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Ronda Rousey: ‘I aspire to dominate like Mayweather’
“She’s not somebody I can take unnecessary risks with, and she’s somebody who would definitely be very confident in defending herself.” “I don’t just want to win; I want to win and get out of there unscathed. There have been fights where Alexis has hurt her opponent. Her and Kaufman cut each other’s faces up. […]
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TRT Ban Forces ‘Bigfoot’ Into Pituitary Gland Surgery
“I will have to do the surgery again after my next fight, and then I will be cleared to train again in four or six weeks. I will have to do the surgery again since I can’t take testosterone (replacement therapy). Some use it for ego, but (the TRT ban) is a problem for those […]
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Bas Rutten: ‘Wanderlei Silva Has Forever Tarnished His Legacy’
“What is happening lately to him, it’s a shame. This is going to be a tarnish on his career. I talked about it on ‘Inside MMA’ last Friday with Dana White, I was at the offices, at the UFC offices, and you know it’s true. With the athletic commission, once you walk out while you […]
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Female BJJ Champs Take Issue With Rousey Statements: ‘Talk is cheap when you don’t show up’
In a recent Gracie Mag feature, the world of female competitive grappling took several shots at UFC champ, Ronda Rousey. Ronda, who was recently quoted, stating she can beat any and all female BJJ fighters in a gi or without, is now being asked to back up those words by the world’s most fearsome ladies. […]
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UFC Fight Night 46 lineup finalized
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to Irleand on July 19 for the newly finalized “UFC Fight Night 46” event, which takes place at Dublin’s O2 Arena. The card is headlined by a featherweight tilt featuring hometown hero Conor McGregor (14-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) taking on TUF 14 winner Diego Brandao (18-9 MMA, 4-2 UFC). […]
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UFC Fight Night 43 medical suspensions
Earlier today, the UFC released the suspension information to mixedmartialarts.com for last weekend’s “UFC Fight Night 43” event in Auckland, New Zealand. As there is no sanctioning organization in New Zealand for mixed martial arts, the UFC acts as it’s own governing body and provides the suspensions to MMA LLC, which acts as the record and […]
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Belfort Admits To Taking Abnormally High TRT Dosage One Day Before NSAC Test
“I was doing a hormonal treatment and they asked for to do a drug test as if I were any other person. I took the shot the day before in Las Vegas. I usually took the dosage throughout a week, but this day I took the whole weekly dosage. So, on that day, my levels […]
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Rousey Taking Camp On The Road, Trains In Hotel Room
UFC Bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey deals with her busy media schedule by training wherever she’s at. Here’s another clip:
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Pettis Not Scared Of Diaz Camp, But Promises No Brawls On TUF 20
With an upcoming stint as TUF 20 coach opposite Gilbert Melendez, the UFC’s lightweight champ will have to endure more than just coaching a few fighters in the house. Anthony Pettis will be confronted, on likely, a daily basis, by MMA’s most confrontational group, Team Cesar Gracie. In a brand new interview with MMAMania.com’s, Jesse […]
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Massive Brazilian Grappler Calls Out Rousey Following BJJ Diss
UFC bantamweight champion, ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey has recently garnered some attention from the competitive world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. In a recent interview, the UFC’s leading lady was in usual form, and explained her abilities in regards to her position among the world’s leading submission artists. (More on that HERE). It’s because of those comments that, […]
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Aus Media Credits UFC’s Mike Goldberg For Fueling Ignorant American Stereotypes
In the aftermath of “UFC Fight Night: Auckland”, The Australian media has taken issue with UFC commentator Mike Goldberg. During his fight commentary, Goldberg confused two-sports, a rule set and mispronounced the name of one of the regions biggest sporting idols. Harmless errors from a man not from the area, but the media fired […]
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GSP Addresses Support Of Canadian Drug Lord In Open Letter
Last week we learned that GSP had sent a letter of support to U.S. courts in hopes to gain favor for his friend and famed Canadian Drug Lord, Jimmy Cournoyer. Since coming under fire for the decision, GSP has penned a letter to his fans, explaining his choices. Check it: “A letter I signed in […]
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IMMAF and Tuff-N-Uff present first-ever Amateur MMA World Championships
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) in partnership with Las Vegas’ own Tuff-N-Uff: “The Future Stars of Mixed Martial Arts,” is presenting the first-ever amateur Mixed Martial Arts World Championships during UFC International Fight Week™ on Monday, June 30 to Saturday, July 5. The IMMAF selected Tuff-N-Uff to co-present this competition because of their excellent reputation and […]
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Anderson Silva: A fight with Nick Diaz could be interesting
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) recently appeared at a media scrum in Rio de Janeiro, where he talked about a possible return fight against Nick Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC). “Well, if everybody is saying that it would be an interesting fight, what am I going to say?” […]
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Nick Diaz Says: “#$$ #Makeadeal #ufc #nickdiaz #bloodmoney”
Semi-retired UFC welterweight fighter Nick Diaz, is still resting on the sidelines waiting for a big money deal to come throughout the pipeline. With all the recent hoopla about his brother and Myles Jury, The Stockton Badboy took to instagram with a simple message of his own. Check it: The Caption Reads, #$$ #Makeadeal #ufc #nickdiaz […]
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Rousey Explains The Balance Between Fighting And Acting
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey joined AXS TV’S INSIDE MMA for an exclusive, sit-down interview with series host Kenny Rice. During the segment, Rousey discussed her growth as a fighter and detailed how she balances her fighting and acting careers.
