UFC News

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Conor McGregor just booked his fist fight at lightweight against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 on March 5th. The fight will not only be McGregor’s first at lightweight, it will be for the lightweight championship. While most champions who move up a division to pursue another championship belt have to vacate the title, that isn’t the case for ‘The Notorious’.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Nick Diaz is the kind of guy that just flat out gives it to you straight.   In this quick video Diaz doesn’t “sugar coat” it.  Featherweight champ Conor McGregor responds in the only way he know how.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Sunday night’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ main event between Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw for the UFC bantamweight championship is arguably the single most highly anticipated bantamweight fight in the history of the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/cUcQDAIU8ZI Dominick Cruz’s successful return to the Octagon against Takeya Mizugaki back at UFC 178 came after a long period of struggling. Cruz returned from a nearly 3 year absence from the Octagon without missing a beat.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/D0RvBzaQrFw Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey is making headlines regardless if she’ll be taking an extended break from MMA. Rousey knows how to ‘keep busy’ so getting too far out of fight shape doesn’t appear to be an issue for Rousey and her camp.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Yesterday news broke that Nick Diaz and the Nevada State Athletic Commission had reached a settlement in regards to his 5 year suspension for marijuana.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/8oSc1cAd_iU Looks Like Jon “Bones” Jones is back in some serious training looking good at 230 lbs.   Jones hasn’t been on Twitter giving the champ Daniel Cormier a hard time recently, but rest assure we all know Jones won’t stay quiet for long.

Russell Ess - January 13, 2016

Yoel Romero made headlines on Tuesday as news broke of the UFC middleweight top contender’s “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation,” in which the UFC was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Fighters and media members reacted and took to social media, with fellow UFC middleweights Tim Kennedy and Michael Bisping throwing some heavy shots at Romero.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

While fight fans have been hopeful that we would get to see a Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rematch at UFC 200, it appears the odds have decreased significantly with this recent bit of information. It’s no secret that Rousey planned to film several movies before returning to the Octagon, however UFC President Dana White revealed to Yahoo Sports Kevin Iole that the filming of the ‘Roadhouse’ remake has been pushed back, lowering Rousey’s chances of fighting at UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

News surfaced late Tuesday afternoon that top ranked UFC middleweight Yoel Romero potentially failed an out of competition drug test. While details at the moment are quite scarce, the UFC released a statement via UFC.com.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

[ooyala code=”N3N2c1MDE6OykWv9wQTP9bmQ2W3a83yP” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] At first glance it looks like UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold’s elbow is seriously swollen from an injury. However in this exclusive video courtesy of LayzieTheSavage we see that it’s actually just an excessive amount of fluid that needs draining.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

This just in! Fight fans have been awaiting the official announcement that Conor McGregor vs. Rafael dos Anjos will go down at UFC 197, and ‘The Notorious’ has delivered!