquerque
UFC officials announced today that former flyweight title challengers John Dodson (15-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and John Moraga (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will square off at the upcoming ‘UFC Fight Night 43’ event in Albuquerque. The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 winner, John Dodson, is coming off a “Knockout of the night” victory over Darrell Montague, […]
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Updated BJPENN.COM MMA Rankings
By Evan Stoumbelis This past Saturday fans saw the rematch of Shogun vs. Henderson where Dan Henderson overcame being rocked in the first round to Shogun Rua out in the second round, snapping his 3 fight losing streak. Below are the changes made to our rankings, and as always head on over to the rankings […]
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WSOF Champion: “Good possibility” Palhares on PEDs
By Evan Stoumbelis WSOF welterweight champion Steve Carl is slated to fight former UFC fighter Rousimar Palhares this Saturday on NBC’s sports network. Palhares was released by the UFC following his heel hook win over Mike Pierce in which Palhares held onto the submission after Pierce tapped, forcing the referee to intervene and save […]
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WSOF 9: Carl unfazed by Palhares’ drug testing woes
The World Series of Fighting 9: Carl vs. Palhares event takes place this Saturday night, but the main event is still under question. It was just a few weeks back that former UFC ‘bad boy’ Rousimar Palhares was asked to take a random drug test for the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). “Toquinho” was forced […]
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Luke Barnatt vs. Sean Strickland set for UFC Fight Night 41 in Berlin
UFC officials announced today that undefeated middleweights Luke Barnatt (8-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Sean Strickland (14-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will square off at May’s “UFC Fight Night 41” event in Berlin. Luke Barnatt was last seen in action earlier this month when he defeated Mats Nilsson at the ‘UFC Fight Night 37’ in London. […]
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Colton Smith set to welcome newcomer Carlos Ferreira in San Antonio
By Evan Stoumbelis Ultimate Fighter season 16 winner and active duty service member Colton Smith will be welcoming Carlos Diego Ferreira to the octagon in San Antonio, Texas on June 28th. Colton Smith has had difficulty finding success after winning the Ultimate Fighter, first dropping a TKO loss to Robbie Whitaker, and then losing via […]
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Dober vs. Hein slated for UFC Fight Night 41: Munoz vs. Mousasi
By Evan Stoumbelis The UFC announced today that Drew Dober would be the man to welcome Nick Hein to the Octagon on May 31st in Berlin Germany on the UFC Fight Night 41 card. The card will be headlined by Mark Munoz and Gegard Mousasi. TUF 15 competitor Drew Dober is 14-5 in his […]
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Jose Aldo expects Mendes rematch next, says Pettis talks more than he fights
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (24-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) recently spoke to MMAjunkie through an intepreter, where he discussed his possible move to 155-pounds, as well as a potential fight with lightweight champ Anthony Pettis. “Anthony Pettis talks a lot,” Aldo told MMAjunkie. “He goes to the media and says that he’ll fight me in any […]
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Hendo: Brazilian fans say I’m going to die
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Dan Henderson earned “Fight of the Year” honors back in 2011, for their 5-round war that took place at UFC 139 in San Jose, California. After 25-minutes of non-stop action, Hendo got the judges nod in what many people deem to be the greatest fight in mixed martial arts history. Since losing […]
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Cub Swanson vs. Jeremy Stephens headlines UFC Fight Night in San Antonio
UFC officials announced today that a featherweight bout between Cub Swanson (20-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Jeremy Stephens (23-9 MMA, 10-8 UFC) will headline the recently announced ‘UFC Fight Night’ event in San Antonio. The “UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens” event, which goes down June 28 live from the AT&T Center, will mark the […]
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Rousimar Palhares Tested For PED’s By NSAC – WSOF Gets Back Up Plan For Title Fight
By Evan Stoumbelis Former UFC fighter Rousimar Palhares found himself signed to a contract with WSOF after being banned from the UFC several months ago. Now Palhares is set to face WSOF welterweight champ Steve Carl on the promotion’s 9th fight card on March 29th. Palhares told the promotion that he was having issues finding […]
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GSP to Hendricks: You want to fight me? Stick around for a bit
Former UFC champion Georges St. Pierre recently appeared as a guest on Ariel Helwani’s “The MMA HOUR,” where he discussed this past Saturday’s title fight between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler, which was for the welterweight strap that he vacated just months ago: “I was just watching it as a fan and it was a […]
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Showtime Pettis: I’m going to knock out Melendez and then shut up Diaz
During a Q&A session this past Friday prior to the weigh-ins for UFC 171 in Dallas, UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis was asked how he plans to defeat his next opponent Gilbert Melendez: “I’m not going to take him down,” stated Pettis. “I’m probably going to knock him out.” Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez will […]
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Big Changes To BJPENN.COM Rankings
By Evan Stoumbelis March has been a busy month for the UFC, with 3 events in 3 weeks, and another this Sunday, several changes were made to our BJPENN.com rankings, mostly in the welterweight division. Below are the changes that have been made, and as always, head on over to the rankings section of our […]
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Benson Henderson Set To Return Against Rustam Khabilov In June
By Evan Stoumbelis The UFC announced today that Albuquerque New Mexico would be hosting a June 7th UFC Fight Night card featured Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov. Given the presence of many Jackson-Winkeljohn fighters in the UFC, Albuquerque can expect to see many familiar faces on the card, including main event fighter Rustam Khabilov Henderson […]
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GSP calls for UFC random testing from an independent organization
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre recently appeared as a guest on Ariel Helwani’s “The MMA Hour” where he expressed his concerns about the methods used by the UFC in regards to testing their athletes for Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED’s). Here’s what he said: “Lorenzo is a good person. Lorenzo understands that it’s true. I believe the problem […]
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‘UFC Fight Night 40’ lineup complete with 13 bouts
The UFC returns to Cincinnati this May for “UFC Fight Night 40,” a 13-bout event headlined by a welterweight fight featuring Matt “The Immortal” Brown (18-11 MMA, 11-5 UFC) taking on Erick Silva (16-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC). The event marks the UFC’s first in the city since ‘UFC 77’ back in 2007, when hometown hero Rich Franklin failed […]
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Johny Hendricks putting belt in vault, wants GSP next
Newly crowned UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks is not planning on parading around town with his recently acquired gold belt. Instead, the product of Oklahoma is taking the strap to the bank for safe keeping, as he told MMAjunkie Radio in an interview earlier today: “I’m going to put it in a vault,” Hendricks stated. “It’s […]
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Luke Rockhold details his first time sparring with Daniel Cormier
Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold recently took to twitter to detail his first time ever sparring with Daniel Cormier. Via @LukeRockhold: Sep 2009 my first sparring session with @DC_mma . Man was this guy loud. Instigated a “real” fight inside the gym between @jakeshields and Matt Major within hours of joining the our team. […]
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Dana White: Carlos Condit not guaranteed a title shot if victorious at UFC 171
Just last week, UFC officials annoucned that if Carlos Condit emerged victorious in his upcoming UFC 171 bout opposite Tyrone Woodley, he would be granted a title shot for his efforts. However, that is no longer the case according to UFC President Dana White, who promptly ‘nixed’ the idea during the UFC 171 media scrum. Here’s […]
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Dana White: Sonnen vs. Silva still not official
By Evan Stoumbelis The ongoing drama between “The American Gangster” Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva continued this week during Dana White’s UFC 171 pre-fight media scrum. Dana told reporters that the fight between the TUF 3 Brazil coaches was still not set in stone. “Yeah,” White affirmed when asked on Thursday if […]