Anthony Pettis’ head coach Duke Roufus has an idea for ‘Showtime’s’ next featherweight fight, and it’s none other than Max Holloway. Roufus spoke to ESPN’s ‘5 Rounds Podcast’ on Wednesday, explaining his decision to call out Holloway given the current landscape of the featherweight division. “I believe Frankie [Edgar] is going to fight Dennis Bermudez — it’s...
The number one female black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu could very well be the hottest woman in MMA as well. Mackenzie Dern, the 23-year-old submission phenom, posted a video of herself on Instagram showing her in more than just fighting shape. #flashbackfriday wishing I was at the beach again! 😥😁☀️🌊😍 A video posted by...
Back in 2014, during the pay-per-view portion of UFC 181, it was announced that WWE superstar CM Punk would be making the jump to MMA as a member of the UFC roster. And though it was immediately made clear that Punk had no real martial arts experience, we were led to believe that spent at...
[ooyala code=”dwdmVsNTE6fedqLe3GvmKKAhPUD4S190″ player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1920″ height=”1080″] BJPENN.COM has teamed up with UFC Veteran Mike “Quick” Swick to give you an inside look at what it’s like at AKA Thailand. In this exclusive episode of “Real Quick with Mike Swick,” former UFC heavyweight champion Minotauro Nogueira pays a visit to the gym and shows off his...
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor showed up almost half an hour late for yesterday’s UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas. However, after the brash Irish superstar arrived, it took mere minutes for things to get heated between himself and Nate Diaz. “Mystic Mac” issued the following statement “bring the clinch, bring the jiu jitsu,...
When UFC featherweight champion finally arrived at today’s UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas it did not take long for things to get heated between himself and Team Diaz. “Mystic Mac” issued the following statement “bring the clinch, bring the jiu jitsu, bring the whole f*cking Stockton! I’m ready for whatever he (Nate) has to bring”...
Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson was 57-0 prior to making the jump to professional MMA. Now, with a 12-1 professional MMA record which includes a 1st round TKO win over former champion Johny Hendricks, Thompson is preparing for his #1 contender scrap with Rory MacDonald. Ahead of the fight, Thompson spoke to the BrisbaneTimes to recall the...
Former UFC fighter Rousimar Palhares grappled in the main event of Polaris 3 event in Poole, England over the weekend in the main event against Garry Tonon. The two fought an exciting match to a draw, but Palhares has been getting a lot of attention from an interview he did with Sportsmail about a fight...
According to mixed martial arts veteran Renzo Gracie the return of former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is imminent. The Brazilian jiu jitsu specialist recently sat down with Ariel Helwani on the latest edition The MMA Hour, where he stated that “GSP” is 100% healthy and will return to the octagon ‘for sure’. His...
“Not being a cock, but look at Conor. All the shit you talked, take a nap, man. It’s not like your arm was about to break. I understand you want your career and if it was a kneebar, you’ll be out for six months, but dude, if worst comes to worst, you’ll think you’re in...
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm is set to defend her belt for the first time this Saturday against top contender Miesha Tate. In preparation for the title fight, Holm has been working with long-time coach Mike Winklejohn of the JacksonWink MMA Academy. Coach Wink was a guest on the MMA Hour this week and...
Michael “The Count” Bisping is back on track after two straight wins in the 185 division. CB Dollaway and Thales Leites suffered defeat by the hands of Bisping via decision in both occasions. “The Count” (27-7 MMA) had two losses in 2014 against Tim Kennedy and Luke Rockhold. Bisping interviewed with submissionradio: “I always...
During the UFC Fight Pass Embedded: Vlog Series – Episode 1, UFC lightweight Sage Northcutt takes everyone into his trophy room. The rising star shows some of his past accomplishments that he and his sister achieved growing up. Northcutt says that he started drinking protein shakes when he was about 4 or 5-years-old when he...
Today is a big day in the news for Reebok’s MMA campaign. Some say that there is no such thing as bad publicity. If so, Reebok is doing a hell of a good job, messing up. Earlier today, we released news of Reebok’s glitch in their design for a t-shirt featuring Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida....
