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Rashad Evans Ready To ‘Let The Dog Out’ Against Chael Sonnen
“It’s not manufactured (friendship), it’s not false, I really do like Chael. Chael is a real good guy, I like Chael a lot. But, when it comes down to fighting, it’s a business and I know that he is going to step into the cage 100-percent prepared for me, so I have to do the […]
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Renzo Gracie Hoping For UFC Fight In Near Future
“Believe it, there’s nothing that I want to do more than to be back in the cage, to be back fighting. I just love doing that. Life has been pushing me everywhere but in that direction, but now I’m getting so tired and frustrated with everything else that I’m going to just bury myself into […]
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Matthew Riddle announces retirement from MMA
Matthew Riddle (7-3 MMA) announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Monday night. The 27-year-old, Riddle, was slated to fight Luis Melo (29-11 MMA) at next weeks Bellator 100 event, which features the opening round of the promotions Season 9 welterweight tournament. However, Riddle apparently suffered a cracked rib in training and thus has decided […]
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Team Tate’s Timmy Gorman TUF 18 Video Blog Ep. 1: Wants To Date Miesha, Calls Out Caraway
The Ultimate Fighter Season 18: Rousey vs. Tate series is full of personable characters all trying to vie for a shot in the UFC and a chance to earn the coveted TUF championship trophy and six-figure contract. On that list of fighters is bantamweight prospect, Timmy Gorman. In his first video blog, Gorman talks about […]
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VIDEO | Brock Lesnar Hits Vine With Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet
Former UFC heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar, has surfaced again in these Vine video’s put up by Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet. Lesnar out of the ring or cage, is rarely glanced upon, so when I ran across these video’s I wanted to share. Here’s another:
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UFC’s Conor McGregor Done With Knee Surgery, Rehabbing Injury In O.C.
UFC featherweight Conor McGregor has been dubbed the ‘Most Hyped Fight since Brock Lesnar”. Unfortunately for the brash Ireland resident, he suffered a torn ACL in his last outing against Max Holloway and has been forced into recovery which will now result in an extended layoff from competition. This past weekend the rising 145 pounder […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Watch All The TUF 18 Elimination Fights In Full Right Here
16 fights took place between 32 fighters to make the final cut and move into the Ultimate Fighter: Rouey vs. Tate house. Last Wednesday on the shows debut, the UFC and FOX aired only a small handful of these fights in their entirety due to time constraints. Now, thanks to the UFC we can enjoy […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
In July of last year, Renan Barao and Urijah Faber squared off for the UFC’s interim bantamweight title. In the absence of the injured Dominick Cruz, Renan Barao was crowned the champion and now faces Eddie Wineland in the UFC 165 co-main event later this month.
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Nate Diaz comments on Gray Maynard fight: ‘F–k that, I’m fighting Anthony Pettis’
This weekend, UFC officials announced that former “The Ultimate Fighter 5” participants Nate Diaz (16-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and Gray “The Bully” Maynard (11-2-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC), had verbally agreed to throw down for a third time at “The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale” this November in Las Vegas. However, on Sunday, Nate Diaz tweeted that […]
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Mark Hunt vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva official for UFC Fight Night 33 headliner
Heavyweight sluggers Mark “Super Samoan” Hunt (9-8 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (18-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) will meet in a five-round main event bout when the UFC returns to Australia this December. UFC executives officially announced the event today as “UFC Fight Night 33,” which takes place on Decemeber 7 in the Queensland capital […]
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Brian Ebersole vs. Rick Story set for UFC 167 in Las Vegas
UFC officials recently announced that a welterweight bout between Brian Ebersole (50-15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Rick “The Horror” Story (15-7 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is the latest addition to the already stacked UFC 167 card set for November 16 in Las Vegas. Brian Ebersole was last seen in the octagon way back at July 2012’s UFC […]
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BJPENN.COM’S FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 205: Jorge Masvidal, Nick Gonzalez, Miriam Nakamoto, & Chris Beal
While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed. Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is brought to you by Diamond MMA. Diamond MMA is a sporting equipment company that designs, […]
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Nate Diaz vs. Gray Maynard trilogy bout set for TUF 18 Finale
UFC officials announced today that top lightweights and former “The Ultimate Fighter 5” participants Nate Diaz (16-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and Gray “The Bully” Maynard (11-2-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC), have verbally agreed to throw down for a third time at “The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale” this November in Las Vegas. Diaz and Maynard first met in the semi-final […]
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Benson Henderson Releases Statement On Elbow Injury Suffered In Pettis Fight
