UFC 199 Weigh-In Results: Rockhold & Bisping On Point

UFC 199 goes down in sunny California tomorrow (Saturday June 4, 2016) and the fight weekend starts right here, tonight, with the live weigh-ins. The Los Angeles-based pay-per-view card is full to the brim with exciting fights, many fuelled by long burning rivalries. The main event for the evening features a do-over between current UFC

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UFC 199 goes down in sunny California tomorrow (Saturday June 4, 2016) and the fight weekend starts right here, tonight, with the live weigh-ins. The Los Angeles-based pay-per-view card is full to the brim with exciting fights, many fuelled by long burning rivalries. The main event for the evening features a do-over between current UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and long time contender Michael Bisping.

Long before their first fight in Sydney in 2015, Bisping and Rockhold were beefing, ‘Rocky’ got the win last night, but ‘The Count’ has been on form since. A match, although made by injury to Chris Weidman, will be well worth watching. The co-main event has an equally fun beef in the background, as Urijah Faber challenges for Dominick Cruz’s bantamweight belt in their rubber match.

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The main card is still stacked with some awesome fights, Max Holloway vs. Ricardo Lamas, Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard and Green vs. Poirier. This will be a night to remember.

So join us here at 7PM ET for the live streaming UFC 199 weigh-ins, or check in right after for the updated results.

Event: UFC 199 “Rockhold vs. Bisping 2”
Date: Sat., June 4, 2016
Location: The Forum in Los Angeles, California
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ Luke Rockhold (185) vs. Michael Bisping (185) – for middleweight title

Champ Dominick Cruz (135) vs. Urijah Faber (134.5) – for bantamweight title

Max Holloway (146) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145.5)

Dan Henderson (185.5) vs. Hector Lombard (184.5)

Bobby Green (155.5) vs. Dustin Poirier (155)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

Clay Guida (146) vs. Brian Ortega (145)

Beneil Dariush (156) vs. James Vick (155.5)

Jessica Andrade (115.5) vs. Jessica Penne (115.5)

Alex Caceres (145.5) vs. Cole Miller (146)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)

Tom Breese (170.5) vs. Sean Strickland (171)

Luis Henrique da Silva (205.5) vs. Jonathan Wilson (205.5)

Kevin Casey (185) vs. Elvis Mutapcic (185)

“Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim (154.5) vs. Polo Reyes (155)

Feature photo credit: MMAJunkie.com

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New Pics: Michael Bisping & Urijah Faber Look RIPPED Ahead Of UFC 199

The next big pay-per-view event is just around the corner, as UFC 199 looms for June 4, 2016. The promotion returns for the fifth time to Los Angeles County, and the famed Staples Center is the host venue for the action packed card. After Chris Weidman withdrew from his headline title rematch with Luke Rockhold

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The next big pay-per-view event is just around the corner, as UFC 199 looms for June 4, 2016. The promotion returns for the fifth time to Los Angeles County, and the famed Staples Center is the host venue for the action packed card. After Chris Weidman withdrew from his headline title rematch with Luke Rockhold due to injury, another rematch was booked for the main event. After upsetting Anderson Silva in London this past February, long time middleweight standout Michael Bisping finally got a title shot.

The first fight with ‘Rocky’ went pretty badly for ‘The Count,’ as Rockhold wobbled him with a kick and finished the fight on the mat. That was last November in Sydney, and since that time Bisping has won three straight and looked great against ‘The Spider.’

So Bisping took to Instagram this weekend, posting a picture with his son and pet dog, and he is looking very ripped for a guy taking a fight on two weeks notice. No insinuation implied, he looks JACKED, and fair play to him:

Me and my boy @callum11231 with mans best friend after a great Saturday workout. #ufc199

A photo posted by Mikebisping (@mikebisping) on

So on to Urijah Faber…

We have picture and video of Urijah Faber training like a BEAST, and he is looking in prime form physique-wise…

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Michael Bisping: If You Can Believe In Jesus, You Can Believe I’ll Knock Rocky Out

‘The Count’ believes he’ll do better without a full camp… It seems that 2016 is yet another year of the injury bug, as pay-per-view and fight night bouts continue being laid to waste by last minute accidents. The most recent of these main event smashing injuries was Chris Weidman’s withdrawal from the June 4 UFC

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‘The Count’ believes he’ll do better without a full camp…

It seems that 2016 is yet another year of the injury bug, as pay-per-view and fight night bouts continue being laid to waste by last minute accidents. The most recent of these main event smashing injuries was Chris Weidman’s withdrawal from the June 4 UFC 199 PPV card in Inglewood, California. ‘The All-American’ requires surgery due to a rather concerning spinal injury, which he detailed in a graphic Facebook post yesterday. In dropping out of the event, Weidman left a gap opposite the middleweight boss Luke Rockhold, but every cloud has a silver lining.

As a result of Weidman’s injury and removal from UFC 199, we get to see another rematch, this time between the 185-pound champ Luke Rockhold and his old nemesis Michael Bisping.

