Category: UFC NEWS

  • VIDEO | Anthony Pettis Hints At New Secret MMA Kick In The Works

    VIDEO | Anthony Pettis Hints At New Secret MMA Kick In The Works

    Anthony “Showtime” Pettis answers UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani and his 8 rapid-fire questions. Pettis professes his love of Brazilian women, talks about his lack of dancing ability and even reveals a secret weapon that he’s yet to use in the Octagon.

  • FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Werdum vs. Nogueira From The 2006 Pride Grand Prix

    FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Werdum vs. Nogueira From The 2006 Pride Grand Prix

    Next week in the UFC on FUEL TV 10 main event, two Brazilian fighters will finalize their season of “The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2” with a rematch almost 7-years in the making. Fabricio Werdum and “Big Nog” both fought in the 2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix where they faced each other in the quarterfinal-round.

  • VIDEO | Dana White Offers Words Of Wisdom For New MMA Promotor Nick Diaz

    VIDEO | Dana White Offers Words Of Wisdom For New MMA Promotor Nick Diaz

    UFC President Dana White took to last weekend’s media event to discuss the fight business from the promotor side and what Nick Diaz can expect to encounter in his newest business venture. His words of encouragement? “Welcome to the losing money business,” said the UFC boss. Check out the full discussion in the video above.

  • 24/7 UFC Channel Launched In Latin America

    24/7 UFC Channel Launched In Latin America

    The Ultimate Fighting Championship and Televisa Networks today announced an exclusive distribution agreement to air UFC programming in 20 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, and have set to launch a 24 hour, 7 day a week UFC channel featuring the world’s best mixed martial arts programming including premiere live UFC events. The new subscription network […]

  • Anderson Silva Wants to Fight Roy Jones Jr.

    Anderson Silva Wants to Fight Roy Jones Jr.

      UFC Middleweight champion, Anderson Silva is widely regarded by MMA fans to be one of the best combat sports athletes of all time. Now, with talks of ‘super fights’ gaining traction with each day, Silva states that he would rather fight Roy Jones Jr. instead of stepping in to fight either UFC light-heavyweight champion, […]

  • Anthony Perosh vs. Vinny Magalhaes in the Works for UFC 163

    Anthony Perosh vs. Vinny Magalhaes in the Works for UFC 163

      A light-heavyweight bout between Anthony Perosh (13-7) and Vinny Magalhaes (10-6) is in the works for UFC 163. UFC 163 is set for August 3rd at the HSBC Arena. Its main card will be broadcast on PPV while the preliminary cards will take place both on Facebook then FX. Perosh is coming off of […]

  • Nick Diaz Announces First Show for WAR MMA for June 22nd in Stockton, California

      Since Nick Diaz (26-9, 1 NC) lost to UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, back in November, he has gone off on a career tangent. Diaz first made waves as he applied for a promoters license, as a basic website was spotted online. We recently shared news of Diaz looking for a June 22nd debut […]

  • Wanderlei Silva Wants to Fight Chael Sonnen in Brazil

    Wanderlei Silva Wants to Fight Chael Sonnen in Brazil

    Recently, there has been a lot of bad blood between Wanderlei Silva and perennial title-contender, Chael Sonnen. Sonnen has called out Wanderlei , offering to donate his fight purse to children in Silva’s hometown of “Braz- Las Vegas”. Silva didn’t respond to Sonnen’s challenge as he stated that the UFC hadn’t approached him. Now, Silva […]

  • UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold Drug Tests Come Back Negative

    UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold Drug Tests Come Back Negative

      The CABMMA (Brazilian Athletic Commission) and the UFC have released the results for the drug tests from UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold. All the tests came back negative. “The UFC has been informed by CABMMA that all fighters on the UFC on FX 8 card passed their pre- and post-fight drug tests,” today’s […]

  • Zingano Details Injury That Forced Out Of TUF & Title Shot

    Zingano Details Injury That Forced Out Of TUF & Title Shot

    “I was doing my regular routine, my strength and conditioning. I was jumping over tunnels that were about 12 inches high. I’d jumped over them like 10 times already. This one time, I jumped up and my left knee came down right on track and my right knee bent outward. Snap, crackle, pop, and I […]

  • Anthony Pettis: Aldo’s Never Seen Stand-Up Like Mine

    Anthony Pettis: Aldo’s Never Seen Stand-Up Like Mine

    “My whole career I’ve been fighting wrestlers. If you look back, all of my fights have been against wrestlers. Give me some strikers in front of me and you see how I perform. Another great reason why I chose to fight Aldo: He’s a great fighter, he’s a stand-up guy and he’s going to test […]

  • VIDEO | Mike Tyson Teaches Johny Hendricks How To Box

    VIDEO | Mike Tyson Teaches Johny Hendricks How To Box

    Mike Tyson has been making appearances around the MMA world as of late and now we have video of him giving some tips to UFC welterweight number one contender Johny Hendricks. Enjoy!

  • PHOTO | Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate Square Off

    PHOTO | Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate Square Off

    With the biggest rivalry in WMMA, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey squared off for the first time since their first fight while on the set of TUF 18. Any early predictions for this fight?

