MMA News

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

“Kenny Florian, stop copying and pasting man.” Those were the words from Dominick Cruz in his post-fight interview in the Octagon after taking the UFC bantamweight belt from T.J. Dillashaw. The verbal jab from Cruz was regarding Kenny Florian’s recent case of plagiarism on a fight breakdown he did on the FOX Sports website, which got him suspended from the media company.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

There is a fine line between confidence and cockiness and this fighter found out real quick that your skills better match your cockiness.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

Matt Mitrione’s eye looks to be healing and looking much better than it did immediately after the fight with Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston on Sunday. Mitrione posted a photo update after the fight and another at the doctor getting his swollen eye drained. Mitrione found out through doctors that he suffered a broken orbital floor in his controversial fight with Browne where Mitrione suffered two accidental eye pokes, which he feels hindered his abilities to fight to the best of his potential.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

After every event one of the hot topics that come up in conversation and end in debate is, who’s the top ten elite in the UFC?    Rest assure we’ve got the list to strengthen your argument. The biggest mover and shaker that is back on the p4p rankings is Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz after defeating former champ TJ Dillashaw in a technical,  tactical,  scrap of the ages.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/XEUsAoTg3Fk?list=PLYcz9c2MN1um-V_UcJFGr04AFqlZB8RIy Attempting to intimidate someone verbally in any scenario is one thing, to do it in the largest stage with all eyes on you before you step inside a cage to fight someone is a completely different level.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Early Wednesday morning it was announced that Mike Tyson was the mystery character for EA Sports UFC 2. EA Sports broke the news on Instagram, which included a photo of ‘Iron’ Mike in the game.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

[ooyala code=”JzN2xhMDE68KYFkCTjrUicHe39aVrO3R” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Ahead of Conor McGregor’s UFC 197 lightweight title shot against Rafael dos Anjos on March 5th, ‘The Notorious’ has been posting more and more workout videos of himself preparing for the bout, in addition to the footage of him enjoying his Lamborghini.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

WOW! As if the hype surrounding EA Sports UFC 2 wasn’t enough before, now EA Sports has revealed that the mystery character in the game is none other than boxing legend ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Since Dominick Cruz reclaimed his UFC bantamweight championship on Sunday night in Boston there has been much speculation as to who he would defend his title against first. While many felt that the fight with Dillashaw was close enough to warrant an immediate rematch, Urijah Faber played the role of the opportunist and called out Cruz within moments of ‘The Dominator’ reclaiming his belt.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/3AQ7dlmZIFU Today the UFC will hold its UFC 197 press conference ahead of the highly anticipated March 5th event.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley will be the last fighter to get into the ring with boxing great Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao.  Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KO) is the current WBO welterweight champion.  Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KO) will be ending his successful career win or lose on a high note just for giving the fans one last fight before he hangs the gloves up for good.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

#UFC197 promos done, straight to the gym! #Boom #Igetshitdone A photo posted by Miesha Tate (@mieshatate) on Jan 19, 2016 at 4:09pm PST

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Former UFC fighter Cung Le went back to his bread and butter doing action films and he’s just as action packed as always.   In 2008 Le one the Strikeforce middleweight title and entered the UFC in 2011.   His first task was Wanderlei Silva at UFC 139, the scrap ended  in a TKO loss for Le.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

BJ Penn has buzzing in the media after announcing he will be coming out of retirement for a run at the UFC featherweight title. Penn, a UFC Hall of Fame legend has taken a step out of the comfort of his hometown in Hilo, Hawaii and finds himself in one of the most established MMA training camps in the world at JacksonWink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Penn spoke with KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello on his plans for fighting again in the UFC.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

Many people who watched the UFC bantamweight title fight between Dominick Cruz and T.J. Dillashaw on Sunday can agree that the fight was extremely close. Cruz ended up winning a split decision to reclaim the belt from Dillashaw in a competitive five-round fight Dillashaw poured his feelings out in an Instagram post talking about the fight and calls Joe Rogan out for what he feels was bias commentating in favor of Cruz. Although judges do not hear what the UFC color commentators are saying during the fight, Dillashaw simply seemed bothered by Rogan’s commentating.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ipxyo_conor-mcgregor-shows-famous-showtime-kick_sport Conor McGregor attempts the highly technical “Showtime” kick made famous by none other than Anthony “Showtime” Pettis.   Unfortunately for Pettis he never had the time or the moment for this signature maneuver against Eddie Alvarez last weekend.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

The UFC announced Tuesday afternoon that Jacare Souza vs. Vitor Belfort would headline a May 14th card in Brazil. The bout is a pivotal one for both fighters. Jacare is coming off a split decision loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 194 that saw Romero become the #1 contender at middleweight, however due to a failed drug test this bout between Jacare and Belfort will likely determine the #1 contender spot at middleweight.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Heading into Fedor Emelianenko’s MMA return on New Year’s Eve at Rizin FF there was much speculation as to who Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent would be.. Ultimately, Emelianenko fought and defeated Jaideep Singh, in the very first round of their main event scrap. Following the bout it was revealed that WSOF President and kickboxing legend Ray Sefo was offered the fight, as well as former UFC champion Randy Couture.