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  • UFC ‘Ultimate Fighter’ June 24 TV results & recap: ATT attempts to stave off elimination

    By Steve Juon, Wrestling Observer

    Quick summary: The Blackzilians are up 300-100 after Kamari Usman’s decision victory over Steve Carl last week – meaning that American Top Team has to sweep the last three fights to win the show and the $200,000 prize. Glenn Robinson: “You guys want to train at a real gym? Give us a call.” Dan Lambert: “News flash Glenn – you didn’t build a team – you BOUGHT a team.”

    Show Recap:

    Dana White: “It’s a do or die situation for American Top Team right now.”

    Hayder Hassan: “Everything that makes us who we are is how we bounce back.”

    Glenn Robinson hosts a party at the Versace Mansion to celebrate the Blackzilians being this close to mathematically ending the show. Meanwhile at the ATT gym they’re standing in front of a wipe board figuring out who should fight.

    ATT chooses Nathan Coy to get a second shot, and he’s stoked that they have faith in him to get the job done. Lambert: “We need him. He’s our captain. He’s a rock for us. We’re gonna win this thing.” Coy: “I’ve been doing this since eight years old … but I’ve loved every minute of it. I just want to get after it, have fun, and show the world you have to believe.”

    The Blackzilians are leaning toward Sabah Homasi going again based on his weight at first, but Robinson says “BBMonstro” Araujo should go again based on his striking. He’s the man who handed Steve Carl his first loss this season. Commercial.

    Season 15 winner Michael Chiesa has shown up at the TUF house for the annual Harley-Davidson infomercial. He leads the pack to Peterson’s H-D in Miami so they can try out some bikes. The rest of the next ten minutes can be filled out in your own imagination. Weigh-ins: 170.25 for Araujo. 171 for Coy.

    Robinson accuses Lambert of trying to get two fighters ready when he sees Sabah Homasi rehydrate after the weigh-ins. This leads to smack talking between the coaches. Lambert challenges Robinson to a grappling match. He says nothing. Dana White: “This is the most important fight of this season! If BB Monster wins it’s over.”

    * Valdir ‘BBMonstro’ Araujo (Blackzilians) vs. Nathan Coy (American Top Team)

    Coy is in the blue trunks, Araujo the gray. Coy comes forward with some good striking and gets a takedown 20 seconds in to half guard against the fence. Araujo tries to lock an arm around his neck for a choke but doesn’t have the position, and Coy jumps to full guard and pops his head free. Araujo tries to push him away with his legs. Coy blasts him with a right elbow to the face. The referee warns them about holding the cage. Coy is doing a good job of grinding Araujo up while on top.

    Araujo tries to get the arm around his neck again at 3:10. Coy pops out even quicker this time and his biceps are smeared with blood. He almost jumps to full mount at 3:48. Araujo tries to grab the head again and Coy pops out at 3:59. Araujo tries to hook a leg and Coy gets up and sprints away. He backpedals with short time remaining and they clinch at the horn. 10-9 Coy.

    Coy blasts Araujo with a good knee. Araujo tries a flying kick but gets taken down, and in the scramble he goes for a guillotine but can’t get it. He winds up on top and blood is going everywhere. Araujo goes for the guillotine and lets Coy on top. Coy is relentless and won’t let Araujo get away. Coy gets North-South as the ref gives Araujo a warning not to grab the shorts. Araujo slips away at 2:18 and Coy takes him down again. Coy gets a warning for grabbing the fence.

    Araujo goes for a heel hook and Coy pops out. Coy is eating up the clock and busting Araujo with short hard lefts. Araujo is using what little gas he has trying so hard to grab submissions. He’s a sweaty greasy mess. The only thing Araujo can do it try (and fail) to tie Coy up for the last minute. The blood and pain on his face tells the story – his own mistakes will cost him. Coy should win both rounds on all three cards.

    20-18 X3 for Nathan Coy. It’s 300-200 and American Top Team is still alive with two fights left.

    See you next week!

  • UFC News: Things not looking good for MMA in NYC

    With time running out, things are not looking good for the MMA bill passing in New York as speaker of the house Joe Morelle said today that it’s looking less likely for the bill to be passed this year.

    Mark LaMonica of Newsday tweeted that Morelle said there aren’t enough voters in town. The Democrats wanted 76 yes votes in the Assembly to call for the bill to get a vote. The belief this past week was that they had that number, but there’s simply not enough people in town to make it happen.

