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Niklas Backstrom Explains Why He Doesn’t Want His Family At Fight Night 53
Niklas Backstrom is set to return to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night Stockholm this Saturday in his home country of Sweden. Backstrom is teammates with Alexander Gustafsson, and was one of his teammates featured in the UFC’s mini documentary, which you can watch HERE. He spoke to MMAJunkie about why he doesn’t like his […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Mousasi Submits Munoz in Round 1 with a Rear Naked Choke
Mark Munoz tried his hardest to take this fight to the ground and when he finally did, it was not in the way he intended to. Every time Munoz shot for a takedown, Gegard Mousasi would defend brilliantly. Most spectators would expect a striker to simply sprawl, get back to his feet and run. Mousasi […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Dollaway Wrestles His Way to Victory against Carmont
C.B. Dollaway and Francis Carmont were featured in the co main-event where the pace of the fight slowed down as it went on. The first round was exciting from start to finish as they exchanged shots and taunts without caution. Dollaway started to tally up leg kicks that were going unchecked and followed one up […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Backstrom Forces Niinimaki to Tap in Round 1
Tom Niinimaki and Niklas Backstrom kicked off the main card portion of ‘UFC Berlin’ today which aired exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. Backstrom made a successful debut tonight and finished the fight in exciting fashion with an unorthodox spin on a classic submission. After he cracked his knee into the face of Tom Niinimaki, Backstrom […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Hein Makes Successful Debut Against a Bloodied Dober
Lightweight Nick Hein put on a great showcase of his skills in his octagon debut today. He is a decorated judoka and his transition into mixed martial arts has been successful. Joe Silva invited him to the UFC hoping his success would continue and Hein did not disappoint him with his performance against Drew Dober […]
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Cedenblad Forces Jotko to Submit with only 1 Second Left in Round 2
The majority of the bout was a back-and-forth grappling contest that saw both Jotko and Cedenblad get advantageous positioning. Jotko was a more aggressive with his striking, but his punches were so wild that he found little success with them. Toward the end of the second round, Cedenblad was postured over Jotko who was trying […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Alcantara TKOs Lee in 25 Seconds of Round 1
Iuri Alcantara only needed twenty-five seconds to finish Vaughan Lee today. The technical knockout was the first of the day and it brought the crowd to life after three consecutive decisions. Lee wanted to kickstart the action early on so he lunged forward with a teep-kick to the body of Alcantara and tried to follow […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Sobotta Hands Pawlak His First Career Loss
Peter Sobotta put on a dominating performance in front of his home-country crowd in Germany. His last UFC outing was nowhere near as impressive as his fight was tonight. Sobotta was cut from the promotion in 2010 after losing three straight fights. He utilized his time in smaller promotions intelligently; He submitted five opponents in […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Blanco Defeats Ogle by way of Unanimous Decision
Maximo Blanco may fight with an orthodox stance, but his approach on fighting is rather unorthodox itself. As they met in the middle of the octagon in the first round to touch gloves, Blanco ignored Ogle’s attempt of high-fiving and executed a jumping front kick. The live-crowd saw this and voiced their disapproval of what […]
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‘UFC Berlin’ Results: Magomedov Survives Rough First Round, Beats Pesta by way of Decision
We kicked off this stacked Saturday of fights with a heavyweight affair between Viktor Pesta and Ruslan Magomedov. It seemed like it was all over in the first round when Viktor Pesta drove his knee into the ribs of Ruslan Magomedov. Magomedov fell to the ground and Pesta went in for the kill, but he […]
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‘UFC Berlin: Munoz vs. Mousasi’ Results Thread
It is a stacked Saturday for fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship! Did you miss the first batch of today’s fights? Check out the results below and come back for tonight’s UFC card in Brazil! Make BJPENN.COM your home for up to the minute updates and results. Main Card (3:00 PM ET on UFC Fight […]