MMA News

bjpenndotcom - October 27, 2016

While reports have continued to emerge over the past several weeks that former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre would be returning to the Octagon at UFC 206 in Toronto, with St-Pierre himself promising fans news regarding his return in ‘a few weeks maximum’. Unfortunately however, while St-Pierre was hoping to deliver on his promise of news of his return, shortly after ‘Rush’ gave the interview he then revealed in a separate interview that he had terminated his contract with the UFC, and was now a free agent. Despite that, St-Pierre remained in Las Vegas, with many speculating that St-Pierre remained in Vegas to negotiate with the UFC brass.

bjpenndotcom - October 27, 2016

Ahead of UFC 205 on November 12th, UFC President Dana White revealed that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will be making a “personal” announcement “out of left field”. Of course, fans immediately began speculating as to what the announcement could be, given that the fight is arguably the biggest in UFC history. Reports began to emerge that McGregor was going to take around a year off to mend relationships with family members that had been strained by his busy work schedule. While there had been no word from McGregor himself, reports then began to emerge from people in McGregor’s camp stating that he would be taking a year off from fighting to help his girlfriend, Dee Devlin with the upcoming birth of their first child.

Russell Ess - October 27, 2016

Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin is set to fight once again. The knockout specialist last fought over five years ago in the Octagon in a losing effort against Junior dos Santos at UFC 131. Carwin announced his retirement from mixed martial arts shortly after his loss to dos Santos with injuries hindering him from competing at his best.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

UFC 205 is stacked from top-to-bottom for the promotion’s first-ever event in New York City. The UFC just released the extended promo for the epic card, which will feature three title fights and a six-fight main card featuring some of the UFC’s biggest names.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum raised a lot of eyebrows after posting a photo of him donning Nike attire as a protest of Reebok’s stranglehold on the UFC’s sponsorship deals. He captioned the Nike picture with rather crass hashtags, writing “I’m not generic, I’m Nike since childhood,” while using hashtags in Spanish that in English, translate to “suck my balls Reebok.”

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will look to make history at UFC 205 next month when he takes on lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez for the UFC’s first-ever event in New York. “The Notorious”, while primarily a striker, has been brushing up on his wrestling ahead of his showdown with Alvarez, who has a formidable wrestling game and will certainly look to put the brash Irishman on his back during their 155 pound title fight.

Russell Ess - October 26, 2016

UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez is ready to shoot his stock up through the roof as he is set to defend his title for the first time in a historic UFC championship fight. Alvarez will defend his lightweight title against the UFC featherweight champion, Conor McGregor. With “The Notorious” still retaining his status as the champion of 145, if he gets his hand raised over Alvarez on November 12 at UFC 205 in New York’s Madison Square Garden, he will become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two divison’s titles simultaneously. However, doing so will be no simple task against Eddie Alvarez.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

MMA veteran Nick Diaz is no stranger to big fights inside the cage. In just his second pro fight, Diaz won the IFC United States welterweight championship by defeating Chris Lytle. Over the course of the neck 15 years, Diaz went on to win the WEC championship, as well as the Strikeforce welterweight championship. With that being said, the UFC championship belt has proved elusive for Diaz. In 2012, Diaz was given an interim welterweight title shot against Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 143. Ultimately, Diaz lost the fight via controversial decision, with Carlos Condit being awarded the win, as well as the welterweight championship. In his next Octagon outing nearly a year later, Diaz faced welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre for the undisputed welterweight championship, losing the fight via unanimous decision.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

Matt Brown made headlines this week after revealing his thoughts on Ronda Rousey’s long layoff following her knockout loss to Holly Holm back at UFC 193 last year. Rousey will make her octagon return at UFC 207 in December, where she will look to reclaim the belt she lost as she takes on current woman’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.

