MMA News

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

UFC welterweight Matt Brown has earned a reputation for being one of the toughest fighters on the UFC roster. During his stint on The Ultimate Fighter season 7 Forrest Griffin even went as far as to state “If Chuck Norris was a human being and not an evil alien robot he would be Matt Brown.”

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

The UFC tentatively has reserved the Madison Square Garden on April 23rd for a highly anticipated Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier rematch at UFC 198 without knowing for certain whether or not New York will allow the UFC to host an event there. On January 19th the UFC requested a ruling from Judge Kimba Wood in regards to their Primary Injunction filed back in September.

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

https://youtu.be/I7nIjdyDbTk On Friday tickets will go on sale for what is sure to be a historic UFC event. At UFC 197 on March 5th Conor McGregor will go up to lightweight to challenge Rafael Dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship.

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

It’s not too long until the March 5th date for  UFC 197 to take place.  Robin Black and John Ramdeen break down the main and the co-main event in Las Vegas NV.

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.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Former champ TJ Dillashaw lost his title over the weekend, but the 25 minutes in the octagon may of been the most ‘drama free’ time for Dillashaw will be having these days. Duane Ludwig seems to be going on the defensive and letting everyone know that he is the reason where Dillashaw is at in his career ‘success wise’ and Urijah Faber had little to do with the former champs success. Ariel Helwani grabs the quotes:

Russell Ess - January 19, 2016

It was a gruesome injury that Matt Mitrione suffered in his controversial fight against Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 81. Upon getting it checked by a doctor, Mitrione revealed that he suffered a broken orbital floor as well as a shoulder injury at the hands of Browne in a TKO stoppage, but not before two accidental eye pokes earlier in the fight. While Browne said the pokes were an absolute accident, Mitrione says he believes the injuries would not have happened if the eye pokes did not occur.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Urijah Faber has been jockeying for a trilogy fight with Dominick Cruz since ‘The Dominator’ reclaimed his UFC bantamweight championship from TJ Dillashaw this past Sunday in Boston. Following the bout, Faber spoke to media members to discuss a potential trilogy fight with Cruz, where he revealed that the pair have been exchanging heated words via text messages for years.