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bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

https://youtu.be/Ek8iR96eo9g Ever wanted to know who retired undefeated from professional boxing? This video has the 14 boxers who ended their careers with an unblemished record.

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

Lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t seem easy frazzled when it comes to Conor McGregor. The champ smoked Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in 66 seconds defending his title with devastating results.

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

https://youtu.be/MKcy-MvKwS4 Former heavyweight champ Jon “Bones” Jones gives us a update on his training situation and it’s looking good for the P4P #1 fighter in the UFC.

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.”

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/WVjHTRzQnGY The UFC announced earlier this month that Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier would have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship on April 23rd at UFC 197.

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

Former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St. Pierre has never confirmed that he will in fact return to the UFC, however that hasn’t stopped everyone from speculating as to whether or not ‘Rush’ will return. In addition to his coach stating that GSP could be preparing to ‘make a splash’ soon, Rory MacDonald slipped up and said that GSP would be returning for super fights, not for the UFC welterweight championship.

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.