UFC News

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

Since the news broke of Yoel Romero’s “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation” notice from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), many fighters have been roasting Romero, particularly Tim Kennedy. Kennedy, who lost a controversial fight against Romero put a hot flame to his former opponent and his potential violation on Twitter. Romero’s training partner and friend Jorge Masvidal came out recently to stick up for Romero and get in some shots of his own on behalf of Romero on Twitter.

Russell Ess - January 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/RrF2Auh7MPE Check out the exciting lightweight fighters matched at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston. Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis takes on former Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez before the bantamweight championship fight between T.J. Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz.

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2016

Wanderlei Silva has continued to make waves in the MMA world despite receiving a lifetime ban from the NSAC back in 2014. While Silva is currently in the process of having a re-hearing, he likely is trying to earn himself some brownie points by retracting his statement that the UFC fixes fights. Silva took to his official Facebook page to give his thoughts.

Russell Ess - January 14, 2016

https://youtu.be/PKhRAcM4JtQ Catch up with the champion fighters being featured in the main event on the UFC Fight Night Boston card and get a glimpse of their rivaled path to fighting this weekend.

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2016

UFC featherweight Conor McGregor has conquered all of his opponents inside the Octagon, however he now appears to be looking to set his sights on the legislature of Ireland, also known as Oireachtas. McGregor took to Twitter ahead of his UFC 197 bout against Rafael dos Anjos to petition his fans to vote YES to putting his face on the 1€ coin.

Russell Ess - January 14, 2016

https://youtu.be/duHFAM-L9vk Check out UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in her new campaign for Samsung.

Russell Ess - January 14, 2016

More news surrounding Reebok’s partnership with the UFC is buzzing after the UFC on FOX 17 event. Fighters who were fined from Reebok from the event include Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, Nate Diaz and lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. “Cowboy” has challenged Reebok to donate his large fine to a military charity, while Diaz has tweeted that his “baby” pay from Reebok is so minimal, they should have kept it all. Rafael dos Anjos was fined a “significant” amount for wearing one of his sponsors t-shirts at his weigh in. Dos Anjos revealed the amount of the fine to MMA Fighting to be $10,000 after he was paid $40,000 for the event from the apparel sponsor as a champion.

Russell Ess - January 14, 2016

The UFC offered veteran Vitor Belfort the opportuntiy to avenge his loss to Anderson Silva for Silva’s return fight after being suspended for testing positive for banned substances. Michael Bisping had gone on record to say that Belfort was offered the fight first, but said Belfort turned it down. It appears that was the case, as UFC senior vice president Giovani Decker spoke with Combate about trying to put together upcoming fight cards (transcribed by MMA Fighting):

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2016

Raquel Pennington vs Ashlee Evans-Smith at UFC 181 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV on December 6, 2014. #DWCOTD A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Jan 13, 2016 at 6:48pm PST

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2016

Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw have continued to have continued to trade verbal shots in interviews leading up to their fight on Sunday for the UFC bantamweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2016

The anticipation for EA Sports UFC 2 is building as we get closer and closer to the March release date.

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2016

https://youtu.be/rUu0MQ2-tCY On this day 4 years ago, Edson Barboza and Terry Etim kicked off the main event of UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro.