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Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A women’s bantamweight bout between Marion Reneau (6-3 MMA) and Ashlee Evans-Smith (4-1 MMA) capped off the ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ Fight Pass Prelims in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Reneau throws a front kick that lands to start. Evans-Smith with a good jab and then a kick to the body. Another good combo scores for Ashlee. Reneau pushes forward with punches and lands a huge right! Evans-Smith is hurt and Marion is throwing punches in bunches. Evans-Smith is able to survive the onslaught and lands a good shot when the fighters break. Reneau with a good leg kick. Ashlee throws a kick of her own and Reneau catches it and takes Evans-Smith down to the mat. Reneau locks up a tight guillotine choke but Evans-Smith is saved by the bell.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A women’s bantamweight fight between Lauren Murphy (9-2 MMA) and Kelly Faszholz (3-1 MMA) served as the second bout of the ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ card in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Murphy presses forward and lands a leg kick. Kelly responds with a good combo. Murphy clinches up and begins working some knees. Fasholz answers with a solid knee of her own. Good left hands from the clinch scores for Kelly. The fighters break and Kelly lands an excellent Superman punch. Murphy responds with a good right hand, but Kelly drops her with a massive right hand of her own. Lauren bounces up to her feet and Kelly lands a kick to the body followed by a right hand to the head of Murphy. Lauren responds with some good shots. Huge overhand right scores for Murphy. She’s turning the tide. Kelly is bloodied up. Murphy is landing some good knees from the clinch. Good elbow lands for Murphy before the bell sounds to end round one.

Chris Taylor - February 21, 2016

A heavyweight bout between Anthony Hamilton (14-5 MMA) and Shamil Abdurakhimov (16-3 MMA) kicked off tonight’s ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ card in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Abdurakhimov lands a solid uppercut. Shamil with a combo that appears to hurt Hamilton. The fighters engage in the clinch and Anthony seems to have recovered. Good counter right hand lands for Hamilton. Abdurakhimov lands a left hand and then another solid uppercut. More good shots score for Shamil. Hamilton answers with a knee to the body. Shamil with a leg kick. Hamilton replies with a right hook. The fighters clinch and Anthony starts working some knees to the body. Abdurakhimov replies with some good knees of his own before the horn sounds to end round one.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

https://youtu.be/VyllQuQuHZE The extensive training that our fighting men and women of the United States Marine Corps go through is one of the many aspects that they embrace as part of the job.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

#13 middleweight in the world Derek Brunson (14-3 MMA) is set to face #15 Roan Carneiro (20-9 MMA) tonight in the co-main event at Fight Night Pittsburgh.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

We all handle loss differently and Ronda Rousey never envisioned losing her bantamweight title. So when she lost at UFC 193 the former champs world came crashing down. Since then the former champ has appeared on a number of interviews regarding her defeat and has even hosted SNL to ‘break the ice’ after the loss.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

RT b/c IT's FIGHT DAY! #UFCPittsburgh goes down TONIGHT LIVE & FREE on @FS1! First bout at 5:30pmET on @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/TNdVafMDGp — UFC (@ufc) February 21, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

MMA ‘Referee of The Year’ “Big John” McCarthy has been there through some of the most historical fights in MMA history. So when “Big John” claims that a majority of time you can tell who will win before the fight, sports bettors around the world just might of found their new best friend.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

Sqor.embed("sqor-embeddable-8242fd3e-04a9-4889-9c26-85293b85fbe5"); Nick Diaz might of given the person working behind the register a little scare, but rest assure…..this man is a professional.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

In the video above, Royce Gracie speaks with Luke Thomas with mmafighting.com about his views on the usage of martial arts, point systems and real situations that may arise to utilize your craft.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

Connor McGregor My Fav Natural UFC Fighter! https://t.co/2GQKyKas5h — Nick Diaz (@nickdiaz209) February 21, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

It was on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s list of things to do after Fight Night Pittsburgh. Cerrone had plans to upgrade his bike, but the guys at Harley Davidson beat him to the punch.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/701096419143188480 UFC Fight Night Rotterdam’s main-event of the night will feature Jackson-Wink MMA products, ‘teammate vs teammate’ match-up on May 8th in a few months.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

Since Fedor Emelianenko made his triumphant return to MMA on New Years Eve many fighters across various promotions have been hoping for a crack at ‘The Last Emperor’. While Rizin Fighting Federation would ideally like to see either Brock Lesnar or Wanderlei Silva fight Emelianenko, King Mo also wants a crack at Emelianenko.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

We are now less than a month away from the official release date of EA Sports UFC 2.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

In a sport where distance management is crucial when delivering devastating kicks, Conor McGregor goes through some of his highlight training sessions in preparation for champion Rafael dos Anjos.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

UFC 196 featuring featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in the main-event just two weeks away from fight night. McGregor with a win will be the first simultaneous 2 division champion in the UFC.