    UFC President Dana White tweeted today: “The corruption in New York politics is disgusting.”

  • Fan Feedback: UFC sponsorships and Mexico training

    Submitted by Mark Libell

    I wanted to write and share a few thoughts about the UFC/Reebok deal in the context of the the Mexico card as the Reebok deal is about to go into place July 1. I’ve heard a lot of commentary in the media comparing the UFC to NFL/NBA etc. with regard to advertising on uniforms and the league ultimately controlling the uniform’s content. 

    I think the better analogy though is NASCAR, not because fighters and drivers have the same demands on them, but because both are sports where the competitor funds their product. NASCAR teams find their own sponsors to subsidize the costs of fielding a car. MMA fighters have to subsidize the costs of training. NBA/NFL/MLB/Hockey/Soccer all are sports where the league/team covers the costs of training and the athlete doesn’t have to worry about raising money for that.  NASCAR is privately owned by the France family while UFC is privately owned largely by the Fertittas. 

    In NASCAR/MMA, the athlete is responsible for helping recruit sponsors to subsidize the costs of competing. NASCAR drivers are walking billboards, oftentimes with sponsors that may compete with sponsors of NASCAR the entity. They need all those patches on their uniform or stickers on their car though to pool the money to have the equipment necessary to compete at a high level. Unless UFC is willing to put fighters on salary, or cover the costs of training, fighters should be able to make money off of sponsors fight week. Look at the recent Mexico City card. 

    Gilbert Melendez has taken grief for not going to Mexico City sooner and is viewed as having wasted prior purses because he said he couldn’t afford it. (some folks seem to think the cost of moving a training camp to Mexico is as cheap as a spring break trip to Cancun, not factoring in the number of people involved, the necessary food/supplements, quality lodging for everyone, etc). But when you consider a fighter is living off of maybe three fight purses a year, is paying 35-40% or more of that in state and federal taxes, is paying a cut to managers and trainers and sparring partners, and has no retirement from the UFC, I can certainly believe it wouldn’t make financial sense to pay for extra weeks in Mexico in a world where sponsors have been dropping fighters ahead of the July 1 Reebok deal taking effect. In the UFC of a year ago, pre-Reebok announcement, maybe Melendez lines up enough sponsors to offset the costs of 3 or 4 extra weeks in Mexico. 

    To someone making $40,000 a year, Melendez or other fighters might appear to have it made making $100,000 a fight or more, but they don’t factor in what the actual takehome pay for that fight is after tax/training and the years at the beginning of a fighter’s career where they make next to nothing and have no health insurance and could be running up debts,and the years after retirement where there is no fight-related pension. Fighters make a choice to go into this profession, but mma fighters in particular receive a fraction of the revenue they generate and can have short careers with extended periods of inactivity during them. 

    With sponsors dropping fighters ahead of Reebok taking effect, rolling the dice on not going to Mexico was probably the smart financial risk. It was a close fight that Melendez could have won in which case he would have had win and show money and not incurred the costs of extra weeks in Mexico. Cathal Pendred went to Mexico early, won a boring fight and said he lost money on the deal. Melendez even with a win was still several fights from getting another title shot, and has a chance to redeem himself in San Diego in July. It’s easy to say in hindsight because he lost that going to Mexico early was the smart decision, but the economic realities for fighters make those decisions much more complicated, and those choices will only get tougher once Reebok takes effect and you can’t have any additional fight week sponsors. 

  • UFC News: McGregor vs. Aldo still on, interesting new opponent considered, Demetrious Johnson’s next fight, CM Punk (updated)

    By Josh Nason, WrestlingObserver.com

    On Wednesday’s UFC Tonight, Ariel Helwani dropped some interesting UFC newsbits:

    UPDATE: After UFC Tonight, Dana White tweeted the following after news broke that featherweight champion Jose Aldo has a bone bruise and cartilage damage and not a fractured rib:

    – On UFC Tonight, Helwani discussed that Frankie Edgar had volunteered to take Aldo’s place if offered, as did Chad Mendes. The surprising name in the mix? Nate Diaz. That fight would have been at 155 pounds and there wass ‘mutual interest’ from all camps in making that happen if Aldo couldn’t go in 17 days.

    – Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk needs surgery on her fractured right thumb suffered in her beating of Jessica Penne last Saturday. The surgery is set for next week in Los Angeles.

    – Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson will defend his title again John Dodson, but the date is TBD.

    – CM Punk has made the move to Milwaukee full time in order to train at RoufuSport full time. There is still no update on his debut, but Duke Roufus loves him. He recently sparred five full rounds.

    – Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is taking some time off as he’s essentially missing his ACL. He’s undergoing stem cell treatment, but will be ready in four months. He wants to fight on UFC 192 in Houston on October 3rd.

    – Fabricio Werdum’s manager thinks Andrei Arlovski makes the most sense to fight the new heavyweight champion, but Werdum is nursing some injuries and won’t be ready to fight until December 2015.

    – On GSP’s possible return due to the new drug testing, Helwani was told that it was a step in the right direction but other hurdles would be need to be cleared if he was to return. 

  • UFC News: update on Jose Aldo injury situation

    By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

    Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting tweeted Tuesday that Jair Lourenco, Jose Aldo’s coach at Nova Uniao, was on the television show Revista Combate in Brazil. Laurenco said that the rib injury Aldo suffered was “complicated,” and that under normal circumstances, he would need one month to heal, but he wants to go through with his featherweight title fight with Conor McGregor in less than three weeks on Saturday, July 11th.

    Rather than putting the champion in when he shouldn’t be fighting, they should move the fight, which is really easy for me to say when the promotion has a U.S. record gate and record setting expenses in building their current date.

  • UFC News: Jose Aldo reportedly suffers rib injury, fight with Conor McGregor up in the air?

    Brazilian reporter Anna Hissa reported Tuesday that UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was injured this morning in sparring and an exam revealed a fractured rib:

    At this point, UFC hasn’t commented on this story. Aldo is scheduled to face Conor McGregor for the featherweight title on 7/11 in Las Vegas — the most heavily promoted fight in company history.

  • UFC Berlin results: Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Penne

    By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

    Welcome to our live coverage of the UFC Fight Night on Fight Pass in Berlim, Germany at the O2 World in Berlin.

    ULKA SASAKI VS. TAYLOR LAPILUS, BANTAMWEIGHTS

    First round: Sasaki came out with a mask like Sakuraba and they said he was a pro wrestling fan growing up.  Lots of Sakuraba mannerisms as he came to the ring.   Sasaki took him down right away but Lapilus back up.  Both tried to throw from a clinch with no success.  Lapilus landed some elbows and a knee to the body.  Most of the round is in the clinch.  Another elbow by Lapilus.  Sasaki tried a takedown and nowhere close.  Left by Lapilus a knee and a spinning elbow at the end of the round.  10-9 Lapilus.

    Second round: Sasaki couldn’t get the takedown.  Hard left and another put Sasaki down.  Lapius is pounding him on the ground and it’s over.

    PIOTR HALLMAN VS. MAGOMED MUSTAFAEV, LIGHTWEIGHTS

    First round: They are in a clinch.  Low kick by Musatafaev and Hallman used it for a takedown but Mustafaev right back up.  Right and left by Mustafaev.  Mustafaev with punches and now working for a takedown.  Trip and two punches by Mustafaev.  Spin kick by Mustafev.  Hallman took him down off a kick.  Elbows by Hallman.  Hallman landing elbows from the toip.  Lots of elbows landing.  10-9 Hallman.

    Second round: Mustafaev getting the better of the standup. He landed a spinning backfist but Hallman got behind him.  Hallman with knees to the thigh and took him down.  Mustafaev with punches.  Hallman bleeding badly from the left eye.  Mustafaev landing punches. Hallman with a knee.  They brought Hallman to the doctor.  The doctor isn’t happy with the cut.  Hallman was begging for it to continue but the doctor told the ref to stop it.  The cut was right above the left eye and it was deep.  Some doctors would have allowed it to continue but the cut was deep.

    ANTONIO DOS SANTOS VS. SCOTT AKHAM, MIDDLEWEIGHTS

    First round: Head kick by Askham but he slipped.  Body kick by Askham.  Dos Santos with a flurry.  Askham dropped him with a right.  Dos Santos is wobbly.  Head kick by Askham.  Askham with a series of knees standing and Dos Santos went down and it was stopped.

    NOAD LAHAT VS. NIKLAS BACKSTROM, FEATHERWEIGHTS

    First round: Takedown by Lahat.  Short slam by Lahat.  Backstrom worked for a gogoplata.  Backstrom swept to the top using an uma plata.  Backstrom got his back.  Backstrom working for a choke.  Backstrom working for an armbar as time ran out.  10-9 Backstrom.

