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Russell Ess - August 25, 2016

Former UFC welterweight king Georges St-Pierre made it known that he was making his way through the process to fight in the UFC again. Upon hearing the news, our namesake BJ Penn politely asked his former rival on twitter for another fight, this time at 155 pounds to which St-Pierre didn’t respond.

Russell Ess - August 25, 2016

https://youtu.be/LG3VbPYbZWY Joe Rogan is simply an entertaining character.

bjpenndotcom - August 25, 2016

pic.twitter.com/4SB25QHpLV — Jessica Hudnall (@LegKickTKO) August 24, 2016

Russell Ess - August 25, 2016

pic.twitter.com/LH0Nl5U2nr — Jessica Hudnall (@LegKickTKO) August 25, 2016

Russell Ess - August 25, 2016

Former UFC title contender Chael Sonnen is coping with the heartbreaking loss of his newborn daughter. Last week Sonnen gave details on his “You’re Welcome” podcast regarding the terrible situation his daughter Blauna was in after being born prematurely. Unfortunately, Blauna passed away last week and Sonnen addressed the death of his daughter and thanked everyone who supported him in the situation on his podcast released on Wednesday.

bjpenndotcom - August 25, 2016

Several months ago, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor shocked the world as he announced his retirement from MMA. McGregor was subsequently pulled from UFC 200, for ultimately refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event. After a brief period of silence, McGregor announced that he wasn’t retiring from MMA.

bjpenndotcom - August 25, 2016

This past Saturday, UFC superstar Nate Diaz and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor squared off in the main event of UFC 202 in a highly anticipated welterweight rematch.

bjpenndotcom - August 25, 2016

It has now been nearly a week since Conor McGregor’s UFC 202 majority decision win over Nate Diaz.

Russell Ess - August 25, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is known for his brash and tough attitude. “The Notorious” hasn’t always been a superstar MMA fighter. Here’s a blast from the past as Conor’s sister Erin posted a photo of the McGregor clan from way back in the day and had the following caption:

Russell Ess - August 24, 2016

Bravo! Someone added the Vince McMahon 'No Chance In Hell' theme song to Conor McGregor's swagger walk from UFC 202. pic.twitter.com/tt9Y1WPWdV — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) August 22, 2016

bjpenndotcom - August 24, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/andre.dida/videos/1753413684897269/ Ahead of Francisco Trinaldo’s UFC Fight Night: Brazil scrap against Paul Felder next month, the UFC vet is preparing in quite the interesting way.

bjpenndotcom - August 24, 2016

In the main event of UFC 202, Conor McGregor picked up a majority decision win over Nate Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - August 24, 2016

With Conor McGregor’s UFC 202 win over Nate Diaz, the featherweight champ has a few options. While UFC President Dana White has stated that McGregor will return to featherweight for a title unification fight with Jose Aldo, McGregor has remained noncommittal on his return to 145.

bjpenndotcom - August 24, 2016

With just two days to go until UFC 200, Daniel Cormier found himself without an opponent when former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was pulled from the card for a failed out-of-competition drug test back in June. Fortunately for Cormier, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva stepped in on short notice to replace Jon Jones at UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - August 24, 2016

News surfaced Wednesday afternoon that Nick Diaz was jumped early Wednesday morning in Las Vegas at the Hyde nightclub in the Bellagio hotel. The initial report stated that, Diaz was on his way to the bathroom, when he accidentally bumped a man. When Diaz apologized, the man’s three friends jumped in and started a massive brawl on the casino floor of the Bellagio, with employees being caught in the middle.

bjpenndotcom - August 24, 2016

Nick Diaz remained in Las Vegas this week after his brother’s UFC 202 majority decision loss to Conor McGregor on Saturday. According to TMZ, Wednesday morning Nick Diaz was at the Hyde nightclub at the Bellagio hotel, when he bumped into a man on the way to the bathroom. Diaz apparently apologized, and told the man he didn’t want any trouble, when the man’s 3 friends jumped in and jumped the oldest Diaz brother.

Russell Ess - August 24, 2016

Big John answered a bunch of questions from fans with his #AskBJM hashtag and revealed some interesting things from his point of view. McCarthy stated that he felt that the majority decision in favor of McGregor was the right call saying, “The fight was scored correctly with Conor winning 1,2&4. 2nd was close, but Conor had a knockdown #AskBJM”

Russell Ess - August 24, 2016

Georges St-Pierre recently stated that he has enrolled in USADA’s drug testing program so that he can be eligible to fight in the UFC once again. While no official word has been released from the UFC on GSP’s return, Big Brand Boys reports that sources are telling them that the UFC and St-Pierre have come to an agreement for “the comeback of the year.” The report also states, “it seems the date of return has finally been set,” which is on December 10 at UFC 206 in Toronto.