MMA News

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

For Carlos Condit, the decision on retiring from the sport of MMA is still lingering in his mind. While still being at the top of his game, “The Natural Born Killer” wants to ensure that he will be healthy after his career is long over. Condit, who spoke on the MMA Hour recently did mention that there is one fight that would get him back in the Octagon without any hesitation (transcribed by MMA Fighting):

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

Striking is one of essential ingredients to an effective stand-up game. The names on the list shouldn’t be a surprise to most with the likes of the Diaz brothers landing the #2 and #4 spots respectively. With some fighters on the list out of competition for a while, it’s impressive to see their names on the Top 10 -Most Strikes-

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

It is plain and simple for Jose Aldo. He only wants to fight for the UFC featherweight title. The former UFC featherweight champion who was the only man to hold the title since the division’s birth before losing it to Conor McGregor in December just wants to get his belt back. With McGregor scheduled to fight for the lightweight title on March 5 against Rafael dos Anjos, “The Notorious” is still holding on to the featherweight title.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

On February 19th, legends will collide at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock will complete the final chapter of their epic rivalry.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

Former champ Chris Weidman gives his point of view on the stoppage that ended his title reign as middleweight champ at UFC 194. The Rockhold camp and Javier Mendez felt that the fight needed to be stopped much sooner. Weidman sits down with MMA hour to discuss the stoppage, a -quote via MMA Fighting.com-:

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

https://youtu.be/KkO03_dlvoU Bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz discusses the injury to his foot in the title fight with Dillashaw that Cruz edged in a decision victory over the former champ to reclaim his title.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

There were rumors flying around that Nick Diaz was getting back into the octagon later this fall, but no confirmation of a fight was ever made by Diaz and his camp. The elder Diaz is willing to hang back and help his younger brother #6 Nate Diaz out after his successful outing against Michael “The Menace” Johnson putting the younger Diaz right in the title hunt.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

https://youtu.be/TzcZc2w1vs0 Former champ Jon “Bones” Jones has been a training beast as of late. His opportunity to reclaim the LHW title of the world from Daniel “DC” Cormier is all Jones is focused on since he was reinstated back to fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

https://youtu.be/iz0hmP4chZU When you see refereeing like this you just cringe, time seems to slow down and each second seems like an eternity when a ref allows a fighter to be beat a fighter like this and allow it to continue.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

Dana White released a statement via social media and now Cain Velasquez has issued his personal message reaching out to the fans that are in support for the injured former champ after hearing the news. Cain Velasquez’s message:

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ika95_jon-jones-trying-kneeling-box-jumps-fail_sport It may look easy to some, but the kneeling box jump takes a little bit of practice in order to nail it right.    Jon “Bones”  Jones has been seen in multiple training videos preparing for his rematch with current champ Daniel “DC” Cormier.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/DParOH3ODNw With Cain Velasquez out due to a back injury,  let’s take a peak at what is in store for the main-event at UFC 196.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

// Cain Velasquez is out with a back injury. Stipe vs Werdum for the heavyweight championship February 6th.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/zyuAxA68K0o With less than a week for UFC Fight Night Newark,  Bader vs Johnson is a contest to see who should be next in line after the Jones vs Cormier re-match later this year.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3mogjj_ufc-197-holm-vs-tate-dangerous-trailer_sport The biggest women’s fight of 2016 is set for UFC 197 as the co-main event that evening.  Holly Holm will be defending her title against former Strikeforce champ Miesha Tate.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

Former champ Jose Aldo wanted to share his input on the upcoming UFC 197  main-event between Connor McGregor vs Rafael dos Anjos

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

Ariel Helwani gets an interview in with UFC strawweight sensation Paige VanZant after over a month since her fight against Rose Namajunas, VanZant goes over what went wrong in her fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

ESPN analyst and retired UFC fighter Chael Sonnen interviews champ Dominick Cruz as he gives us the run down on TJ Dillashaw,  who some analyst feel should never of left TAM.