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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/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

#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

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.

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

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

Chris Taylor - February 9, 2016

In this week’s segment of “Tough Guy Tuesday” we feature former National Hockey League forward Rick Tocchet.

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.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

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Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

More of Team Alpha Male has been training with the Elevation Fight Team in Colorado after T.J. Dillashaw jumped ship. The members of Team Alpha male including Dillashaw basically had to choose sides between coaches Urijah Faber and Duane Ludwig after their falling out. Team Alpha Male fighter Cody Garbrandt spoke with Submission Radio recently on the split between some of the team and if he would ever go to train with the Elevation crew (transcribed by MMA Fighting):

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

In Donald Cerrone’s fight with Rafael dos Anjos earlier this year, ‘Cowboy’ wore a small piece of cloth on his shorts which he has worn in all of his fights throughout his career. The difference in the dos Anjos fight was that under the new Reebok deal, Cerrone was fined for violating the ‘outfitting policy’.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/bnur2FboRTc In the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: London’ Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva will finally have the opportunity to fight.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Check out this UFC Minute video and get yourself up to speed with what’s going on in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Earlier this week it was revealed that former UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones had been pulled over for driving without a license, insurance card, or registration back in January. While many were worried that this could potentially violate Jones’ probation handed to him after his hit-and-run incident last year, Jones was ordered to perform more community service appearances for the tickets.