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bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/kbVsaqxBTSk There has been many a great story tellers in our time but none as vividly explained with enthusiasm and great detail like Urijah Faber.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

Looks like Cain Velasquez of AKA is on the road to recovery after a successful surgery for a sciatic nerve. The former champ has a time table of a little over a month before he can get back into to training for his title rematch with Fabricio Werdum. Here’s his released statement via Facebook:

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

Famed MMA coach Mike Winkeljohn was nominated for ‘MMA Coach of the Year’ for the Fighter’s Only World MMA Awards. The awards show goes down February 5th from The Venetian in Las Vegas, and ahead of the show we took the opportunity to talk with Coach Winkeljohn to get some insight into the mind of an expert coach.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

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Russell Ess - February 3, 2016

It has been made apparent that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has not watched her fight against Holly Holm yet. According to her coach Edmond Tarverdyan, she may never watch her own knockout loss. Tarverdyan spoke with ESPN recently on his critics and their gameplan versus pride in their match with Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November.

Chris Taylor - February 3, 2016

In today’s segment of “Wednesday Warriors” we feature a scrap between current National Hockey League enforcers Anthony Peluso and Ryan Reaves.

bjpenndotcom - February 3, 2016

Jon “Bones” Jones goes head to head in the World’s first UFC ‘Battle of the Dougies’ Urijah Faber dominates in the early stages of this epic ‘Dougie’ Battle.

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

https://youtu.be/hQb7EyCcG9c On this day in MMA history we have one of the most iconic submissions in UFC history. Eight years ago At UFC 81 Frank Mir welcomed Brock Lesnar to the UFC and handed him the first loss of his career as he submitted Lesnar in the very 1st round with a kneebar.

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.

Russell Ess - February 3, 2016

The world of combat sports is changing for the betterment of fighter safety as the California State Athletic Commission announced on Tuesday the newly placed rules to combat dangerous weight cutting and dehydration. The move comes shortly after the ONC FC promotion announced their implementation of a new weigh-in system. ONE FC has urged fellow MMA promotions Bellator and UFC to adopt the new system.

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):