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bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/ESxxWkv089Y On Sunday Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira will step into the Octagon in Pittsburgh to square off for a highly anticipated lightweight scrap. Oliveira took the fight on short notice after Tim Means was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a potential USADA violation.

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort may be adding another accolade to his substantial resume. The 38-year-old former UFC light heavyweight champion and UFC heavyweight tournament champion has been a pioneer to the sport of mixed martial arts. With his first UFC fight taking place all the way back on Feb. 7, 1997, Belfort has been a very relevant fighter and remains so to this day. “The Phenom” surprised many with a recent announcement on his Facebook page that many die-hard fans may not have even known regarding his scholarly background. Befort proudly announced that he has been accepted into the very prestigious school, Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

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Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has a simple mentality with fighting in the UFC. “Cowboy” simply wants to fight. The UFC veteran who has his twentieth UFC fight on Feb. 21 at Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center at UFC Fight Night 83 will also set a new mark with 30 fights combined with the UFC and WEC promotions. “I just want to fight,” Cerrone told ESPN. “I’ve tried to go up and take fights at 170 pounds before and [the UFC] always told me no. Now, they’re telling me yes, so I’m like, ‘Hell yeah.’

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

It’s no secret that UFC veteran Nick Diaz has used marijuana throughout the course of his fight career. Diaz has failed 2 drug tests throughout his fight career for marijuana, and has been an advocate for marijuana usage. Diaz was handed a 5 year suspension from the NSAC after he failed a drug test following his UFC 183 main event scrap with Anderson Silva. Diaz and the NSAC went into settlement talks after the 5 year suspension caused an uproar, and the suspension was ultimately reduced to 18 months retroactively. Given this, Diaz will once again be eligible to fight on August 1st.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey have a long standing rivalry. While most rivalries in combat sports don’t extend outside of the Octagon, Rousey and Tate’s has continued outside of the Octagon. Recently, following Rousey’s UFC 193 KO loss to Holly Holm, she revealed that she had suicidal thoughts.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/szTSnHyvRCE UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler has been involved in several 5-round wars inside the Octagon. Due to Lawler’s aggressive ‘in your face’ style of fighting he has become a fan favorite fighter.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

Last month, former UFC champion BJ Penn announced that he was officially ending his retirement and going after the 145 pound belt. Penn teamed up with Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn at Jackson-Wink MMA for his highly anticipated return. While he was initially supposed to return on March 5th, the UFC pushed the bout back to April. However, no opponent has been named for ‘The Prodigy’ in his return bout.

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has not had any good things to say about Conor McGregor since losing to him at UFC 194 back in December. While McGregor took just 13-seconds to bring Aldo’s dreams and records to a screeching halt, the Brazilian still does not have any respect for “The Notorious” and told media in Rio de Janeiro that he doesn’t see his glory lasting much longer. “I think it’s tough,” Aldo said when asked if he thinks McGregor can beat dos Anjos and go after the welterweight title next (transcribed by MMA Fighting). “And I’ll say this: I don’t think he will have any belt by the end of the year. And everyone will forget him. He has this dream, this goal, but you can be sure that he won’t have any (belt) by the end of the year.”

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

The UFC announced another exciting bout for the UFC 197 card taking place on April 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis will meet Edson Barboza that has “Fight of the Night” written all over it.

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

Check out this new interview with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor talking about his training and upcoming fights in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

Watch the Bellator 149 press conference as things heat up when Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 turn the heat up a little.

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

https://youtu.be/217s2RNKcl8 You’ve seen her in the black and white swimsuit, now check her out in this new footage of “Rowdy” in her Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot.

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

https://youtu.be/aEk7ikRj4Xs?t=3m39s Earlier this week on the Ellen Degeneres show former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey revealed that in the moments following her UFC 193 KO loss to Holly Holm, she briefly contemplated suicide.

Chris Taylor - February 17, 2016

In this week’s segment of “Wednesday Warriors” we feature a scrap between former National Hockey League goaltenders Felix Potvin and Ron Hextall.

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

Team rides to jits 👊🏻 #myfamily A video posted by Paige VanZant (@paigevanzantufc) on Feb 16, 2016 at 4:39pm PST

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

2015 was a huge year for fight fans around the world watching Bellator as a few former champions Josh “The Punk” Thompson (Strikeforce lightweight), Benson Henderson (UFC lightweight) and recently Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (UFC LHW) is back on the Bellator roster.