By JAKE CHASTAIN | The UFC took center stage in Indianapolis tonight for UFC Fight Night 27: Condit vs. Kampmann II. The fight card is loaded with talent from top to bottom and there is a ton of excitement and anticipation swirling through the air in Indy. Before the main card kicks off on FOX Sports...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The boys over at BJPenn.com’s Fist-Ta-Cuff Radio were gearing us up for this weekend’s UFC 164 event and they invited on one of the hometown Milwaukee fighters, Pascal Krauss. Pascal is from Germany but is currently living in Milwaukee and training at Roufusport with the likes of Anthony Pettis and Erik Koch. Mr....
By JAKE CHASTAIN | This upcoming weekend UFC 164 will go down live in Milwaukee and the event is showcasing a ton of local talent, mainly from Roufusport, and our boys over at BJPenn.com’s Fist-Ta-Cuff Radio hooked the fans up with a stellar lineup of guests to get us amped for the upcoming event. They first welcomed...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The UFC’s traditional pre-event countdown show will premiere tonight for the first time on FOX Sports 1 with the debut of “Countdown to UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2”.The one-hour special will give the fans an inside look into many of this weekend’s main card bouts, including the headlining lightweight title fight...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | This week on BJPenn.com’s Late Night Cage Side Radio our boys Chase and Kinch invited UFC Fight Night 26 winner, John Howard, back onto the airwaves to talk about his upset win over Uriah Hall and what he thought about his performance, his ability to hang compete at middleweight, and what he thinks...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Saturday marked the launch of the new sports programming station FOX Sports 1, and to help spike the opening night’s ratings for the network the station hosted UFC Fight Night 26: Sonnen vs. Shogun. To say that the plan worked would be an understatement as FOX Sports 1 raked in very high...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Coming out of this past weekend we have a lot to discuss about the shifting of rankings and surprising fights that took place at UFC Fight Night 26 in Boston on the debut show on FOX Sports 1. In the main event we saw Chael Sonnen defeat Mauricio Shogun Rua in the very...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Here we go, fight fans! The Main Event! Chael came out on fire, putting his wrestling skills on full display. His initial attempt to throw Shogun backfired as Mauricio sunk his hips and landed on top of Sonnen. Chael didn’t waste any time on the bottom though as he came back up...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Let the big dogs eat! This was bound to be a battle of biggies and the hype lived up to the weight! Travis endured a heavy storm put forth from Overeem to open the fight as Alistair was bringing the pace and initiating the clinch with Brown. He then pressed Browne against...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | This was a huge fight with heavy implications on the UFC bantamweight division. This was a dangerous fight for Faber and he was likely going to earn himself another title shot with a victory. But that was not going to be an easy task. Yuri Alcantara looked amazing in the opening minutes...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Wow. There’s really not much to say about this fight except…wow. Matt Brown entered this fight riding a 5 fight winning streak inside the UFC octagon. That alone is a very tough feat. Many people were saying that he was already worthy of being considered a title contender, but for some reason...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The first thing I noticed when the fight started was that Uriah Hall had a massive advantage in reach and height, but Howard is still a powerful man, so anything could happen. Shockingly Hall opened the fight with a beautiful blast double-leg takedown. After a little time for Hall the fight came...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The main card kicked off with a very intriguing match up between two UFC veterans and TUF alumni. Both men were coming off of losses, Johnson being plagued by a 2 fight skid. This was a perfect fight to set the tone for the main card action. Johnson came out looking a...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Tonight the UFC hits UFC on FOX Sports 1 with a stacked night of fights. However, before the main card hits the television waves a stellar preliminary card event kicks off on Facebook at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The three facebook fights will be followed up with a fantastic four-fight preliminary card even on...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | BJPenn.com Radio hosted another spectacular show this week as they invited on several big MMA names, one of which was a Fight of the Night winner at last weekend’s UFC 163 event in Brazil. UFC flyweight contender Ian McCall talked with our boys Pedro Carrasco and George Mathews about his first UFC victory,...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Tomorrow (August 3rd) Jose Aldo will place his UFC featherweight title on the line against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC 163 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All fighters scheduled to perform tomorrow night hit the scales today (August 2nd) for the weigh-ins. All fighters, with...
UFC 163 fighter and former UFC champion Lyoto Machida knows a little something about title rematches as his consecutive bouts with Mauricio Rua started a streaky run for ‘The Dragon’. Now Machida weighs in on a situation concerning his friend and former UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva. In an interview with O Globo, Machida covered...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | After rumors started swirling that the UFC was in the process of looking to expand it’s women’s divisions within the organization by adding weight classes UFC President Dana White smashed those talks following last weekend’s UFC on FOX 8 event in Seattle, Washington. The event featured two very exciting female bouts from...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Our boys over at BJPenn.com’s Late Night Cage Side Radio invited longtime fan favorite, Leonard Garcia, onto this week’s show to talk about all the things that have been going on with him and his career as of late. Garcia was recently dropped from the UFC roster after losing 5 straight fights in...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | BJPenn.com’s Late Night Cage Side Radio had a fantastic lineup this past week and one of the guests on the show was former TUF Champion and UFC lightweight, Tony Ferguson. Tony came onto the airwaves to join Kinch and Chase Raymond to talk about all the things going on in his career, his...
Aaron Riley, 32, announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts following a split decision loss to Justin Salas at UFC on FOX 8. Riley boasted a professional record of 30-14, with one draw. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA UFC lightweight fighter, Aaron Riley, announced his retirement from MMA Saturday night following...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | This is the first installment of BJPenn.com’s Monday Morning Aftermath column, which will consist of breaking down the previous weekend’s top news and touching on what fans can expect to look for the following week as aftermath from that action. This column will also give the fans a head’s up on anything MMA...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Tonight the UFC went to Seattle, Washington and put on an amazing show. The night was filled with explosive battles and a couple technical wars that would have driven most judges crazy. There were a couple of KOs and a couple of submissions but the curious thing that stood out to me...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Speed. Speed. Speed. It was no surprise that Moraga had trouble catching Johnson at the beginning of the fight. DJ was using his speed to stay at bay and landed a few clean jabs throughout the round. Moraga was finally able to close the space and get Johnson pinned against the fence....
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The fight opened up with a complete lack of action. For the majority of the first round neither man threw many strikes. To say that the two men had respect for each other’s skills would be an extreme understatement. I would have to say that 4 out of the 5 minutes of the...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Robbie Lawler came out on fire, in every sense of the word. He was landing clean punches, solid kicks, flying-knees and vicious elbows. Robbie didn’t waste any time coming out and setting the pace of the fight. He totally dominated the first round and was looking unrealistically quick. Within the first couple...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The women kicked off the action on the main card and they brought the heat! Carmouche is coming off of her title fight loss to Ronda Rousey back in February and she came out looking like she was on a mission with everything in the world to prove. Her strength and wrestling...
By JAKE CHASTAIN Eight fights make up tonight’s UFC on FOX 8 preliminary card. Starting at 1:00 pm PT, two fights will go down on the UFC’s Facebook.com channel. 1 Hour later the prelims switch to FX where six more fights will go down culminating in a UFC on FX Prelims headliner between Jorge Masvidal and...
