MMA News

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

https://youtu.be/0qkfV4j47xI Former champ Jose Aldo looks to be having some fun on his new hoverboard in this video. “Scarface” looks to be put on hold for the time being with Conor McGregor making moves in multiple divisions.

bjpenndotcom - February 17, 2016

Legal issues aside, former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is clear to fight in the Bellator organization after a lengthy legal dispute ends with both parties in agreement. Bellator released a statement about Jackson’s return:

Russell Ess - February 17, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey shocked her fans on Tuesday after her interview on the Ellen show aired. Rousey revealed that she was so devastated after getting knocked out by Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November, she had contemplated suicide.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

Ronda Rousey has filed for five trademarks to FTA. Stands for "F@#! Them All." — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 16, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

There was much talk of whether or not Antonio ‘Lil Nog’ Nogueira would retire after his UFC 191 loss to Shogun Rua. The loss made it 2 straight for Nogueira, who hadn’t won inside the Octagon since his UFC 156 win over Rashad Evans back in February of 2013.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

Conor McGregor is without a doubt one of the most polarizing figures in MMA. The brash Irishman’s comments often come across as nothing short of shocking when it comes to pre-fight banter with his opponents. For example, at the UFC 196 press conference, McGregor continually threw insults at his opponent, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos.

Chris Taylor - February 16, 2016

In this week’s segment of “Tough Guy Tuesday” we feature current National Hockey League forward Evander Kane. The 24-year-old currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL’s Eastern Conference.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

Earlier today news surfaced that Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson would be returning to Bellator after an “amicable agreement” was reached between the two parties. The news was revealed through a press release, which was sent to BJPenn.com.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/W7q7ZI6N6v0[/vdieo] Just a little two weeks until the main-event at UFC 196 and it can’t come any faster. Rafael dos Anjos saddled up the “Cowboy” in 66 seconds in Donald Cerrone’s last outing but “Cowboy” looks to turn that all around this weekend.

Russell Ess - February 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/WaRptRr8DkY?t=12m46s Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey once again made history by gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. It was a first for Sports Illustrated to issue three different covers for the new Swimsuit edition. The three covers include Rousey, Hailey Clausen, and Ashley Graham, who is the first plus-size model to grace the cover of the prestigious magazine, Which Williams lauds over.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

Wanderlei Silva is pushing any way he can for a fight with Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko that he’s took it to photo-shop on his twitter feed. The fans have a say in this possible clash of champions.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

[ooyala code=”h3cGR5MDE6-o5qykrQtEraa5q3i6yz-r” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Recently it was revealed that TUF 20 finalist Rose Namajunas had made the move to Jackson-Wink MMA to train under Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

Fiiiiiiiiight weeeeeeeeek!!!!! Cowboy vs Cowboy this SUNDAY LIVE and FREE on @FS1!!! pic.twitter.com/eUBlCKxWKR — danawhite (@danawhite) February 16, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

The featherweight champ Conor McGregor is weeks away from the biggest fight of his career. UFC 196 has historic implications with McGregor challenging the champ, Rafael dos Anjos for his lightweight strap. McGregor’s looks to be the first 2 division champ holding titles simultaneously in multiple divisions.

Russell Ess - February 16, 2016

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has had a long time rivalry with Urijah Faber and he has been getting an absolute kick out of all the drama surrounding Faber’s camp at Team Alpha Male. A fall out between Faber and striking coach Duane Ludwig caused a rift between fighters with the former bantamweight champion Dillashaw leaving Team Alpha Male to join Ludwig at the Elevation Fight Team. Cruz spoke with MMA Junkie on how he sees things looking from the outside at Team Alpha Male.

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

Famed prizefighter Manny Pacquiao found himself under fire recently after comments he made some controversial statements regarding homosexuality. ‘Pac Man’ stated that animals “are even better (than humans), because they know how to distinguish from male to male or female to female.”

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

UFC Battle Lines: @SpiderAnderson vs @bisping series premiere available now! Check it out https://t.co/l8jX1pnpgv pic.twitter.com/otIm6NHTxV — UFC (@ufc) February 16, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 16, 2016

On March 5th Conor McGregor will go up to lightweight for his first lightweight fight in the UFC as he faces Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship at UFC 196.