UFC Champion Luke Rockhold Discloses Injury Suffered In Training

While it is nothing to worry about now, UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold did suffer a minor setback in his training ahead of UFC 199.

Via Instagram recently, Rockhold disclosed that he suffered a tear in his MCL about a month ago, but added “…

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While it is nothing to worry about now, UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold did suffer a minor setback in his training ahead of UFC 199.

Via Instagram recently, Rockhold disclosed that he suffered a tear in his MCL about a month ago, but added “no worries… I’m back at it.”

Rockhold will defend his title this June against Chris Weidman from The Forum in California.

UFC Champion Luke Rockhold Discloses Injury Suffered In Training

While it is nothing to worry about now, UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold did suffer a minor setback in his training ahead of UFC 199.

Via Instagram recently, Rockhold disclosed that he suffered a tear in his MCL about a month ago, but added “…

luke-rockhold-ufc-title

While it is nothing to worry about now, UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold did suffer a minor setback in his training ahead of UFC 199.

Via Instagram recently, Rockhold disclosed that he suffered a tear in his MCL about a month ago, but added “no worries… I’m back at it.”

Rockhold will defend his title this June against Chris Weidman from The Forum in California.

BJ Penn Returns To The UFC Octagon This June

After months of speculation, legendary two-class UFC champion BJ Penn will officially return to the Octagon. ‘The Prodigy’ will face off with featherweight Dennis Siver on the main card of June 4’s UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, UFC President Dana White confirmed to Yahoo! Sports today. Penn was last seen losing his

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After months of speculation, legendary two-class UFC champion BJ Penn will officially return to the Octagon.

‘The Prodigy’ will face off with featherweight Dennis Siver on the main card of June 4’s UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, UFC President Dana White confirmed to Yahoo! Sports today.

Penn was last seen losing his third consecutive match to top-ranked featherweight Frankie Edgar at July 2014’s The ultimate Fighter (TUF) 19 Finale, a brutal affair that saw him retire afterwards. Penn has lost three of his last four UFC bouts, with the fourth a draw versus Jon Fitch at 2011’s UFC 125, and five of his last seven.

Before the disappointing downswing, however, Penn cut a swath in MMA history as arguably the most dominant lightweight champion in promotion history, submitting Joe Stevenson for the belt in 2008 before defending it three times against Sean Sherk, Kenny Florian, and Diego Sanchez. He also famously won the welterweight title over Matt Hughes in his 170-pound debut at UFC 46, and his UFC 58 decision loss to Georges St. Pierre is still talked about as a robbery.

Penn will return to the UFC as a member of the Hall of Fame, having been inducted into the select group last summer.

Some dire allegations threatened his return to fighting when he was accused of sexually assaulting the girlfriend of a former editor at his website BJPenn.com, but UFC executive Lawrence Epstein said Penn had been cleared of all charges after an investigation:

“We have taken a look at the available facts, which aren’t too substantial, and there are two stories of what happened,” Epstein said. “To date, there has no action at all taken by any law enforcement agency. We decided to allow B.J. to fight. However, we are going to continue to monitor to the situation. If new information, more information, becomes available to us, obviously, we reserve the right to re-evaluate.”

Penn has apparently taken his newfound return seriously, moving his camp to Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA in Albuquerque after the main critique of the ultra-talented superstar was always that he ran his own camp and it allowed him to slack at times.

He’ll return to action against Siver, another falling fighter who has lost three of his previous five fights.

UFC 199 is headlined by the middleweight title rematch between Luke Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman, and bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will finally settle his rivalry with Urijah Faber in the co-main event.

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Video: Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman Get Heated During Extended Interview

Current UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former titleholder Chris Weidman sat down together for an extended interview during “UFC Tonight” Wednesday.

With the two having spent much of the day together doing media ahead of their UFC 199 me…

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Current UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former titleholder Chris Weidman sat down together for an extended interview during “UFC Tonight” Wednesday.

With the two having spent much of the day together doing media ahead of their UFC 199 meeting in Los Angeles, things got heated pretty quickly.

Check out the entire segment in the video below between champion and challenger:

Video: Michael Bisping: “Rockhold Is Going To Smoke Weidman Again”

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Michael Bisping appeared on this week’s edition of “Inside MMA” on AXS TV and while speaking with hosts Bas Rutten and Ron Kruck, he had plenty to say about the UFC’s current 185-pound landscape.

When asked about the …

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Michael Bisping appeared on this week’s edition of “Inside MMA” on AXS TV and while speaking with hosts Bas Rutten and Ron Kruck, he had plenty to say about the UFC’s current 185-pound landscape.

When asked about the possibility of challenging reigning champion Luke Rockhold for the title in a rematch of a fight he lost to Rockhold the first time around, “The Count” claims he’ll still be able to generate interest in a Bisping-Rockhold bout by the time the fight hits the Octagon.

“This is a business and I will sell that fight. People will want to see me fight Rockhold. I will get people interested. Everyone else in the division they’re all boring, or can’t speak English, or they’re all taking steroids and serving suspensions.”

Regarding the upcoming title rematch between Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman, which headlines UFC 199 in June, Bisping feels Rockhold will have an easier time with Weidman this time around.

“I think Rockhold is going to go out there he’ll smoke Weidman again. He’ll make it look even easier. And I’ll finally get my chance to get my hands on blondie and smash those good looks.”

Headlined by Rockhold-Weidman II for the UFC Middleweight title and featuring Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber III for the UFC Bantamweight title, UFC 199 takes place at The Forum in Inglewood, California on Saturday, June 4, 2016.

Weidman Calls Rockhold Rematch ‘Bigger Than Anderson Silva’

Ex-middleweight champion Chris Weidman, a gritty wrestler from Long Island, New York, rose to prominence when he shockingly knocked out former legendary divisional kingpin Anderson “The Spider” Silva back at UFC 162 in 2013. Weidman would then once again topple Silva at UFC 168 after “The Spider” suffered a gruesome leg injury, giving “The All-American”

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Ex-middleweight champion Chris Weidman, a gritty wrestler from Long Island, New York, rose to prominence when he shockingly knocked out former legendary divisional kingpin Anderson “The Spider” Silva back at UFC 162 in 2013.

Weidman would then once again topple Silva at UFC 168 after “The Spider” suffered a gruesome leg injury, giving “The All-American” back to back milestone victories.

The New Yorker would secure two more title defenses over the likes of Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort before surrendering his strap to reigning champion Luke Rockhold at last December’s UFC 194.

Weidman will get his chance at redemption when he meets Rockhold in a rematch at the upcoming UFC 199 (June 4, 2016), and the former champion admits that this rematch lies bigger than his bouts with Silva:

“This is a do or die fight for me,” said Weidman. “I have to go out there and dominate him. This is my career on the line. This is bigger than my Anderson Silva fights.” Weidman said on a recent edition of Inside MMA.

The first fight saw the two men go back and forth for much of the opening minutes before an ill-advised spinning kick attempt by Weidman gave Rockhold the upper hand later in the bout.

The Serra-Longo product had also apparently come into the fight with a broken foot, also previously admitting that his mental state may not have been where it should have.

Now, however, the former boss feels as if he’s back to normal, and ready to recapture glory:

“I know where I was at for that last fight,” added Weidman. “I know my potential. I know where I was physically and mentally at and I know where I can be at.”

Will Weidman be able to fix his mistakes and come out on top in the rematch?

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