Former UFC Lightweight Champion “Smooth” Benson Henderson visited Dr. Brian Shafer this week and learned that there is no structural damage to his elbow. Dr. Shafer is an elbow specialist in Phoenix and a team physician with the Los Angeles Dodgers. There is no specified timetable for Benson’s return to the Octagon. Statement from Benson […]
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Joe Rogan: ‘We have a problem’ with the judging in MMA
“Don’t leave it in the hands of the judges’, proclaimed UFC President Dana White on multiple occasions. But why? Why would the face and president of MMA’s most successful franchise always remind his fighters to keep their fight out of the hands of the three ringside officials? It’s because they are terrible at their jobs […]
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Stefan Struve: “Retirement is not an option”
Earlier in the week UFC President Dana White came out and stated that he thought Stefan Struve’s fighting career was over. The 7-foot tall heavyweight’s torn heart is a condition that the UFC boss can’t fathom a recover from. Struve, at just 25-years-old believes that his run towards the top of the UFC’s ladder is […]
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Fight Night 28 Medical Suspensions: All Fighters Sidelined
The Brazilian Athletic Commission has suspended 22 UFC fighters following last Wednesday’s ‘UFC Fight Night 28: Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader’ event, three of which could be suspended for as long as six-months. While a bulk of the suspensions are for precautionary reasons and are just a standard practice, some of the competitors will need […]
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BJ Penn Video Update: Penn vs. The Bull of Hilo
Where in the world is BJ Penn? Well, as of yesterday, the former two-division UFC world champion was in his hometown of Hilo, HI taking on a different type of opponent in an entirely different sport! “Penn vs. The Bull of Hilo” is just a quick update from the Prodigy and what he’s been up […]
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VIDEO | ‘UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson’ Extended Preview
Light heavyweight champ Jon Jones believes in his skills while challenger Alexander Gustafsson is confident he can walk away with the belt around his waist. Plus, interim bantamweight championship between Renan Barao and Eddie Wineland.
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Bryan Caraway Changes Tune On Ronda Rousey
One of Ronda Rousey’s biggest career antagonists happens to be the boyfriend of her TUF coaching opposite, Bryan Caraway. The two UFC fighters have bickered back and forth in the public eye for month’s if not years at this point and now Caraway has shown the first signs of respect towards the UFC’s female […]
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VIDEO | Team Alpha Male’s Secret Weapon: Ultimate Insider Profiles Duane Ludwig
Team Alpha Male members Urijah Faber, Joseph Benavidez, Chad Mendes, Danny Castillo and TJ Dillashaw have gone undefeated since bringing on head coach Duane Ludwig. Go inside the gym to see why it works.
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VIDEO | Josh Thomson In Fight Scene From Upcoming Movie ‘Fist of the Dragon’
Top UFC lightweight fighter, Josh Thomson, recently took a trip oversea’s to star in a martial arts action film ‘Fist of the Dragon’. In this video clip we get a first look at the acting prowess of one of the UFC’s biggest stars. Enjoy!
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PHOTO | Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort Square Off In Brazil
Set to fight in the cage for the second time in their storied career, Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort recently squared off for Camera’s in Brazil while in town for last Wednesday’s Fight Night event. Dan Henderson walked away with the win in their first matchup. Will history repeat itself, or will Belfort get redemption?
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James Krause vs. Bobby Green Booked For Nov. 6 Event
A lightweight bout has been added to the upcoming Fight For The Troops event in the form of James Krause vs. Bobby Green. UFC officials announced the contest via twitter this afternoon. UFC Fight Night 31 or ‘Fight For The Troops 3’, is set to go down from Kentucky’s Fort Campbell on November 6th. The […]
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Liz Carmouche vs. Alexis Davis Booked For Fight Night 31
A female bantamweight bout has been booked for The UFC’s Fight Night 31 event in the form of Liz Carmouche vs. Alexis Davis. UFC officials announced the fight this afternoon via their official twitter account. UFC Fight Night 31 or ‘Fight For The Troops 3’, is set to go down from Kentucky’s Fort Campbell on […]
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Dana White Responds To ‘Terrible’ FS1 Ratings/Historic Low TUF Scores
The ratings are in from Wednesday night’s UFC-a-thon; a night that showcased a UFC Fight Night event from Belo, Brazil, along with the premiere of the highly anticipated TUF: Tate vs. Rousey series. According to the UG’s ‘MMALogic,’ the UFC Fight Night prelims pulled 270k viewers, 539k viewers for the main card, and TUF:18 grabbed […]
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Johny Hendricks has reportedly not followed through on VADA testing
French Canadian outlet, TVA Sports, is reporting that UFC welterweight #1 contender Johny Hendricks (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) has yet to fill out the proper paper work for the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA), prior to his scheduled main event bout with Georges St. Pierre (24-2 MMA, 18-2 UFC) at UFC 167 on November 16 in […]
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Donald Cerrone vs. Evan Dunham added to UFC 167 in Las Vegas
UFC officials announced today that a lightweight bout between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (20-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Evan Dunham (14-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has been added to November’s UFC 167 event in Las Vegas. Cerrone is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Rafael dos Anjos at last month’s UFC Fight Night 27 event in Indianapolis. Prior […]