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bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

[ooyala code=”dldTZ1MDE6ABMiYOl_Irw7ueASYdmrap” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Earlier this year at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Carlos Condit and Robbie Lawler went to war for 5 rounds for the welterweight championship. Ultimately Lawler retained the welterweight championship in a controversial decision.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

While Angela Magana is currently on a 4-fight skid that has seen her go 0-2 in the UFC since being eliminated from season 20 of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ she has managed to keep her name in headlines. From posting seductive pictures on social media, to campaigning for a shot against the women’s strawweight champion, Magana has become an expert at keeping her name in headlines.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

https://youtu.be/JqLu5Bg0zk8 Back when Ronda Rousey was the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, there was much talk about how Rousey would do against a male fighter.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

At UFC 1 back on November 12th 1993, Ken Shamrock was submitted by Royce Gracie in the semifinals of the tournament. When the two had their highly anticipated rematch at UFC 5, the fighters continued for over half an hour until the fight was declared a draw.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

Talk about adding insult to injury, literally! CM Punk can’t seem to catch a break after announcing yesterday that he would be forced to undergo surgery for a herniated disc that had been bothering him.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

After Fedor Emelianenko’s successful return to MMA on New Year’s Eve against Jaideep Singh under the Rizin FF banner, fans began calling for ‘The Last Emperor’ to fight a high-profile opponent. Emelianenko revealed after the bout that he would in fact be fighting again, most likely in April, and that he would prefer it to be under the Rizin banner once again.

bjpenndotcom - February 11, 2016

Yesterday it was announced that CM Punk would be forced to undergo back surgery, and would be sidelined for 4-6 months. Immediately, the MMA world became concerned that Punk’s UFC 200 fight with Mickey Gall would have to be postponed due to the injury due to the fact that Punk wouldn’t have enough time to recover.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

https://youtu.be/tVOVnJ589Ec Ahead of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s fight lightweight UFC scrap against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 on March 5th, many people have been talking about the evolution of McGregor’s abilities.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

In the 5th round of Dominick Cruz’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ main event scrap with TJ Dillashaw, Cruz seemed to re-injure his knee. While the MMA world was extremely concerned that Cruz re-tore his ACL, the newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion revealed post-fight that it was a foot injury.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Dominick Cruz reclaimed the UFC bantamweight championship last month after defeating TJ Dillashaw via split decision at ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’. Immediately after winning the title, Cruz found himself being called out by his nemesis Urijah Faber. While TJ Dillashaw wanted an immediate rematch given how close the fight was, Cruz seems to prefer a trilogy bout with Faber instead.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

It was announced last month that UFC middleweight #1 contender Yoel Romero had failed a drug test following his fight with Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza at UFC 194 in December. Romero was suspended indefinitely while the UFC and USADA made sense of the situation before the NSAC set a date for a hearing with the NSAC.

Chris Taylor - February 10, 2016

https://youtu.be/kl2xMXXOw4M In today’s segment of “Wednesday Warriors” we feature a scrap between former National Hockey League goaltenders Chris Osgood and Patrick Roy.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Rafael Dos Anjos: I've fought better guys than Conor McGregor https://t.co/gZKOtQimDz — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) February 10, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Just a little flashback video of a guy we all know by “Big John” McCarthy who was pulling some overtime hours during the LA riots back in the early 90’s.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson positioned himself for a debatable title shot after the way he handled “Bigg Rigg” in his recent outing. Thompson speaks on the fellow ‘karate’ practitioner’s loss and more in this UFC Minute video.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

The Hawaiian on a mean streak is hunting for a title shot or top three competition after defeating Jeremy Stephens at UFC . Max “Blessed” Holloway gives up the interview to discuss Holloway’s crack at the featherweight at the champ Conor “The Notorious” McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Comfortable making Dan Henderson look like a child, uncomfortable fighting the champ — BONY (@JonnyBones) February 9, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Junior “Cigano” dos Santos gets together with John Pollock with Fight Network to go over his current training situation at American Top Team, his loss to Alistair Overeem and more.