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Countdown To ‘UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida’ (Full Replay)
Go behind the scenes of as two undefeated champions prepare to defend their titles against hungry challengers at UFC 175 on July 5. After making history by beating Anderson Silva — twice — middleweight king Chris Weidman prepares to face former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, a training partner of Silva who’s undefeated in his […]
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Machida: Distance and technique will beat Weidman
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida believes that distance and technique will be the two key factors in defeating Chris Weidman at next weekend’s UFC 175 event in Las Vegas. The statement was made by “The Dragon” in a recent interview with MMAFighting.com as transcribed by Dave Doyle: “Distance and technique. It frustrates a lot […]
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“Showtime” Pettis inks sponsorship deal with Reebok
UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis may not be fighting until January of 2015, but that hasn’t stopped him from doing some big deals outside of the cage. Last week, it was announced that Pettis had joined “Team Wheaties” and would be featured on the front of the company’s popular cereal box. Today, “Showtime” announced that […]
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Cub Swanson: I want to be the guy to dethrone the legend
Following his main event victory over Jeremy Stephens at Saturday’s “UFC Fight Night 44” event in San Antonio, perennial contender Cub Swanson (21-5 MMA, 6-1 UFC) did a post fight interview with FOX Sports 1 where he stated his desire to rematch featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo: “Of course I want to fight Aldo,” said Swanson. […]
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The Korean Zombie calls out Cub Swanson
Following his main event victory over Jeremy Stephens at Saturday’s “UFC Fight Night 44” event in San Antonio, Cub Swanson has since been called out by former featherweight title challenger “The Korean Zombie.” Chan Sung Jung (13-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) took to twitter to challenge Swanson on Sunday: @KoreanZombieMMA: “@CubSwanson Fight me.” The Korean Zombie has […]
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Jury agrees to fight Diaz, Nate still waiting for his money
Surging UFC lightweight contender Myles Jury (14-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) is looking for a fight that will boost him into title contention. Apparently, the UFC has offered “Fury” a match against former lightweight title contender Nate Diaz. However, the Stockton Slugger has yet to sign on the dotted line. With that said, Jury took to his twitter yesterday […]
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Two Planned 2014 UFC Pay-Per-Views in Canada appear to be moving elsewhere
Dear Canada, The octagon will return to the great city of Montreal… eventually. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently revealed a new date for its return to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally slated for December of 2014, Managing Director for UFC Operations Tom Wright informed media members at the “UFC Fight Night 43” post-fight press conference that the event […]
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BJPenn.Com Radio Tonight At 7 P.M.Luis Palomino, Alex Caceres, Kevin Ross & Tiffany Van Soest
Listen To Sports Internet Radio Stations with BJPenncom Radio on BlogTalkRadio Kicking off the show is a man who is looking to keep the fireworks going July 5th. Luis Palomino is set to fight July 5th in his second fight with The WSOF. Luis is set to take on TJ O’Brien so we have to […]
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UFC Executives Discuss Sonnen Latest Failure & PED Problem in UFC
In this brief post-press conference interview, Dave Sholler and Marc Ratner explain what happened with Chael Sonnen’s second drug test failure and how it affects his status with the Nevada State Athletic Commission going forward – retired or otherwise.
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UFC Releases Statement On Chael Sonnen’s Second Failed Drug Test
During UFC Fight Night 44, news broke that now retired UFC fighter Chael Sonnen had failed a second drug test. This test was taken after the test he previously admitted to failing. Unlike last time, this test was positive for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) and recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO). During the post-fight press conference Dave […]
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Vitor Belfort Films Clay Guida Passionately Cornering Swanson From Last Night’s Stands
License or not, Clay Guida wasn’t going to go unheard during last night’s main event in San Antonio.
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QUICK TWITT | Pro’s React To Swanson vs. Stephens Main Event
Last night’s decision heavy UFC Fight Night 44 main card delivered some exciting moments of action. Most of which happened in the main event. Here’s how the pro’s broke it down: Its time for the main event, lets fucking get them @LiLHeathenMMA– you got this!!! #mma @ufc RT — Chris Leben (@cripplerufc) June 29, 2014 […]