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UFC 166 Bonus Winners: Melendez/Sanchez, Dodson and Ferguson Take Home An Extra $60K
Fight of the Night: Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez In what was a Fight of the Year candidate, both Melendez and Sanchez left it all in the octagon and the crowd enjoyed every single second of it. Melendez may have walked out with his hands raised, but Sanchez’s stock has only gone up after this […]
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UFC 166 RESULTS: Melendez Defeats Sanchez By Way Of Unanimous Decision In FOTY Candidate
Joe Rogan ended the fight by saying “This was the best fight I’ve seen in my entire life,”. As a man who has seen over 1,000 fights, that’s quite a statement. In what was easily a Fight of the Year Candidate, both Diego Sanchez and Gilbert Melendez showed that they are two of the toughest […]
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UFC 166 RESULTS: Gonzaga Nails Jordan With A Vicious Right Hand, Finishes Fight In Round 1
Not much to write about here. Gabriel Gonzaga was the aggressor right from the start and was throwing bombs from the get-go. It was back and forth for a bit with each fighter connecting with their own powerful shots, but Gonzaga landed a monstrous right hook that sent Jordan to the ground. Gonzaga smelled blood […]
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UFC 166 RESULTS: Dodson Knocks Montague Out In The First
John Dodson made quick work of Darrell Montague and finished him in the very first round. Montague tried to keep Dodson at bay, keeping his distance by throwing leg kicks but Dodson was persistent and continued to press forward. Montague got dropped in the middle of the round and was in serious danger. Montague quickly […]
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‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III’ Main Card Play-By-Play & Live Results
Live from a sold-out Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, ‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos’ is set to go down tonight on pay-per-view. If you can’t make the pay-per-view portion of the card this evening, join us here at BJPENN.COM to catch all the blow-by-blow and round-by-round action and results as they transpire. RESULTS: John […]
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‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III’ Preliminary Card Play-By-Play & Live Results
Before tonight’s pay-per-view broadcast kicks off, the ‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III’ event goes live with a stellar, eight-fight preliminary card event. If you can’t make BJPENN.COM’s Live broadcast of the prelims, or missed the preliminary Fox Sports 1 airing, than tune in here for all the blow-by-blow and round-by-round action you can […]
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FREE STREAM | ‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III’ Preliminary Card Bouts
Before the UFC 166 event hits Fox Sports 1 for the Preliminary Card Broadcast, four exciting fights will go down live, right here on BJPENN.COM. TJ Waldburger vs Adlan Amagov, Tony Ferguson vs Mike Rio, Jeremy Larsen vs Andre Fili, and Dustin Pague vs Kyoji Horiguchi will all go down from the Toyota Center in […]
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Watch Tonight’s UFC 166 Post-Fight Press Conference Live on BJPENN.COM
Immediately following tonight’s ‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III’ pay-per-view card, fight fans are invited here to catch the live broadcast of the evening’s post-fight press conference. Get the immediate reactions from tonight’s fighters and UFC President Dana White by tuning in right here at the conclusion of the main event. Use the player […]
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Dana White: The Winner Of Tonight’s Main Event The Best Heavyweight In History
As far as trilogy fights are concerned, tonight’s main event is certainly up there with some of the greatest in our sports short history. Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos III goes down tonight from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The fight serves as a rubber match between the two most dominant heavyweights in […]
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UFC 166: Velasquez Coach Says JDS Will Not Win A Single Round Tonight In Main Event
The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in San Jose, California, is one of the premier MMA training centers in the world. Not only do they house the UFC Heavyweight champion, but they also have the likes of Gray Maynard, Josh Thomson, Luke Rockhold, Daniel Cormier and many other great fighters in their ranks. Part of what […]
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PHOTO | Best Staredowns From Today’s UFC 166 Weigh-Ins
Today’s UFC 166 weigh-ins was full of highly intense staredowns from the fighters. Just look at Sanchez & Melendez(above). If you missed today’s BJPENN.COM live weigh-in broadcast, just check out what you missed below: Cormier vs. Nelson: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos:
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‘UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III’ Weigh-In Results: One Fighter Misses Weight
A packed out Toyota Center in Houston, Texas witnessed today’s UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos weigh-ins ceremony. All but one fighter missed their mark this afternoon. That fighter was preliminary card competitor Andre Fili. If you missed BJPENN.COM’s live stream of today’s special event here are the official results: MAIN CARD: (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. […]
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VIDEO | Cain Velasquez Wanted to ‘Punish’ Junior dos Santos in Rematch
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez talks about his trilogy against Junior dos Santos, whether he ever had a nickname, JDS’s recent words about him, why he passed up on a finish in the rematch, fighting Daniel Cormier, and more.