Joe Rogan understands fighting. He received his black belt in Taekwondo at 15. At 20, he started judo and received his blue belt after one year of training. Rogan started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Carlson Gracie roughly twenty years ago. He also has a black belt from Eddie Bravo’s 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu gym. Rogan...
project1of6: John Kavanagh from Form Dublin on Vimeo. Check out this profile by Form Dublin of John Kavanagh, head coach of UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor at the Straight Blast Gym in Ireland. Kavanagh, Irelands first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, and first MMA fighter in the cage talks about his childhood and how...
Training hard!!! Thanks all the trainers at @sitsongpeenongphuket for teaching me all these good techniques , thanks mama for the video @instabutterrr !!! #Nu #sittongpeenong #MuayThai #muaythaigirls #thailand2015 #yokkao @yodvisanu_nu A video posted by GracieCarvalho (@graciecarvalhoofficial) on Aug 14, 2015 at 10:18am PDT Love me some Elbows 🔪🔪🔪 , if you guys ever want to...
47-year-old Richard Harris is planning for the longest martial arts training session of his life. The Bruno Tostes Jiu Jitsu brown belt is planning to do a 24-hour training session from 8 a.m. Nov. 21 to 8 a.m. Nov 22 at Renzo Gracie Latham in New York to raise awareness and fundraise to choke out...
UFC newcomer Sage Northcutt is currently the talk of the MMA town. The lightweight fighter is currently 6-0 in professional MMA and is coming off of his UFC debut, where he took out Francisco Trevino in only 57 seconds. After that fight Northcutt traveled to Canada and is currently working with Tristar, the gym where...
World Series of Fighting and Bellator both ran major events this weekend and two Renzo Gracie fighters brought some gold back to the gym with them! Liam Mcgeary stepped into the Bellator cage on Saturday evening to defend his light heavyweight championship against the legendary Tito Ortiz. Ortiz was looking to secure gold for the...
Joel Tudor and Kelly Slater have two big things in common, they’re known for surfing and for BJJ. The difference is that Tudor is a BJJ black belt, while Slater, who hasn’t put as much time into the sport is a blue belt. Well, according to Tudor, he’s actually not a blue belt and shouldn’t...
Will we ever see Joe Lauzon face off with Nate Diaz in the octagon? If Lauzon had his way, than no. The fifth season of TUF featured both men but they have managed to not meet up in the cage. Lauzon is happy about that and hopes it doesn’t change. At a recent Q&A, a...
Professional fighting is a sport not made for everyone. Sure, fighters get fame, money, girls, and glory, but they also get hit in the face, a lot! During last night’s Stud Show Radio broadcast, UFC Veteran and Team Alpha Male coach/cornerman Justin Buchholz told a story about the Gracie family’s MMA test. “I was talking...
The mixed martial artist known as “Da Gun” will step into the cage this weekend for his fifth professional fight at Global Proving Ground (GPG) 21, streaming live on GFL.tv. At only 23 years old, he is already a veteran of both Bellator and World Series of Fighting. Despite his relative youth, though, Outlaw is...
Late in May, it was confirmed that two division champion BJ Penn would be inducted into the “Modern Era” wing of the UFC Hall of Fame. His professional fighting career lasted over thirteen years and he defeated the likes of Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez and Sean Sherk during his dominant UFC Lightweight Championship run. When...
Roberto Cyborg Abreu has a unique take on the fake black belt video that surfaced, showing a man being called out for lying, saying that he’s a BJJ black belt. The black belt (Ruben Alvarez) that shamed the poser and kicked him out of the gym is one Cyborg’s past students. Cyborg took to his...
“He’s very good on the ground, and he’s even better when it’s grappling for MMA. That’s a lot of difference. You know, grappling or Jiu Jitsu is not the same as the wrestling and grappling in MMA, and he’s really good there. He’s got good submissions, he’s very fast and he can move in most...
“Yoel said that he doesn’t have a problem if he has to stand up and strike with Machida. He says that his team has been training everything. They’ve been training Jiu Jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai, and standing up, boxing, and striking. He says if he’s in the clinch with Machida then he’ll use his Muay...