Tom Taylor - October 26, 2016

Good news for fans of Fedor Emelianenko! According to a report from Russian journalist Alexey Safonov, the heavyweight legend has returned to training in preparation for an upcoming bout – though the date, location and opponent for that bout do not appear to be clear. Contracts have also not yet been signed. Fedor has started training for the fight. Contract is not signed but there is negotiations. Soon it will be announced. #mma #Emelianenko

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

Over the course of the past several weeks, reports have continued to surface regarding the potential return of former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre. Although St-Pierre had fans excited several weeks ago when he revealed in an interview that news regarding his return would be announced in a few weeks, St-Pierre then revealed in an interview that he had terminated his contract with the UFC, and was now a free agent.

Russell Ess - October 26, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has the biggest fight of his life ahead of him. “The Notorious” will have his chance to realize his dreams of becoming the first two-weight UFC world champion that holds two division’s titles simultaneously. The task at hand is no walk in the park as the Irish superstar will face Eddie Alvarez for his lightweight strap in the main event of a stacked UFC 205 card.

Tom Taylor - October 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/X5De-fIlwvg On November 12, in the co-main event of UFC 205, Tyron Woodley will attempt to make the first defense of his UFC welterweight title. He’ll make this attempt opposite talented karate specialist Stephen Thompson, who will enter the cage with seven-straight wins in his wake.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

Another edition of BJPENN.COM Radio returns at 8PM ET/5PM PT with more great guests and some familiar voices! 8:15PM ET- Dan “The Beast” Severn is set to drop by the show again and run back our previous interview. Dan was attending the wedding of his son while on air with us last week and felt he wasn’t himself. While we thought Dan was great, we could never pass up an opportunity to speak with the always entertaining and insightful UFC Hall of Famer.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is widely believed to be one of the best, if not the best, women’s MMA fighters of all time. With an 11 year professional MMA career, Cyborg has lost just once, her first professional fight, and has gone on to rattle off 17 straight wins over the course of the past 11 years. Despite that, it wasn’t until mid-2016 that the Invicta champ made her UFC debut. When she stepped into the Octagon at UFC 198 back in May, it took Cyborg just over a minute to TKO Leslie Smith, cementing her place as one of the best WMMA fighters on the planet. While she called for the UFC to form a women’s featherweight division, UFC President Dana White remained adamant that there aren’t enough female fighters competing at 145 pounds to warrant the UFC making a division. With that being said, Cyborg stepped into the Octagon once again at ‘UFC Fight Night: Brasilia’ where she squared off against Swedish striking phenom Lina Lansberg. Despite a brutal weight-cut that saw the Invicta champ cut nearly 10 pounds in 24 hours, Cyborg won the fight via 2nd round TKO.

Russell Ess - October 26, 2016

Matt “The Immortal” Brown has had the bitter taste of defeat before but has always bounced back from adversity. Coming off a devastating loss to Jake Ellenberger at UFC 201 in July, Brown has taken some time off to recover and ensure that he minimizes any risks of brain injury but will be back in the Octagon at UFC 207 on December 30 to face Tarec Saffiedine. The main event of UFC 207 will feature the return of former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who has been out of competition ever since losing the belt to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November 2015. Rousey will be getting a chance to get the title back as she takes on the champion Amanda Nunes in a five-round title fight.

Tom Taylor - October 26, 2016

The UFC has long flirted with the idea of promoting an event inside a massive European football stadium. Perhaps the most notable discussions to this end occured when Conor McGregor announced his desire to headline a card inside Dublin’s Croke Park. As it turns out, however, McGregor may instead find himself headlining a show inside Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain – home to Real Madrid.

bjpenndotcom - October 26, 2016

At UFC 205 on November 12th, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez will step into the Octagon in what will be just the second champion vs. champion fight in the history of the UFC. In addition to headlining a historic card, the fight will give McGregor the opportunity to make UFC history as the first man to hold two UFC championship belts simultaneously. With that being said, UFC President Dana White has remained adamant that McGregor will indeed be forced to vacate one of the championships if he emerges from the historic scrap victorious. While McGregor was initially very reluctant to give up one of the belts, stating that the UFC brass would need an army to take one of them from him, he has since softened his stance, stating that before there are talks of him vacating a belt, he wants the world to see the historic photos of him victorious at UFC 205 with two title belts.