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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

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

The UFC had gone quite a few weeks without releasing any more fighters, however that changed this morning. Fan favorite fighter Scott Jorgensen, MMA veteran George Roop, and former Road FC lightweight champion Yui Chul Nam all found themselves cut from the UFC according to UFCFightersiNFO on Twitter.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Me and Big Country would be a good fun fight for the fans.It wouldn't be a track meet #ijustwanttobangbroNohomo #ufc — Derrick Lewis (@Thebeast_ufc) February 10, 2016

Russell Ess - February 10, 2016

Did you ever think you would hear that a former UFC champion hung up his gloves, only to pick up a gaming remote control? UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is looking to do exactly that. Maybe, not just at this very moment. Being often talked about in the debate of the pound-for-pound best fighter on the planet, Johnson is slowly building his gaming career up as his main occupation of beating people up as a world champion MMA fighter is taking up most of his time.

Russell Ess - February 10, 2016

The last time we saw Alexander Gustafsson in the Octagon was back in October of last year when he fell short of becoming a UFC champion by one judges scorecard. Gustafsson fought a hard five-round fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier that resulted in a split-decision in favor of Cormier. Prior to the fight that he was on the verge of fulfilling his dreams, Gustafsson had to deal with the most devastating loss of his career when Anthony Johnson handed him his first TKO loss in just over two minutes of the very first round.

Russell Ess - February 10, 2016

Is Urijah Faber’s career coming to an end soon? Faber’s Team Alpha Male teammate Cody Garbrandt seems to think that it might be the case, with “The California Kid” taking a bow at the top of the game. Garbrandt spoke on the Submission Radio show about his mentor’s future in fighting (transcribed by Bloody Elbow): “If Urijah would be the champion I think he would beat Cruz in the next fight. We talked about it before, he’ll go out as champion, retire,” Garbradt said. “Urijah has done so much for the sport and been a world champion, he’s been the Featherweight king at the WEC – and people seem to forget Urijah ruled that era for a very long time, fought some of the best fighters. What else would he have to prove? You win the title and go out, storybook ending. Boom, done.”

Russell Ess - February 10, 2016

Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson made a big statement against former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks at UFC Fight Night 82. It took Thompson less than one round to put the former champion out with a highlight reel combination of strikes that surely had the entire welterweight division on watch. “Wonderboy” spoke on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show recently about his game.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/4ywEvjeX7kc It was announced earlier this week that MMA veteran Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller would be returning to MMA to fight former UFC fighter Luke Barnatt for the Venator FC middleweight championship in Italy on May 21st.

Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

Does the match intrigue you at all? Would seeing Fedor Emelianenko take on Wanderlei Silva in Japan be reminiscent of PRIDE that could make you gitty with excitement? If so, you need to make it known and get others to make some noise about the match so that RIZIN’s CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara will do everything in his power to make the fight happen. Sakakibara revealed that he will be meeting with Wanderlei soon to talk about setting up a fight.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Iron Sharpens Iron @JacksonWinkMMA https://t.co/UawvX7zh5M pic.twitter.com/6wx2uv2XBp — BONY (@JonnyBones) February 9, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

#4 Lightweight Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson will be facing Khabib Nurmagomedov on FOX 19 in April. Ferguson is on a 7 fight win streak and doesn’t look to be slowing down finishing three of his last four fights.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Both fighters come from humble, hard beginnings and started their careers in bare knuckle backyard battles, to the bright lights of Bellator.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

MMA veteran Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller is officially back! After a 4 year hiatus from MMA following his unanimous decision loss to C.B. Dollaway at UFC 146 in May of 2012, Miller has gone through quite a bit.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

#2 Women’s bantamweight Miesha Tate has her big shot at a capturing gold next month when she goes head to head with champ Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm in Las Vegas in the co-main event of the evening.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Felt the need to put my Knees in the Breeze A photo posted by Donald Cerrone (@cowboycerrone) on Feb 9, 2016 at 10:15am PST

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

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Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

Phil Brooks, better known by his WWE name as CM Punk will be making his much anticipated debut in the UFC against Mickey Gall (2-0). Gall who was awarded the opportunity to welcome CM Punk to the world of mixed martial arts with his first fight in the UFC just won his own UFC debut against Mike Jackson at UFC Fight Night 82. Gall made a big statement to CM in his fight, finishing Jackson in just 45 seconds in the first round with a rear-naked choke submission. Gall and Punk are expected to fight in June at UFC 199 or July at UFC 200. Oddsmakers were impressed with Gall’s skillset and have opened up the betting odds in his favor. As of this writing, Gall is the favorite at -300 with CM Punk the underdog at +230 at Best fight Odds.