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bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

In addition to catching criticism for missing weight, Johny Hendricks has also caught criticism for allowing fights to go to a decision. While Hendricks has 8 KO wins in his 20 fight professional career, recently many of Hendricks’ fights have gone to a decision, some of them being controversial ones.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/G4Mhn6Km_Zg Yesterday videos emerged of former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo back in the gym following his UFC 194 13 second KO loss to Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

It’s been a big week for Bellator MMA.

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

In a prerecorded acceptance speech for Fighter of The Year, Conor “The Notorious” McGregor verbally brutalizes more Brazilian fighters and this time he put the ‘cross-hairs’ on UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum in his speech. Via MMA Fighting:

bjpenndotcom - February 6, 2016

Working with the Strong Fitness magazine was so much fun! What a great group of people. I am excited for the upcoming magazine!!!! #strong #paulbuceta A photo posted by Holly Holm (@hollyholm) on Feb 5, 2016 at 3:20pm PST

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/z9lRywznwfk Tomorrow night Johny Hendricks will look to defeat Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and get another crack at Robbie Lawler’s UFC welterweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

Earlier today the ‘UFC Fight Night: Las Vegas’ weigh-ins went down ahead of tomorrow night’s action.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

SHE SAID YES! Congrats @SpartanLife32! #UFCVegas 😍 https://t.co/xzMRZqoDmi — #UFCVegas (@ufc) February 6, 2016

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

In the first EA Sports UFC game Bruce Lee was included as a downloadable character as well as an unlockable character. Players could preorder the game to get instant access to Lee, or beat the ‘career mode’ to unlock Lee in 4 different weight classes.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

[ooyala code=”s2eGlwMDE6V7-0KoGP5dYP5ZisYyp3vV” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] It has been nearly two months since Jose Aldo was knocked out by Conor McGregor at UFC 194, where he lost the UFC featherweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

[ooyala code=”V3c2hwMDE6uVO0FJpw58u-FJpb_raDQm” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] There has been much speculation as to whether or not former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre would ever return to the Octagon following his UFC 167 split decision win over Johny Hendricks.

Russell Ess - February 5, 2016

Six fighters featured on the UFC Fight Night 81 card at the TD Garden in Boston have been listed on the medical suspension list for 180 days. This includes new UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, who has been plagued by injuries in his recent years. Cruz said in his post-fight Octagon interview that he had an injured foot going into the fight with T.J. Dillashaw.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

Alexander Gustafsson currently doesn’t have a fight booked inside the Octagon, however in the wake of his controversial split decision loss to Daniel Cormier back at UFC 192, Gustafsson is back training at Alliance MMA in California under Eric Del Fierro. With Anthony Johnson’s recent win over Ryan Bader this past weekend in New Jersey at UFC on FOX 18, he likely has earned himself a title shot at the winner of Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier II later this year.

Russell Ess - February 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/ZJcX20XZ2Is Check out UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in Flashback Friday video that will give you a laugh.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

Ahead of tomorrow’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson’ catch the fighters stepping on the scale in preparation for their bouts.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/z8-P0XgNML0 Rafael dos Anjos’ UFC 196 title defense against Conor McGregor is rapidly approaching. The fight will be McGregor’s first at lightweight inside the Octagon, and with a win could see McGregor put in the UFC record books as the 3rd man to hold title belts in two weight classes.

Russell Ess - February 5, 2016

Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has had a lot more than just fans buzzing about his choice to leave the UFC and sign to fight with Bellator MMA. Now being a former UFC fighter, current UFC veterans have been trying to get as much information from “Smooth” on how his negotiations went down from both the UFC and Bellator. Henderson was featured by Fansided who extensively interviewed the Bellator welterweight title contender about how his choice has had a lot of fighters in the UFC curious about if the grass in greener over at Bellator.

bjpenndotcom - February 5, 2016

When Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson signed the initial contract to fight Johny Hendricks at UFC 196 the fight was scheduled for 3 rounds and was to serve as the co-main event. Last month Cain Velasquez withdrew from his main event scrap with Fabricio Werdum due to a back injury. The UFC replaced Velasquez with Stipe Miocic, however Fabricio Werdum then withdrew from the bout with a back injury. Werdum caught criticism for withdrawing from the bout before revealing that he also has a broken foot.