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‘Rocky’ and ‘The Count’ first squared off in Sydney, Australia in late 2014, with Rockhold furthering his claim to the title fight with Weidman by rocking and then submitting Bisping inside two rounds. After finishing Lyoto Machida, Rockhold went on to brutally batter Chris Weidman for the title in a gruelling affair at UFC 194.

Just out of interest, here’s Rockhold’s streak compared to Bisping’s:

Luke Rockhold: Costa Philippou TKO, Tim Boetsch submission, Michael Bispig submission, Lyoto Machida submission, Chris Weidman murder TKO

Michael Bisping: CB Dolloway unanimous decision, Thales Leites split decision, Anderson Silva Unanimous decision

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So Luke Rockhold is the bigger man, on home turf, coming in on a streak of finishes that includes one against Michael Bisping, and has a full camp compared to two weeks notice for ‘The Count;’ Where’s the smart money going at the bookies?

Well hold your horses, because Bisping believes the short notice fight is actually in his favor…

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Injury Leaves BJ Penn Needing Opponent For UFC 199

It looks as though the injury bug struck a double this week, and it’s only Wednesday… Following the news that ex-UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was forced off this weekend’s (Saturday May 14, 2016) stacked UFC 198 card, we have more bad news for fans of former pound-for-pound kings. This time it’s over to UFC

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It looks as though the injury bug struck a double this week, and it’s only Wednesday…

Following the news that ex-UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was forced off this weekend’s (Saturday May 14, 2016) stacked UFC 198 card, we have more bad news for fans of former pound-for-pound kings. This time it’s over to UFC 199, and the feature preliminary bout between BJ Penn and Dennis Siver takes a big hit. As confirmed by BJPenn.com, Siver has been forced to pull out of the June 4 fight with ‘The Prodigy’ due to injury.

It will be Penn’s first fight in two years having sat dormant during a brief retirement, which came as no surprise given the brutal nature of his last fight. In an attempt to reinvent himself, BJ took on Frankie Edgar at featherweight, suffering a heart breaking TKO loss and looking awful in the process.

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Now the loss of Siver means Penn is currently without an opponent, but unlike the situation with UFC 198 and ‘The Spider,’ the promotion has a lot longer to find a replacement.

As of this moment, here’s the UFC 199 fight card:

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Event: UFC 199: “Rockhold vs. Weidman 2”
Date: Sat., June 4, 2016
Location: The Forum in Los Angeles, California
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

UFC 199 PPV Main Event:

185 lbs.: UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman

UFC 199 PPV Co-Main Event:

135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber

UFC 199 Undercard (PPV/FOX Sports 1/UFC Fight Pass):

145 lbs.: Max Holloway vs. Ricardo Lamas
185 lbs.: Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard
145 lbs.: BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver
155 lbs.: Bobby Green vs. Dustin Poirier
155 lbs.: Evan Dunham vs. Leonardo Santos
115 lbs.: Jessica Penne vs. Jessica Andrade
185 lbs.: Kevin Casey vs. Elvis Mutapcic
205 lbs.: Luiz Henrique da Silva vs. Jonathan Wilson
155 lbs.: Dong Hyun Kim vs. Marco Polo Reyes
170 lbs.: Tom Breese vs. Sean Strickland
155 lbs.: Mehdi Baghdad vs. John Makdessi
145 lbs.: Clay Guida vs. Brian Ortega

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Cruz Reacts To Faber’s ‘Scumbag’ Steroid Accusations

The first ever and only two-time UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz made a successful return to the octagon this past January 17. Facing the champ of the time TJ Dillashaw after only fighting once in five years, following a string of harrowing and career threatening injuries, ‘The Dominator’ completed his fairy tale comeback with a

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The first ever and only two-time UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz made a successful return to the octagon this past January 17. Facing the champ of the time TJ Dillashaw after only fighting once in five years, following a string of harrowing and career threatening injuries, ‘The Dominator’ completed his fairy tale comeback with a split decision win over ‘The Viper.’ Now set to face his old rival Urijah Faber in the rubber match at UFC 199, Cruz is once again embroiled in a feud with a member of Team Alpha Male.

First off it was Dillashaw who got the verbal bashing from Cruz, although that started back in 2014 when he was still a member of TAM. Now having left, it’s Faber who represents the California based fight squad, but ‘The Viper’ is never far from the conversation.

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During a recent appearance on ‘The Herd,’ Faber pretty much accused his former team mate Dillashaw and Cruz of taking PED’s (performance enhancing drugs). Cruz shot him down during that interview, but the comments made by ‘The California Kid’ have not really been fully addressed. Not until now, that is.

Speaking during the most recent episode of The MMA Hour, Cruz tackles the subject of his beef with Faber, and also reacts to those accusations of steroid use levelled at him and Dillashaw.

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“This is the thing, you can say whatever you need to say about me, I understand, all is fair in love and war. Like, I get that he is going to come and attack me. I get that he wants to attack my character. He’s been doing this to me since 2007. This is the Faber game. He wants to turn everybody against you and make himself the good guy. He can’t handle being the not liked guy.

“But, at the same time, this is all based off of fear. Judgment is the main act of fear. If I’m on [PEDs], what, is everybody on it? Everybody he’s lost to? This is his excuse. He’s setting up excuses for the loss that I’m about to serve him.”

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