MMA News

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey hosted the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live over the weekend. The UFC star made her first video appearance in a production since losing her championship title to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November. Rousey has taken time off from fighting to expand on her career with filming two new movies. The former UFC champion and Olympic medalist has already appeared in a few major motion pictures and it looks like her career in the movie industry isn’t slowing down.

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

There’s plenty of wild start-up MMA inspired organizations world wide that look to differentiate themselves from mainstream MMA, this video shot in Russia, goes above and beyond in terms of different.

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

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3o0kzr_legendary-grappling-match-between-ronda-rousey-vs-bj-penn_sport It’s not too often we see a talent like “The Prodigy” BJ Penn, it’s really rare when Ronda Rousey is seen grappling the HOF two division champ.

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

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Responds through a video interview as he explains his stance on what he said about racism and how Conor McGregor might of taken it.

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.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

No one may know TJ Dillashaw from a ‘camp’ perspective more than Urijah Faber.   After countless hours training and working together you would imagine that Faber has a good bead on Dillashaw’s demeanor and attitude and knew that it would come in between him retaining the title.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/o1Cr3A0ZJHQ When you’re one of the most dangerous fighters in MMA and you’ve been stripped of a title that was never “taken” from you,  you might be similar to a wild, caged animal ready with every fiber of your being to take back what is rightfully yours.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/DranrnOmgP0 Comeback victories show the true grit and heart of a fighter in combat sports, ‘redlining’ their limits and showing what heart and a desire can do when all is almost lost.