UFC News

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

Ahead of Sunday’s highly anticipated ‘UFC Fight Night’ card headlined by Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw as they compete for the UFC bantamweight championship the fighters took to the cage for open workouts.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/ZiisXLYa0BA Sunday night’s main card bout between Travis Browne and Matt Mitrione will not only be a pivotal fight, but it’s also almost guaranteed to be exciting.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/6PNKfJtZx5I Sunday night in Boston, Anthony Pettis will look to bounce back from losing his UFC lightweight title to Rafael dos Anjos, as he faces off against Eddie Alvarez.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

Ahead of TJ Dillashaw’s bantamweight title defense against Dominick Cruz on Sunday night in Boston, here’s a breakdown of exactly what went down with TJ Dillashaw’s departure from Team Alpha Male, in one convenient video that breaks down all of the major points.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

While UFC President Dana White is on board with Conor McGregor’s plan to move up to lightweight and fight Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship in order to simultaneously hold the UFC featherweight and lightweight championship belts, Jose Aldo’s coach thinks McGregor should vacate the featherweight strap. McGregor will fight Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 on March 5th, and then will likely defend his UFC featherweight championship at UFC 200, most likely against Frankie Edgar, however Andre Pederneiras thinks Aldo and Edgar should fight for an interim featherweight championship in the meantime.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

UFC 195 was a rough enough night for Diego Brandao to begin with. The featherweight appeared to be closing in on what would have surely been a decision victory over Brian Ortega, however a late third round submission from Ortega had Brandao tapping out.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

[ooyala code=”Nmcms0MDE6iVtk-7tihY8W8e-QgyoVzn” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] In case you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to walk to the arena with a UFC champion prior to a title defense, check out this exclusive clip of Ronda Rousey making the walk with her team.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

UFC Hall of Fame legend BJ Penn has joined the JacksonWink MMA Academy for training with plans to return and fight in the Octagon. Fighters including Jon Jones, Holly Holm, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, and many more have welcomed “The Prodigy” to their gym. Check out some of the posts from members of the JacksonWink team with BJ!

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

On March 5, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will get a chance to make history at UFC 197. McGregor could become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two different weight class championship belts simultaneously, if he beats lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. Andre Pederneiras, coach of former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo revealed in an interview with Sherdog that they requested to do the same thing, but were continually denied.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/NMNxp4015e4 At UFC 190 Ronda Rousey picked up a 1st round KO win over Bethe Correia, who many believed would be the toughest test for ‘Rowdy’. The loss was the first for Correia, who had gone 9-0 until that point.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva has been released from his contract with the UFC. FOX Sports says that their sources have confirmed the release, althought the UFC has yet to release a statement on situation. Per FOX Sports:

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/IjXXyv2S698 Fans have been anxiously awaiting the return of Cat Zingano, who hasn’t been in the Octagon since her UFC 184 submission loss to Ronda Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

Hey @lukerockhold are you impressed? @turnerthaiboxing might be 5'3" but not bad for a wrestler. @adidascombatusa A video posted by Ryan Bader (@ryanbader) on Jan 14, 2016 at 7:28pm PST

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

As the bantamweight title fight between champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Dominick Cruz gets closer to happening this weekend, the media is swarming around the two great UFC veterans. Dominick Cruz spoke with Ariel Helwani recently about his fight with Dillashaw in and out of the ring.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/PI0oq9zXugs UFC President Dana White made another appearance on “Off the Record” and was asked some tough and entertaining questions. Check out the video where Dana talks about Ronda Rousey’s future, UFC 200, Jon Jones fighting for the heavyweight title, and with his recent muscled physique being shown at the beach, if he is on steroids (5:02).

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

BREAKING!!!! @domcruz619 A video posted by ufc (@ufc) on Jan 15, 2016 at 9:03am PST

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

Following Holly Holm’s spectacularly brutal KO win over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, many fans were quick to turn on Rousey. It was nearly impossible to go on social media without seeing a meme of Rousey posted somewhere. The criticism has been so bad that Rousey’s nemesis Cris Cyborg even feels bad for how the former champ has been treated by the public.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

Ahead of ‘UFC Fight Night” Boston’ on Sunday, take a look at some of the best Media Day moments!