MMA News

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

Throughout the history of MMA we’ve seen many incredible fighters. From fighters like Igor Vovchanchyn and Fedor Emelianenko to Anderson Silva and Jon Jones, there have been many phenomenal fighters. Outside of MMA, we’ve seen standout combat athletes such as Eddie Bravo, Jordan Burroughs, and more.

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.

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

While Tim Kennedy may currently be gearing up for deployment with the US Special Forces, the top ranked middleweight is looking to set up a fight for when he returns. Kennedy, who has always been outspoken against the UFC’s deal with Reebok, took to Twitter to make a surprising proposition to UFC President Dana White.

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

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

This past Saturday after Mickey Gall had defeated Mike Jackson on the UFC Fight Pass Prelims of ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas’ Gall and CM Punk had their first staredown. With Gall’s win the pair would likely fight at UFC 200 in July, however things have been put on hold according to Punk.

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.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

UFC President Dana White stated previously that Tyron Woodley is the rightful #1 contender at welterweight due to Johny Hendricks weight-cut mishap leading up to their UFC 191 scrap last year. With that being said, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson’s impressive 1st round TKO win over Hendricks this past Saturday in Las Vegas has everyone talking. While it’s been nearly a year since Woodley fought, he doesn’t want anyone to forget that he is the rightful #1 contender, not Wonderboy.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Back at UFC 192 Tyron Woodley and former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks were set to compete in what many expected to be a #1 contender fight at welterweight. Unfortunately a weight-cutting mishap saw Hendricks rushed to the emergency room and unable to fight. In the wake of Hendricks hospitalization, UFC President Dana White stated that Tyron Woodley was now the #1 contender, and Johny Hendricks was considered a middleweight.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

While Conor McGregor’s movement and fluidity continues to leave his opponents confused in the Octagon, UFC lightweight Eddie Alvarez believes there is a simple way to defeat the UFC featherweight champion. McGregor is currently gearing up for his March 5th fight against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 for the UFC lightweight championship, however ahead of that many are wondering if McGregor’s new beefed up physique will be detrimental to his speed at 155 pounds.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

https://youtu.be/YEemmp8qKWU We’re now less than a month away from UFC 196 on March 5th.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

On Monday night former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan officially retired from pro wrestling. While many are probably wondering what this has to do with MMA news, Bryan’s famous “Yes! Yes! Yes!” chant which was chanted by entire arenas throughout the course of Bryan’s career was actually borrowed from UFC veteran Diego Sanchez.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Getting close #feb27 photo cred @doooker A photo posted by Mikebisping (@mikebisping) on Feb 9, 2016 at 3:23pm PST