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bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

Fight Night 86 is starting to come together as the UFC announced four fights added to the first UFC event in Croatia. With Croatia being the country of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, one would imagine a push to get the former Pride champion back in the octagon one last time for a rubber-match with Gabriel Gonzaga who is one of eight fighters announced on the card.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

Mike Winkeljohn is one of the most elite coaches in Mixed Martial Arts today. Coach Winkeljohn has worked hard to build the world renowned, professional fighters that hail from the Jackson / Winkeljohn gym, in Albuquerque, NM. It is here that he co-conspires with his longtime friend and fellow coach Greg Jackson. Notable athletes under his tutelage include UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, George “Rush” St. Pierre, Rashad Evans, Frank Mir, Gina Carano, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, John Dodson, Duane Ludwig and most recently BJ “The Prodigy” Penn.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

“Super” Sage Northcutt is one of those rare fighters who knew at an early age that he was’cut from a different cloth’ and proves it with some amazing accomplishments in his young MMA career.

Chris Taylor - January 30, 2016

Unable to catch tonight’s action from New Jersey? BJPenn.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for live results, and stay tuned in to BJPenn.com for all of the UFC on FOX 18 fight recaps. Main card (Fox): Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader – Anthony Johnson defeats Ryan Bader via KO at 1:26 of round 1 Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell – Ben Rothwell defeats Josh Barnett via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:48 of round 2 Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera – Jimmie Rivera defeats Iuri Alcantara via decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Sage Northcutt vs. Bryan Barberena – Bryan Barberena submits Sage Northcutt (arm-triangle choke) at 3:06 in round two

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

We as an MMA community are getting closer to a resolution in breaking down barriers to have mixed martial arts regulated in New York.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/OyCM1SN_pRo Anderson Silva is looking on point in this behind the scenes training video featuring the former pound for pound great. Silva looks to get back into title contention with a win over Michael “The Count” Bisping on February 27th next month.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

Trip booked #film @MieshaTate for #ufc196 as well founders of #shootmedia to join Miesha Podcast! @RevoluLab pic.twitter.com/CK3DgS1XPA — SHOOTMedia (@shootmediatv) January 29, 2016

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

Paul Daley vs Andy Uhrich #Bellator148 pic.twitter.com/86KxhugnQC — ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) January 30, 2016

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

Recently the UFC’s attempt to hold a UFC event in New York at the Madison Square Garden for Jones vs. Cormier II was shot down.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/gd0DiII7dg0 Elite MMA gym Jackson-Wink MMA produces top notch, high level fighters into champions. With names like Arlovski, Jones, Holm and Cerrone should give you plenty enough reason why Jackson-Wink is the leader in MMA today.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/lWWkWAJCs1I Cat Zingano hasn’t fought since her UFC 184 loss to Ronda Rousey nearly a year ago.

bjpenndotcom - January 30, 2016

Ahead of tonight’s UFC on FOX 18 fight card in New Jersey, UFC Hall of Famer Frank Trigg broke down the event along with Nick Kalikas.

bjpenndotcom - January 29, 2016

The UFC is reportedly booking a highly anticipated rematch that will see two legends of the sport collide as Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson will reportedly fight at UFC on FOX 19 on April 16th. Machida and Henderson fought back at UFC 157 where Machida was awarded a split decision win. Henderson is coming off a KO loss to Vitor Belfort back in November in 2015. The loss returned ‘Hendo’ to the loss column after he had picked up a KO win over Tim Boetsch to snap a 2-fight skid.

Russell Ess - January 29, 2016

Has Conor McGregor been getting a helping hand from the UFC? Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar says that is, in fact, the case. Edgar spoke with Elite Daily on the UFC landscape surrounding him and his future.

Russell Ess - January 29, 2016

Rising star Sage Northcutt has had a quick rise to fame in the UFC. However, the popular fighter has come to find out that with fame comes scrutiny as the masses look you over under a microscope. The young undefeated UFC fighter who is going up to welterweight for the first time in the UFC on Saturday spoke with the media on communicating with his fans and avoiding the trolls (transcribed by MMA Fighting):

Russell Ess - January 29, 2016

WBA boxing champion Keith Thurman has a lot of respect for UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. Thurman spoke about McGregor’s UFC 194 knockout win over Jose Aldo, where the boxing champion also says he was not impressed with Aldo’s technique.

bjpenndotcom - January 29, 2016

At UFC 193 Holly Holm put on a flawless performance against Ronda Rousey that saw “The Preacher’s Daughter” claim the UFC women’s bantamweight championship by picking up a 2nd round KO win. Following the bout Rousey and her head coach Edmond Tarverdyan caught quite a bit of criticism. Rousey was criticized for her confidence going into the fight, while Tarverdyan was criticized for what many believed was giving Rousey a false sense of confidence in her striking.

Russell Ess - January 29, 2016

The current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier knows how to be honest with himself. “DC” walked into a barbershop recently and walked out ten years younger, and feels really guilty about it. Check out Cormier’s candid Instagram post highlighting his conflicting opponent that could battle him even longer than his rivalry with Jon Jones.