  • Chuck Liddell: I would have beat Anderson Silva

    When talking about the UFC’s greatest fighters, one cannot overlook the huge role that Chuck Liddell played during his prime as UFC light-heavyweight champion. At the time he was the most feared man inside the eight-sided cage. While his better days are passed him, if he was prime how we he fare against today’s kingpin, […]

  • VIDEO | Rousey, Tate & White React To TUF 18 Shift

    VIDEO | Rousey, Tate & White React To TUF 18 Shift

    Video: Dana White, Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate React To TUF Drama Yesterday the UFC dropped a bomb on the world when they announced that Cat Zingano was forced out of her scheduled TUF 18 coaching slot due to an injury. The media machine at ZUFFA quickly got Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey on the […]

  • Medical Suspensions Report: Hunt, Teixeria, Maynard Among List Of 16

    Sixteen fighters from last weekends UFC 160 event have received medical suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for injuries that the commission has determined need time to heal. Among the list of 16 fighters three from the main pay-per-view card have received lengthy six-month suspension. Those three are Mark Hunt, Glover Teixeira and Gray […]

  • BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 192: Eddie Wineland, Manny Rodriguez, Ed O’Neill, & Jimmy Harbison

    Join us this week on BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio as Anton Skoro and Denny Hodge jump back in the booth and bring you 4 of the top personalities in the sport of MMA. We have a man recently removed from his UFC Title shot, our second guest is no stranger to the show or to the […]

  • Salary Report: Cain Velasquez Tops UFC 160 Fighter Pay

    Salary Report: Cain Velasquez Tops UFC 160 Fighter Pay

    UFC 160 took place last Saturday from The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas,Nevada. The Nevada State Athletic Commission emailed BJPENN.COM just moments ago with the official disclosed fighter payroll for all fighters on last weekends card. The UFC paid out a combined $1.5 million in fighter salaries last Saturday and topping the list […]

  • Michael Bisping Responds to Luke Rockhold’s Challenge

    Michael Bisping Responds to Luke Rockhold’s Challenge

      Less than an hour after UFC middleweight, Luke Rockhold, called out Michael Bisping via his official Twitter account, fellow middleweight, Michael Bisping, has responded. Bisping was quick to respond, asking Rockhold to win at least one fight in the UFC before they start talking about a fight between them, effectively putting an end to […]

  • Luke Rockhold Calls out Michael Bisping Via Twitter

    Luke Rockhold Calls out Michael Bisping Via Twitter

      One of the most anticipated entries to the UFC middleweight division, Luke Rockhold (10-2), made his debut on May 18th losing in the first round to Vitor Belfort by what would become the first of two spinning-heel kick knockouts in the past two weeks. Now, Rockhold seems to look for a quick turnaround as […]

  • VIDEO | Latest Diaz Brothers Cartoon Featuring GSP And The Alien Theft Of Time

    VIDEO | Latest Diaz Brothers Cartoon Featuring GSP And The Alien Theft Of Time

    Prebek is at it again with the latest in the Diaz brothers animated series. Enjoy!

  • VIDEO | Behind-The-Scenes – UFC 160: Velasquez vs. ‘Bigfoot’

    VIDEO | Behind-The-Scenes – UFC 160: Velasquez vs. ‘Bigfoot’

    Last weekend in Las Vegas the UFC put on a memorable night of fights capped off by Cain Velasquez vs. ‘Bigfoot’ Silva. If you were not able to attend the event, camera crews were on the ground catching all the action both in front and behind the stage.

  • Anthony Pettis Beats The Crap Out Of Brazil’s ‘Jackass’

    Anthony Pettis Beats The Crap Out Of Brazil’s ‘Jackass’

    “La Fênix porra” Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis Anthony Pettis is getting in some training with Team Diego Moraes ahead of his title shot vs. Jose Aldo at UFC 163 on Aug. 3 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Moraes invited La Fênix to participate in Anthony’s training, with painful results – Rogerio couldn’t sit, Minimim couldn’t eat, […]

  • UFC Saves Stockton Man from Carjacking

    UFC Saves Stockton Man from Carjacking

    “I just snatched his legs and took him down. I had just put him in an armbar, he slipped right out of it. So then I got him in a rear naked choke and started rolling and squirming around. He got out of that as well. I had him in a guillotine choke. And he […]

  • Pat Healy Discusses Failed Drug Test Post-UFC 159

    Pat Healy Discusses Failed Drug Test Post-UFC 159

      A great story of Strikeforce import Pat Healy beating perennial UFC top-contender Jim Miller (whilst nabbing two fight bonuses for both ‘Fight of the Night’ and ‘Submission of the Night’) became an unfortunate one as Healy failed his post-fight drug test for marijuana. The dual bonuses added up to $130,000 and were both stripped […]

  • VIDEO | Jeremy Stephens UFC 160 Fight Day Blog

    VIDEO | Jeremy Stephens UFC 160 Fight Day Blog

    Jeremy Stephens returned to the cage last weekend at UFC 160 in his debut as a featherweight fighter. It was a fight he clearly dominated in the evenings opening bout. See his fight day blog above.

  • Mark Hunt Posts Photo of Broken Toe From UFC 160

    Mark Hunt Posts Photo of Broken Toe From UFC 160

      Mark Hunt battled Junior dos Santos in a classic heavyweight tilt that came to an end with a spectacular spinning-heel kick KO, that Hunt was the recipient of. Both men battled for the better part of three rounds when the knockout occurred. After the bout, Hunt stated that he had broken his toe in […]

  • HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY FROM BJPENN.COM

    HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY FROM BJPENN.COM

    Buried under the earth, lies the soldier who fought for his motherland. He did not fight for power or fame, for wealth or gain. He fought because he knew he must and he died fighting. Such is the heart of a brave soldier. BJPENN.COM salutes every soldier and the families of such who have sacrificed […]