    Second round: Lahat moved in with punches.  Backstrom with a knee.  Lahat with more punches.  Backstrom is bleeding.  Backstrom went for a takedown, Lahat sprawled.  Knee by Lahat.  Backstrom bleeding a lot now.  Body kick by Lahat.  Lahat landing a lot of punches.  Lots of uppercuts by Lahat. Hard body kick by Lahat. Big shots by Lahat.  Backstrom got a takedown Lahat reversed to the mount. Lahat working for an armbar.  Punches and elbows by Lahat and has the armbar but didn’t have the right angle.  Now Lahat trying for a North South choke.  Lahat 10-9 so 19-19 going into the third.

    Third round: Big right by Lahat.  Lahat went for a throw but Bakstrom got his back.  Lahat back up.  Lahat bleeeding under the right eye.  Backstrom with a takedown.  Lahat rolled to the top but Backstrom back up.  Backstrom has his back.  Lahat went for an achilles lock.  Lahat on top. Backstrom got a takedown.  Backstrom took the round very close and I’ve got it 29-28.  Good match.

    Scores: 28-28, 29-28, 29-28 Lahat. Fans booed the decision.  The third round could have gone either way so not a bad decision. 

    ARNOLD ALLEN VS. ALAN OMER, FLYWEIGHTS 

    First round: Knee and punch by Omer.  Allen landing some shots. Nice knee by Omer.  Body kick by Omer.  Allen bleeding from the nose.  Good left by Allen and he landed several more punches.  Takedown by Allen.  Omer working for a triangle.  Omer with punches and elbows from the bottom. Omer with elbows from the bottom.  Very close round.  Very hard to judge.  Omer 10-9.

    Second round: Omer with rights and a takedown.  Omer with a right.  Allen up, and then got Omer down, but Omer reversed and got his back.  Allen bleeding from the nose.  Omer in the piggy back position. Omer 20-18.

    Third round:  Omer with a takedown.  Omer with punches.  Omer with knees to the body.  Allen got a guillotine from the bottom and Omer had to tap.  Good come from behind finish

    ALAN PATRICK VS. MAIRBEK TAISUMOV, LIGHTWEIGHTS

    First round: Patrick with a takedown.  Body kick by Taisumov.  Body kick by Taismov.  Another body kick by Taisumov.   Eye poke by Patrick and they had to stop the fight for a time out.  They were pressuring the doctor on getting the fight back going.  Last week they gave plenty of time for an eye poke.  Taisumov wanted to continue, but he wasn’t completely ready.  Body kick by Taisumov.  Patrick tried a takedown and Taisumov went for a guillotine.  Spinning kick by Patrick.  Taisumov landed a right.  Body kick by Taisumov.  Patrick failed on a takedown attempt.  Taisumov with a right and body kick.  Taisumov 10-9.

    Second round:   Patrick in with punches.  Taisumov knocked him down with a right kick to the side of the head.  Taisumov landing punches on the ground and it was stopped. 

    MASIO FULLEN VS. MAKWAN AMIRKHANI, FEATHERWEIGHTS

    First round: Takedown by Amirkhani.  He got his back.  Amirkhani working for a choke.  Fullen had to tap.  That was Amirkhani’s second straight sub 2:00 win and he’s got tremendous personality.

    He was looking for his mom in the stands and started crying.  He was crying and couldn’t cut a promo.  They showed his mom in the stands and she was crying like crazy and he was crying like crazy.  What a super babyface moment.  He said that he went from Finland to Stockholm and didn’t answer any phone calls or messages.  So he’s like a TNA wrestler in an angle.

    SGT. NICK HEIN VS. LUKASZ SAJEWSKI, LIGHTWEIGHTS

    First round: Hein the biggest crowd favorite so far being from Germany.  Both are in a clinch.  Hein took him down and got his back.  Hein landed a left.  Hein 10-9.

    Second round: Hein kicked to the body. Hein landing a lot of punches and Sajewski trying to counter.  Crowd really getting into it.  Hein with low kicks and punches.  Sajewski missed a spinning punch.  Left by Hein.  Body kick by Hein.  20-18

    Third round: Left by Hein.  Hein with an eye poke leading to a time out.  Body kick and punches by Hein.  Hein landing more punches.  Hard right by Hein staggered him.  Hein won easily 30-27.

