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bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

More in depth coverage on Sage Northcutt and the how the young prospect can gain more from this loss moving forward. Northcutt received a verbal beat-down on social media for his performance resulting in what appeared to be a ‘quick tap’ in his last outing.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

On March 5th at UFC 196 Rafael dos Anjos puts his UFC lightweight championship on the line as Conor McGregor moves up to lightweight for his first fight. Ahead of the fight, many fans and fighters are split down the middle when it comes to who will win the highly anticipated scrap.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

This past Saturday UFC on FOX 18 went down from the Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey. The preliminary card was headlined by Tarec Saffiedine vs. Jake Ellenberger which saw Saffiedine return to the win column and pick up a unanimous decision win.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

Luke Rockhold is coming off of a TKO win over Chris Weidman back at UFC 194, and while he currently has no opponent for his first title defense, many are expecting the UFC to give Chris Weidman an immediate rematch for the title. On the main card of UFC 194 Yoel Romero also defeated Jacare Souza to become the #1 contender at middleweight. After the fight however it was revealed that Romero failed a drug test. Given the failed drug test the UFC decided to book Jacare vs. Belfort for a #1 contender fight. This has lead many to assume Weidman will get an immediate rematch.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

Dana White’s “Lookin’ For A Fight” series has brought some talented young fighters into the UFC’s roster.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3q839h_jon-jones-on-mcgregor-vs-dos-anjos-i-would-bet-my-money-on-rda_fun Jon “Bones” Jones gives you his take on the upcoming bout between Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/0tw6cT3Jj84 Need to be reminded why UFC 196 might be the biggest event this year so far? The UFC put together this well made video to get you pumped up for the super-fight of the year.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/Xc5RMo_Ozhw Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks is looking lean and mean with extra days to easily make weight for his welterweight match-up with Stephen Thompson.

Russell Ess - February 3, 2016

Recent news of former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson making his way over to the Bellator MMA promotion has been buzzing in the MMA community. Bellator MMA President Scott Coker spoke recently on the MMA Hour about their recent acquisition and what will be next for the growing MMA promotion (transcribed by MMA Fighting):

Chris Taylor - February 2, 2016

In this week’s segment of “Tough Guy Tuesday” we feature National Hockey Legend Clark Gillies.

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

At a California State Athletic Commission hearing on Tuesday afternoon Ronda Rousey’s head coach Edmond Tarverdyan was suspended for 3 months for falsifying documents. Tarverdyan was also handed a $5,000 fine and given 3 years of probation according to MMAFighting.com, who confirmed the news with CSAC Executive Director Andy Foster.

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

https://youtu.be/-ODQyLnOgbY Conor McGregor is an extremely controversial and polarizing figure in the MMA world.

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

https://youtu.be/aRnovrOR2Yw On this day in MMA history, legendary fighter Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic picked up an impressive 1st round TKO win 12 years ago at Pride 27.

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

https://youtu.be/xhXmKxBBclU Get the full run down on who Paige VanZant is in the fight game and why the loss she suffered last year just might be the spark that ignites a young fighter to regroup and get back to task to be a threat to the upper echelon of the top 10.

Russell Ess - February 2, 2016

UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell made a big statement with an impressive win over Josh Barnett at UFC on FOX 18. Barnett who is known for his own deadly ground game fell to submission with Rothwell’s perfectly executed gogo choke. “Big Ben” has been campaigning for some time now for the top competition in the UFC heavyweight division and spoke about his skills and jiu-jitsu lineage after his win on Saturday (transcribed by MMA Junkie):

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

The heavyweight title picture is shaping up to be a division to focus on again. With Ben Rothwell being the big winner of last Saturdays event. Rothwell moved into the elite Top 5 heavyweights for the first time in his career and it couldn’t of come at a better time. Rothwell is riding a four fight win streak and was the first man to hand Josh Barnett his first defeat via submission. Junior dos Santos, Travis Browne and Josh Barnett all drop spots after the update.

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

This is another perspective from one of the more talented BJJ practitioners in the world and he may give some of the ‘arm-chair’ fighters that blasted Sage Northcutt for his ‘quick tap’ a different look at what really was going on during the final seconds before Northcutt tapped out.

Russell Ess - February 2, 2016

It looks like UFC veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has been involved in a horrendous car accident. The always game fan favorite is scheduled to move up to welterweight and face Tim Means on February 21st at UFC Fight Night 83 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cerrone posted photos recently to social media of a severely wrecked truck. Obviously, if Cerrone was able to post to his social media, he was not seriously hurt.