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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

Leading up to UFC 196 on Saturday, Jon Anik revealed that he believes Conor McGregor will defeat Nate Diaz in the main event. Despite being a fan of Diaz, Anik was so confident that McGregor would win that he stated he would get a ‘209’ tattoo on his forearm if Diaz won.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

For this throwback Thursday, take a look back at the infamous Pride 31 brawl.

Russell Ess - March 3, 2016

The much talked about fight between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 took place nearly two weeks ago on Feb. 19 at Bellator 149 and Dada 5000 has just been released from the hospital being admitted immediately after the fight. The lackluster fight ended with both opponents heavily gassed out with Kimbo ending the fight by TKO in the third round.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

With the UFC 196 press conference featuring Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate happening on Thursday afternoon, the UFC has released the extended preview of UFC 196.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

While Holly Holm may have shocked the world at UFC 193 as she KOd Ronda Rousey to win the UFC women’s bantamweight championship, she believes her upcoming title defense against Miesha Tate at UFC 196 on Saturday is just as, if not more, important. Holm spoke at the UFC 196 open workouts yesterday to explain the high-pressure bout on Saturday.

Russell Ess - March 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/y4uTU07Cfhg Check out this Throwback Thursday clip of Eric “Butterbean” Esch take on James Thompson is an MMA match in Cage Rage back in 2007.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

While CM Punk is currently signed to the UFC, he has yet to sign a contact and receive an official fight date. After Mickey Gall defeated Mike Jackson last month, the pair were expected to fight at UFC 200, however Punk was forced to undergo back surgery, further delaying his UFC debut once again. Despite all of that, Punk will make his UFC debut once he is healed.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

While Chael Sonnen may have formally retired from MMA back in 2014 prior to being suspended for 2 years by the NSAC, talks of a ‘Chael Sonnen return’ have always been a subject of interest to the MMA community. While many believed that Sonnen would return when his suspension was up on July 23rd of 2016, he has stated that he is retired, and will not return.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

Top ranked welterweights Matt Brown and Tyron Woodley got into quite the heated Twitter feud recently after Brown stated that McGregor deserves a welterweight title shot more than Woodley does. That did’t sit too well with Woodley, who fired back, igniting a Twitter feud between the pair.

Russell Ess - March 3, 2016

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Russell Ess - March 3, 2016

It looks like UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s choice to give Nate Diaz their fight at welterweight may have been a planned tactic for a fight with UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. “I mean, why not? That’s probably the leading option,” McGregor said during the open workouts on Wednesday (transcribed by MMA Fighting).

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

It’s no secret that Conor McGregor had a brutal weight cut when he was dropping down to fight at featherweight. Ahead of McGregor’s fight with Nate Diaz on Saturday at UFC 196, which will go down at welterweight, a member of The UnderGround compared the size of McGregor prior to UFC 194 with the size of McGregor before UFC 196 on Saturday.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

Daniel Cormier @dc_mma so funny talking about @JonnyBones "Carl Winslow" Instagram post on @FOXSportsLive last night https://t.co/WLSTxjyChq — Jay Onrait (@JayOnrait) March 3, 2016

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

Back in January at ‘UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz’ Matt Mitrione suffered one of the most gruesome eye injuries in the history of MMA at the hands of Travis Browne. Mitrione was poked in the same eye twice by Browne, which subsequently lead to him being unable to see out of that eye. Due to this, Mitrione couldn’t see a punch coming and had his orbital broken.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/-OydHhMVa5s Jose Aldo may have lost his UFC featherweight championship to Conor McGregor at UFC 193 in just 13 seconds, however the former champ is certainly enjoying himself.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

@MonsterEnergy for the Monster of Energy! #AllDayWork A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Mar 3, 2016 at 12:23am PST

Russell Ess - March 3, 2016

Catch up with the fighters being featured on the UFC 196 card and get a glimpse of their lives outside of the Octagon.

Russell Ess - March 3, 2016

Immediately after the open workouts for UFC 196, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took to the media to answer questions and didn’t disappoint. “The Notorious” had some whip in his comments, much the opposite of one of Nate Diaz’s recent interviews where he surprisingly gives McGregor praise.