    Scores: All three have it 30-27, no other scores was possible.

    Hein did an interview in English, German and Japanese.  He asked to fight at the Saitama Super Arena show.  He spoke great Japanese.  Crowd got into the German promo.  

    PETER SOBOTTA VS. STEVE KENNEDY, WELTERWEIGHTS

    First round: Sobotta landing early.  Takedown by Sobotta.  He’s got the body triangle and is working for a choke. Kennedy escaped the first attempt.  Sobotta went for a choke the second time and got it.

    TATSUYA KAWAJIRI VS. DENNIS SIVER, FLYWEIGHTS

    First round: Kawajiri going for a single leg.  Great balance by Siver.  Kawajiri picked him up but Siver still blocked the takedown.  Siver with a low kick.  Nice flurry by Siver.  Kawajiri shot in for a takedown but Siver blocked it again.  Spin kick by Siver.  Left by Siver and Kawajiri trying for a takedown.  Siver’s balance was great.  Kawajiri is getting obsessed with the takedown, which looks like a mistake.  Finally Kawajiri gave up.  Siver thought guillotine but gave it up.  Kawajiri finally got him down.  Siver 10-9.

    Second round:   Spin kick by Siver.  Kawajiri tried a takedown and Siver powered him off.  Kawajiri again going for the takedown.  Kawajiri got the takedown.  Siver grabbed he fence to get up but he ref pulled Siver’s arm off.  Siver kicked him off but Kawajiri back on toip.  Kawajiri’s round so 19-19 after two.

    Third round: Spinning backfist by Kawajiri.  Kawajiri went for a takedown but didn’t get it.  Kawajiri moved in and got the takedown.  Siver working for a guillotine.  Siver up.  Kawajiri again working for the takedown.  Another takedown by Kawajiri.  Kawajiri with elbows.  Kawajiri’s round, he should win 29-28.

    Scores: All three scored it 29-28 for Kawajiri.

    JOANNA JEDRZEJCZYK VS. JESSICA PENNE FOR UFC WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

    First round: Penne pushed her against the fence and working for a takedown.  Trading knees.   Joanna now landing punches.  Joanna with more punches.  Penne tried for a takedown.  They went to the ground but back up.  Penne working hard for the takedown.  Elbow by Joanna broke it up.  Low kick by Joanna.  Penne tried a takedown but Joanna was too strong and ended up on top and let her up.  Joanna knocked her down and throwing punches on the ground.  Joanna kicking Penne’s leg.  She’s kicking the leg as Penne laid on her back.  Nice headlock takedown by Penne.  Joanna 10-9

    Second round: Joanna landing more punches and a low kick.  Head kick but Penne blocked it.  Joanna with a front kick.  Joanna with a kick to the body.  Hard elbow and head kick.  Penne’s nose is bleeding.  Joanna is landing a lot of punches.  Penne has grabbed he clinch.  Joanna powered out of the clinch.  Penne bleeding all over the place and eating punches to the face.  Joanna landing knees and elbows.  Head kick by Joanna.  Joanna landing more punches.  Penne grabbed a headlock.  Body kick by Joanna.  Low kick by Joanna.  Left and right by Joanna and a low kick.  She’s landing punches and kicks. .  Hard knee and more punches and Joanna throwing a ton of punches and Penne grabbed a headlock to slow her down.  10-8 round for Joanna so 20-17 after two.  Amazing Penne lasted the round.  She has a ton of heart and is super mentally tough because she not only lasted but was still not going for it.

    Third round: Low kick by Joanna .  Joanna continues to land punches.  Low kick by Joanna.  Pena landed a right.  She landed a punch but Joanna back with punches and a low kick.  Joanna landing punches.  Front kick by Joanna.  Nice left by Joanna.  Joanna’s face covered in blood but it’s mostly Penne’s blood.  Joanna working the body and low kicks.  Hard kick by Joanna.  Joanna is taking out Penne’s left leg with the low kicks.  Joanna landing more punches.  Hard right by Joanna and ref Marc Goddard mercifully stopped it.  Joanna said she promised a war, it was a war and asked who is next.  She looked tremendous, like a top superstar.  4:22

    Joanna said I said the fight would be a war, it was a war.  She has a ton of charm and great natural charisma.  Really top tier.

