Sean O’Malley is eager to fight in Dublin in front of the “insane” Irish fans. But with International Fight Week already earmarked for his next octagon appearance, he might have to miss the UFC’s next trip. “Sugar” was still on the sidelines when the promotion announced a Dublin event for Aug. 15. That didn’t keep
7:49 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Henry Cejudo did everything right in becoming a champion. To lay claim to the UFC flyweight belt in 2018, he had to dethrone the pound-for-pound king, a dynamo who was unbeaten in nearly seven years and on a UFC-record run of 11 consecutive title defenses. Among Demetrious Johnson‘s conquests during
“Especially where I come from, hockey is the number one sport, but I knew it was a question of time before fighting was going to be big here,” he said. “Montreal has always been a fight town. People love boxing and wrestling here and I think they’re going to like the UFC even more.” But
Image Credit: Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC lightweight king B.J. Penn doesn’t know if he will retire from MMA competition again. Penn was last seen in action back in May 2019. He suffered a submission loss to Ryan Hall. “The Prodigy” was booked to take on Nik Lentz later on but UFC
Professional Fighters League (PFL) 2020 season is over before it ever got started, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that has most of the world on lockdown. I’m sure it didn’t help that New York City — where many PFL events are staged — recently extended its ban on live events through the month of June.
NEW YORK (April 20, 2020): The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first and only organization to present MMA in the sport-season format where individual fighters compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship, announced today several items. Firstly, its upcoming 2020 season has been rescheduled to Spring 2021 due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The PFL 2021 Season will again be
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Image Credit: @UFC on Instagram (photographer not listed) Joanna Jedrzejczyk reflected on her emotional hospital visit following her war with UFC women’s strawweight champion Weili Zhang at UFC 248. Her opponent Zhang recently shared a story of how she met Jedrzekczyk in the hospital following their classic at UFC 248. The champ said that Jedrzejczyk
Watch Jon Jones vs. Andre Gusmao full fight video to watch a 21-year-old Jones defeat Gusmao in his octagon debut at UFC 87 on Aug. 9, 2008, in Minneapolis. In his first UFC appearance, “Bones” showed flashes of the fighter who would become a two-time undisputed light heavyweight champion and eventually compile a 26-1 (1
When he does, it will be a chance to build on the positive momentum he got from his UFC debut win over former TUF winner Brad Katona last September. It was a solid win over a tough foe for the Dana White’s Contender Series graduate, and after fighting and winning four times last year, he
Image Credit: Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Paulo Costa says he will retire before he turns 36 and plans on donating his brain for research when he passes away. Costa is currently undefeated in MMA with a record of 13-0 and is the number one contender at middleweight. It is expected he will
Welcome to Midnight Mania! With 750 thousand Instagram followers and his own strain of marijuana, Sean O’Malley is among the most popular unranked fighters on the UFC roster. His flashy and effective striking style definitely helps, but O’Malley also has a standout sense of humor and style that has only grown his audience, even while
Paul Felder was on the cusp of moving into title contention had he defeated Dan Hooker at UFC on ESPN+ 26 in February. He instead lost a narrow split-decision, indicating that it might have been his final fight in the Octagon. “I knew it was close. I felt like I hurt him a lot in
Photo via HDNet Check out videos of the top five submissions from UFC 11 to UFC 20, featuring the legendary UFC Hall of Famer Kazushi Sakuraba. In our latest series here at BJPenn.com “Top 5 Submissions” we take a look at the most lethal submissions from the second block of UFC events. These tapouts from
Chase Hooper has found himself in a unique position one fight into his UFC career. Following a first-round TKO win over Daniel Teymur at UFC 245, the youngest fighter on the UFC roster has a lot of momentum, both in and out of the octagon. Unfortunately for Hooper, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has indefinitely paused
Wilkinson’s 11-1 record and Octagon experience wasn’t enough to bother Adesanya, though. Halfway through the second round, referee Steve Perceval had seen all he needed to. Adesanya’s TKO win earned him Performance of the Night honors, and he would go on to edge out Marvin Vettori only two months later before collecting five more performance
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jon Jones has responded to Dominick Reyes and is hinting that he’s moving on for now. Back in February, Jones and Reyes did battle for the UFC light heavyweight championship. “Bones” was the champion putting his gold on the line. After five rounds of action, Jones retained