Category: UFC NEWS

  • Top UFC Female Leslie Smith Grateful For UFC Pay, But Hurt By Reebok Deal

    Top UFC Female Leslie Smith Grateful For UFC Pay, But Hurt By Reebok Deal

    Toward the end of 2014, the UFC claimed they made a monumental deal for the development of mixed martial arts when they struck an exclusive sponsorship deal with athletic company Reebok. The partnership would lead to Reebok being represented by every fighter on the roster on their way to, and inside of the octagon. Gone […]

  • UFC 188’s Gilbert Melendez: “I still have a lot of fight in me”

    UFC 188’s Gilbert Melendez: “I still have a lot of fight in me”

    While making the media rounds in anticipation of this weekend’s UFC 188 event, Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez talks about fighting, and the journey of a martial artist. Shot by BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage. UFC Champ Vain Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

  • Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

    Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

    UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is no stranger to being injured, but the UFC champ fights on, and faces a formidable opponent in interim champion Fabricio Werdum in this weekend’s UFC 188 main event. In this new clip from BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage, the UFC Heavyweight champion discusses AKA’s training methods, and the injuries that […]

  • McGregor Fight Camp — Purple Underwear, A Bottle Of Booze, And A Shirtless Gunnar Nelson — Check, Check, Check

    McGregor Fight Camp — Purple Underwear, A Bottle Of Booze, And A Shirtless Gunnar Nelson — Check, Check, Check

    Conor McGregor is currently living the life of a Viking king in Las Vegas. He has his whole team in a massive mansion (The Mc Mansion) and is training for the biggest fight of his life against the champion Jose Aldo. McGregor even brought one of his Irish buddies, Gunnar Nelson, to come hang out […]

  • VanZant Spends Reebok Money On A New Whip

    VanZant Spends Reebok Money On A New Whip

    UFC starlet Paige VanZant is having fun spending that Reebok money. The UFC strawweight is one of a few UFC fighters who have signed a special deal with the shoe and apparel brand, a decision that brought a lot of controversy with it. VanZant is not the champion of her division and when she signed […]

  • Schaub: ‘Fighting No Longer Makes Financial Sense For Me Under Reebok Deal’

    Schaub: ‘Fighting No Longer Makes Financial Sense For Me Under Reebok Deal’

    UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub isn’t sure if he will fight in the UFC again. The TUF alum says that because of the new Reebok deal, where he would only make 10K, he doesn’t see the benefit in fighting anymore, since he has so many other things going on outside of the cage. Here’s what he […]

  • REPLAY! Stud Show Radio #67 W/ Urijah Faber

    REPLAY! Stud Show Radio #67 W/ Urijah Faber

    Miss Tuesday’s “Stud Show Radio”? Here’s the replay, featuring special guest Urijah Faber. Stud Show Radio airs every Tuesday and Thursday on BJPENN.COM.

  • Vitor Belfort Is Now A Samurai Warrior… No Really

    Vitor Belfort Is Now A Samurai Warrior… No Really

    UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort has a new hairstyle! The MMA vet just loss to champ Chris Weidman and says he’s still willing to make another run at the gold. To celebrate his path and his next journey, he decided to get a special new samurai hair-cut. Check it out! Cabelo novo pra uma fase nova. […]

  • Ronda Rousey Throws The Crap Out Of Everyone — WATCH!

    Ronda Rousey Throws The Crap Out Of Everyone — WATCH!

    https://youtu.be/Ed3-S9HXQ9g Ronda Rousey is known for her incredible Judo skills, check them out on display in this video, where she’s just tossing everyone around like rag dolls. UFC Champ Vain Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

  • Conor McGregor Bests Jones, Velasquez, Entire UFC Roster On Punching Machine

    Conor McGregor Bests Jones, Velasquez, Entire UFC Roster On Punching Machine

    Watch as UFC fighters try their hand at the ever popular arcade punching game! Guess who got the highest score. UFC Champ Vain Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

  • Werdum: ‘My Girlfriend’s Ex-Boyfriend Embarrassed Me’

    Werdum: ‘My Girlfriend’s Ex-Boyfriend Embarrassed Me’

    Fabricio Werdum might be the interim UFC heavyweight champion now, but things weren’t always so bright when it came to his martial arts career. He wasn’t always the top-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner that he is today and in fact it all started one day on a beach. Werdum told MMAFighting about the time that he […]

  • Rothwell: ‘I Don’t Think Dana Even Watches UFC’

    Rothwell: ‘I Don’t Think Dana Even Watches UFC’

    Big Ben Rothwell feels like the UFC isn’t paying any attention to him, and it’s just not fair. That is basically the summary of what he said while being a guest on The MMA Hour. Rothwell said that he was disappointed and felt kind of ‘gypped’ because Dana White, Joe Silva and Joe Rogan were […]

  • Werdum: ‘I Can Win, Even If No One Believes In Me’

    Werdum: ‘I Can Win, Even If No One Believes In Me’

    Fabricio Werdum is hoping to cash in that interim UFC heavyweight title for a unified belt this Saturday in Mexico City. First, he has to beat the champ Cain Velasquez, who has only lost once in his career, suffering a quick KO loss to Junior Dos Santos. Werdum is on a 5-fight win streak and […]

  • Michael Bisping Has A Message For Conor McGregor

    Michael Bisping Has A Message For Conor McGregor

    Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping thinks UFC featherweight Conor McGregor needs to step his game up. Bisping was over in Europe doing press for his upcoming fight with Thales Leites at UFC Fight Night 72, when the decided to take a quick jab at McGregor. During an interview with MMAJunkie, Bisping made it a point to […]

  • Gustafsson: ‘You’re Only The Real Champ If You Beat Jones’

    Gustafsson: ‘You’re Only The Real Champ If You Beat Jones’

    Alexander Gustafsson will be getting another crack at the UFC light-heavyweight title when he takes on new champion Daniel Cormier. Even if Gus does take out Cormier, he won’t consider himself the real champion. Of course we all know what happened to Jones by now. Car crash, ran from the scene, hid from the cops, […]

  • Anderson Silva’s Olympic Dreams Are Over

    Anderson Silva’s Olympic Dreams Are Over

    If you had hopes of watching former UFC champion Anderson Silva competing in 2016’s Olympic games, well, you’ll have to stick to beach volleyball. Silva came out a while ago and said publicly that he wanted to try out for and potentially compete in the upcoming olympics, in taekwondo. Now, it appears he has changed […]

  • McGregor Rocks A New Hairstyle

    McGregor Rocks A New Hairstyle

    UFC featherweight Conor McGregor has had some interesting hairstyles in the past. From the braided hair and shaved sides look, to the mohawk type thing and then to the most recent slicked back look he’s been sporting. However, the ‘Notorious’ one just unveiled his brand spanking new look to the world…sort of. McGregor is an […]

  • Hendo Loves Foam Parties!

    Hendo Loves Foam Parties!

    Dan Henderson is fresh off a spectacular victory over Tim Boetsch, at UFC Fight Night: New Orleans, where he scored a KO in under 30 seconds in the nights main event. So what’s a guy to do after such a great win? Why not hit up Cancun and go to a few foam parties! The […]

  • Gustafsson Breaks Down Cormier Vs. Johnson

    Gustafsson Breaks Down Cormier Vs. Johnson

    Check out ‘Unibet UFC Fighter’ Live: Alexander Gustafsson – The Comeback’. The UFC light-heavyweight talks about his road back, after suffering the KO to Anthony Johnson, and breaks down the fight between Johnson and Daniel Cormier. UFC 188’s Gilbert Melendez: “I still have a lot of fight in me”

  • Rousey Hits The Mountains To Train For Bethe

    Rousey Hits The Mountains To Train For Bethe

    UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has officially begun her training camp for UFC 190 and she’s kicking thing off in the mountains. Rousey has been busy with a book tour, to promote her memoir ‘My Fight/Your Fight’ and doing plenty of media for her role in the Entourage movie. Now she’s back in the gym […]

  • Henry Cejudo: ‘I’ll Fight Anyone, Even Conor McGregor’

    Henry Cejudo: ‘I’ll Fight Anyone, Even Conor McGregor’

    The UFC’s rising flyweight and olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo talks bout his rough upbringing and his will to fight anyone. UFC Champ Vain Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

  • WATCH! Behind-The-Scenes: Werdum Vs. Hunt

    WATCH! Behind-The-Scenes: Werdum Vs. Hunt

    Go behind-the-scenes in this video and see UFC 180 like you’ve never seen it before. UFC 188’s Gilbert Melendez: “I still have a lot of fight in me”

  • Cain: ‘Losing The Belt Was Good For Me’

    Cain: ‘Losing The Belt Was Good For Me’

    Check out this video interview with UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, where he talks about losing the belt and coming back to win it. UFC Champ Vain Velasquez on AKA’s Injury Rate: ‘We train hard, we spar hard, but it’s not just our gym’

  • Ben Rothwell Goes Full Evil With His Cat

    Ben Rothwell Goes Full Evil With His Cat

    Looks like we haven’t seen the last of whatever that strange speech was that UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell delivered after defeating Matt Mitrione. Here’s a quick refresher: Umm, so this happened! #UFCNOLA https://t.co/fAjD4z7rqW — UFC (@ufc) June 7, 2015 Rothwell said he did it to make some noise and to get people to pay attention […]

  • Anderson Silva’s NSAC Hearing Postponed For A Third Time

    Anderson Silva’s NSAC Hearing Postponed For A Third Time

    So that hearing for Anderson Silva’s failed drug tests? Yeah it got postponed again. The former middleweight champion Anderson Silva was scheduled to appear in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission in March and May to present his defense. Brazilian media site Combate reported that the Spider received a third postponement, which now puts […]

  • Aldo’s Coach Defends UFC’s Stance On Reebok

    Aldo’s Coach Defends UFC’s Stance On Reebok

      Well this is an interesting twist in the UFC/Reebok saga. Last week UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo came out and blasted the new deal and called for a fighters union in order to fight it and get rid of it. Now, Andre Pederneiras, Aldo’s coach and owner of Nova Uniao is coming forward with […]

  • Khabib’s Dad Talks About The Injury Rate At AKA

    Khabib’s Dad Talks About The Injury Rate At AKA

    Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez, Luke Rockhold and Khabib Nurmagomedov all train at American Kickboxing Academy. That’s two current UFC champions, one upcoming title challenger and one of the top UFC lightweights. So what’s the big deal? The deal is that UFC president has been vocal with his opinions on AKA and their training methods. White […]

  • Boxing Bests UFC In Weekend Ratings War — OUCH!

    Boxing Bests UFC In Weekend Ratings War — OUCH!

    The UFC ate a big haymaker from boxing over the weekend in the form of ratings. Here’s the breakdown: UFC Fight Night 68– 950,000 average viewers during the main card broadcast on FOX Sports 1, with 782,000 viewers during the prelim broadcast. This was the third highest Fight Night event so far this year. HBO’s […]