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VIDEO | Junior dos Santos Discusses Cut Over Eye
Junior dos Santos talks about his upcoming third fight against Cain Velasquez, his new Nike shoes, the cut above his eye, which recent Velasquez comments he deems “arrogant,” whether he misses the belt, and more.
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VIDEO | Roy Nelson Credits Slender Physique on Depressing Training Camp
Roy Nelson talks about his UFC 166 fight against Daniel Cormier, why his bad training camp led to his slender physique, not having to shave his beard, whether he’d ever fight at light heavyweight, and more.
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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier Says Roy Nelson ‘Said Some Things He Shouldn’t Have Said’
Daniel Cormier talks about his UFC 166 fight against Roy Nelson, his slender physique, why he wanted Nelson to shave his beard, his future as a light heavyweight, whether he feels pressure going into this fight, and more.
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VIDEO | Gilbert Melendez Says UFC Debut Loss ‘Did Wonders for My Career’
Gilbert Melendez talks about his UFC 166 fight against Diego Sanchez, how his loss to Benson Henderson actually helped his career, why he no longer has a chip on his shoulder, a potential fourth fight against Josh Thomson, and more.
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VIDEO | Dana White’s UFC 166 Pre-Fight Media Scrum
The UFC boss spent a good hour with the media yesterday discussing all the most relevant topics and news breaks in the UFC leading up to UFC 166.
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JDS Calls BS, Says Velasquez Tried But Couldn’t Finish Him In Second Fight
Earlier in the week, UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez stated that in his second fight with JDS, he opted to punish him for five-rounds instead of finishing him off earlier. Dos Santos is calling BS and he broke down why to Yahoo Sports: “I didn’t lose because he’s a better fighter than me, it’s that […]
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Gilbert Melendez Making First ‘Uncrowned’ Title Defense This Weekend
“I’m looking to make a statement here. I’m looking to make my first uncrowned title defense and really make a statement. I think Diego is a great fighter but me being at my best I think I can make a statement with a dominant performance.” “I think he’s a great fighter, honestly. I think he’s […]
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VIDEO | Countdown to UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos (Full Episode)
All roads lead to Houston as heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champion Junior Dos Santos prepare to complete their epic title trilogy. If you missed the television airing of ‘Countdown to UFC 166’ have no fear, all three-parts are here for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the Sanchez vs. Melendez portion above, and the other […]
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Roy Nelson Doesn’t Want Cormier To Hug His Way to Victory This Weekend
“There’s a couple different ways (to win). I think the biggest thing is don’t let him hug me. Don’t let him push me up against the cage and just do a boring, ugly fight and piss the fans off. I think that’s the biggest thing you don’t want to do is piss the fans off […]
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VIDEO | UFC Primetime: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 – Episode 3
Fight week is underway as champion Cain Velasquez and former champion Junior Dos Santos make their final preparations for what promises to be an epic showdown at UFC 166. You can watch part 1 HERE! Part 2 is HERE!
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Diego Sanchez Hoping For Title Shot With Win Over Melendez
“Gilbert Melendez is my golden ticket. I’ve done it before. I fought two fights in 2009 at 155. Straight to the belt. “(Melendez) has never been stopped. He avenged two of his three losses. His only loss is to Benson Henderson in a split decision that I felt went his way, so in a way […]
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UFC 166: Hector Lombard reportedly struggling with first weight cut to 170lbs
By Evan Stoumbelis Former Bellator Middleweight champion Hector Lombard decided to make the jump to Welterweight in March after losing to Yushin Okami. Lombard had gone 1-2 in the UFC, with his only UFC win coming by way of KO over Rousimar Palhares. Lombard is working with nutritionist guru Mike Dolce on the […]
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VIDEO | Gilbert Melendez sounds off on Diego Sanchez, Pettis & the Diaz bros
“El Nino” will be storming into Houston this weekend to face Diego Sanchez at UFC 166. The No. 2-ranked lightweight and former Strikeforce champ discusses his Sanchez fight plan, “boring” fighters, Anthony Pettis, Nick and Nate Diaz, Ronda Rousey, and a potential fourth fight with Josh Thomson.
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Junior dos Santos suffered cut that required stitches three weeks prior to UFC 166 title fight
Yesterday, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos revealed that he suffered a cut above his right eye brow three weeks ago that required stitches. But, according to the Brazilian bomber, the cut is fully healed and should be a non-issue come fight night. In fact, on yesterday evenings “UFC Tonight,” JDS, who had a knee […]
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VIDEO | UFC 166 Open Workout Highlights
Yesterday at Hourston’s ‘House of Blues’ stars from UFC 166 came out to show off their skills at the UFC 166 open workouts.