  • UFC Fight Night 69: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne live results and coverage

    Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 69: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne from the O2 World in Berlin, Germany. The entire event airs on UFC Fight Pass, kicking off with preliminary action at 12 PM eastern time before heading to the main card at 3 PM eastern time. The event is headlined by the first-ever title fight on UFC Fight Pass as UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk makes her first title defense against former Invicta champion Jessica Penne.

    PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 12 PM ET/ 9 AM PT)

    BANTAMWEIGHTS: TAYLOR LAPILUS VS. ULKA SASAKI

    LIGHTWEIGHTS: PIOTR HALLMANN VS. MAGOMED MUSTAFAEV

    MIDDLEWEIGHTS: SCOTT ASKHAM VS. ANTONIO DOS SANTOS JUNIOR

    FEATHERWEIGHTS: NIKLAS BACKSTROM VS. NOAD LAHAT

    FEATHERWEIGHTS: ALAN OMER VS. ARNOLD ALLEN

    LIGHTWEIGHTS: MAIRBEK TAISUMOV VS. ALAN PATRICK

    FEATHERWEIGHTS: MAKWAN AMIRKHANI VS. MASIO FULLEN

    MAIN CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 3 PM ET/ 12 PM PT)

    LIGHTWEIGHTS: NICK HEIN VS. LUKASZ SAJEWSKI

    WELTERWEIGHTS: PETER SOBOTTA VS. STEVE KENNEDY

    FEATHERWEIGHTS: DENNIS SIVER VS. TATSUYA KAWAJIRI

    UFC WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: JOANNA JEDRZEJCZYK(c) VS. JESSICA PENNE 

  • UFC News: Visa issues cause big changes to next Saturday’s Hollywood, FL, card

    By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

    Due to a technical problem with the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs visa system and database, UFC is losing 12 fighters scheduled for next Saturday’s 6/27 Fox Sports One show in Hollywood, FL. The company confirmed earlier reports of card changes but they are more significant than first expected.

    Here’s the changes: 

    – As previously reported, the TUF Brazil finals have been moved from that show to the 8/1 PPV show in Rio de Janeiro.

    – The Erick Silva vs. Rick Story co-main event has been pulled. At this point, no decision has been made for when it would be rescheduled.

    – A bantamweight fight with Rani Yahya vs. Masanori Kanehara has been moved to the 7/15 show in San Diego.

    – A fight with the debuting Steve Montgomery of Boca Raton, FL (8-2), against Tony Sims of Denver (11-2) has been added.

    The expectation is there will be one more fight added to the show over the next few days.

  • UFC Fight Night 69: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne weigh-in results and live video

    Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of the UFC Fight Night: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne weigh-ins from o2 World in Berlin, Germany kicking off at 10 AM eastern time. The event airs on Saturday on UFC Fight Pass, with preliminary action kicking off at 12 PM eastern time before heading to the main card at 3 PM eastern time. This marks the Octagon’s second trip to Berlin, and fourth overall trip to Germany.

    The event will be headlined by the first-ever title fight on UFC Fight Pass as UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk makes her first title defense and puts her undefeated record on the line against the challenger, Jessica Penne. In the night’s semi-main event, it is a battle of ranked featherweight fighters as Dennis Siver takes on Tatsuya Kawajiri.

    Everyone made weight with no issues. Both the champion and the challenger came in a pound under the 115-pound title fight allowance, and had an intense face-off with Jedrzejczyk and Penne talking a lot of trash to each other. Makwan Amirkhani and Masio Fullen jawed back-and-forth during their face-off. Scott Askham and Antonio Dos Santos had to be separated a little during the face-off.

    MAIN CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 3 PM ET/12 PM PT):

    Joanna Jedrzejczyk (114) vs. Jessica Penne (114)
    Dennis Siver (145) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (146)
    Peter Sobotta (171) vs. Steve Kennedy (170)
    Nick Hein (155) vs. Lukasz Sajewski (155)

    PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 12 PM ET/9 AM PT):

    Makwan Amirkhani (145) vs. Masio Fullen (145)
    Mairbek Taisumov (155) vs. Alan Patrick (154)
    Alan Omer (146) vs. Arnold Allen (144)
    Niklas Backstrom (146) vs. Noad Lahat (145)
    Scott Askham (185) vs. Antonio Dos Santos (185)
    Piotr Hallmann (154) vs. Magomed Mustafaev (155)
    Taylor Lapilus (135) vs. Ulka Sasaki (135)