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Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

Check out this informative video from Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi. In this video, Zahabi goes into detail on the gameplan going into a fight against a bigger and stronger opponent.

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

UFC President Dana White has been touring the country with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra and close friend Nick The Tooth for his “Lookin’ For A Fight” series. The series has found UFC standouts such as Sage Northcutt, Mickey Gall, and Randy Brown.

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.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

This past Saturday at ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas’ Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson shocked the world as he ran right through former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks. Thompson showed that his style of kickboxing works against elite level wrestlers such as Johny Hendricks as he picked up an impressive 1st round TKO win. With the win over Hendricks, Thompson found himself in an interesting position in a stacked UFC welterweight division. After Johny Hendricks was hospitalized due to a weight-cut mishap at UFC 192, the UFC promised Tyron Woodley the next fight against welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. However after the controversial split decision at UFC 195, Carlos Condit is campaigning for a rematch with Robbie Lawler.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

While Conor McGregor is currently riding a 15 fight win streak that has seen him finish 6 of his 7 opponents in the Octagon, including Jose Aldo, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos plans to change that on March 5th at UFC 196. In the build-up leading to their scrap on March 5th, dos Anjos has stated that he doesn’t want to finish McGregor early, but rather would prefer to prolong the fight to put a beating on McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

MMA fans are in for a treat when Jones vs Cormier 2 headline the UFC 197 card in April. The re-match was in the works originally for a New York MMA debut, however, failed attempts of regulating MMA forced the event to the original venue in Las Vegas NV.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

At UFC 193 Holly Holm proved to MMA fans that her striking is a thing to be feared. While Holm’s credentials in the kickboxing and boxing worlds are nothing to scoff at, many were curious to see how Holm dealt with an experienced grappler such as Rousey. Of course as everyone knows by now, Holm outstruck Rousey, and even took ‘Rowdy’ down en route to a 2nd round KO win.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Following his 13 second KO loss to Conor McGregor, there was much speculation as to what would be next for former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. McGregor booked a lightweight scrap at UFC 196 against Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight championship. In the mean time, Jose Aldo campaigned for an immediate rematch, stating that he didn’t care if the featherweight belt was on the line or not.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

Awesome day of jits! Thanks @holdsworthmma #thegoodlife @torque1_net A photo posted by Urijah Faber (@urijahfaber) on Feb 8, 2016 at 8:05pm PST

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/gxu0zO3TVn0 Respect in MMA is always a good thing coming from two fighters looking to put the hurt on one another after a fight.

Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

UFC Fight Night 82 was a night full of action and it did not go without injuries. Main event standout Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson may be out for six months with an ankle injury after his highlight performance putting away the former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in the first round.

Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/Cb3mQmobKT4 Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones feels like the smallest things in his personal life are going to be blown up by the media. If any of those small things move the needle with any of his fans or critics, he is absolutely right.

Russell Ess - February 8, 2016

$145,000 was the total payout by Reebok for the exclusive uniform deal with the UFC for the UFC Fight Night 82 event that took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. The payout from Reebok is in addition to each fighter’s contracted fight pay with the UFC. Four fighters took home $15,000 for their appearance in the Octagon on Saturday night. Johny Hendricks, Roy Nelson, Joseph Benavidez and Mike Pyle all took home the highest checks from Reebok with only Hendricks losing in his bout to rising welterweight star Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson.

bjpenndotcom - February 8, 2016

https://youtu.be/4NJ-np-WS6o Chael Sonnen spoke with Chad Mendes about Conor McGregor’s upcoming title tilt with lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos.