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Russell Ess - February 12, 2016

Michael Bisping is not letting anyone forget that Anderson Silva tested positive for banned substances. The former UFC middleweight champion is returning to his first fight since being suspended by the NAC after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Although Silva’s NAC hearing seemed less than professional at times, they ultimately served Silva a one-year suspension. Silva, to this day, proclaims his innocence and claims that the positive results for the PEDs were a result of taking a male sexual enhancement product.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

[ooyala code=”VteTF2MDE6qtkuJAsnVlph29lVF16YXJ” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1600″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] While Georges St. Pierre revealed that the UFC has tried to bring him out of retirement recently, the former champ also revealed that if he returns to the Octagon, it will be when he wants.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/UnvRr2ZXyCM We’re now less than a month away from Conor McGregor’s UFC 196 lightweight title fight against lightweight kingpin Rafael dos Anjos.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

Conor McGregor is currently gearing up for his UFC 196 lightweight title fight with lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos on March 5th. Leading up to the fight, McGregor has been his typical self during media appearances, talking trash towards his opponent and questioning his allegiance to his home country of Brazil.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

One of the coolest moments of Randleman's career He was dropping jaws across the world before MMA blew up…pic.twitter.com/oRQKMnAKay

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

Leading up to TJ Dillashaw’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ scrap against Dominick Cruz earlier this year Cruz verbally assaulted the champ repeatedly. Dillasahw didn’t seem to have much of a response, saying that he preferred to do his talking in the fight. Ultimately, Cruz was awarded the split-decision win and awarded the title he never actually lost.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

Last month former UFC lightweight kingpin BJ Penn announced that he was coming out of retirement to pursue the UFC featherweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - February 12, 2016

Matt Brown has certainly earned ‘The Immortal’ as his nickname. The top ranked UFC welterweight is one of the toughest fighters on the UFC roster, and has the unparalleled ability to take tremendous punishment and continue to move forward.

Russell Ess - February 12, 2016

One of the most historic fights in UFC history in less than a month away. On March 5, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will have a chance to make history and become the first fighter to simultaneously hold two division’s titles. However, his opponent is no easy task. UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is ever confident in his skillset and his abilities to beat McGregor.

Russell Ess - February 12, 2016

The recent news of former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman passing away due to heart failure struck the MMA community out of nowhere. The 44-year-old MMA pioneer reportedly died of heart failure. According to Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter, Randleman went to the hospital with pneumonia, but ultimately passed away due to heart failure.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

https://youtu.be/fIyZtphbrjw Yesterday Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping headed to California for the ‘UFC Fight Night: London’ early open workouts ahead of their main event scrap on February 27th.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

This has to be one of the funniest videos we’ve seen in quite some time.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

https://youtu.be/JK2-ntiAy84 We’ve seen some pretty gruesome leg breaks in MMA over the years.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

Tragic news struck the MMA community last night as it was revealed that MMA veteran and former UFC champion Kevin Randleman had passed away at age 44 after an alleged heart attack. Randleman compiled a 17-16 record over the course of his 15 year professional MMA career. Over the course of his career Randleman fought legends such as Mirko Cro Cop, Fedor Emelianenko, Shogun Rua, Chuck Liddell, and Randy Couture to name just a few.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

Thursday afternoon in California Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping participated in the ‘UFC Fight Night: London’ early open workouts ahead of their February 27th main event scrap.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

On February 27th former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva will return to the Octagon after a year-long layoff following his fight with Nick Diaz that was ultimately ruled a no-contest. Silva will fight Michael Bisping in a highly anticipated middleweight showdown between two veterans of the sport at UFC London. A win over Bisping could see Silva’s name thrown into the middleweight title mix once again. However with that being said, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman ave their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 199. In addition, the UFC has booked Vitor Belfort vs. Jacare Souza in what many expect to be a #1 contender matchup in the wake of Yoel Romero’s failed drug test.

Russell Ess - February 11, 2016

UFC Hall of Fame legend BJ Penn recently announced his decision to come out of retirement with a goal of becoming the only fighter in UFC history to win three weight division’s titles. Penn, who already has two titles in separate weight classes along with fellow UFC Hall of Fame legend Randy Couture has been in Albuquerque, New Mexico training at the JacksonWink MMA Academy. Coach Greg Jackson spoke on the Three Amigos podcast that was released on Thursday and gave an update on working with “The Prodigy” and his potential in the featherweight division.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

Conor McGregor Explains His Mystic Abilities To… by CombatNation For this throwback Thursday take a look back at Conor McGregor explaining his mystic powers to UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta.