MMA News

Russell Ess - January 8, 2016

Did you know Russian President Vladimir Putin is a well versed martial artist? The leader of Russia was recently seen training with the Russian national judo team in the city of Sochi.

bjpenndotcom - January 8, 2016

UFC 195 was an emotional night for many fighters. In the co-main event Stipe Miocic put on a spectacular performance against Andrei Arlovski, which set Miocic up for a title shot.

bjpenndotcom - January 8, 2016

Ahead of Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw’s highly anticipated scrap for the bantamweight championship next Sunday, listen to the pair doing a live media conference call above!

Russell Ess - January 8, 2016

Check out this classic video from the past of a young Nate Diaz still in his teens fighting a grown man. The video description says this was Nate’s first fight back in 2002 against Robert Limon.

bjpenndotcom - January 8, 2016

https://youtu.be/sSkoR9StJNg On UFC President Dana White’s ‘Lookin’ For A Fight’ video series, Dana White seemed interested in having 1-0 Mickey Gall fight CM Punk after Gall approached White about the fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 8, 2016

https://youtu.be/VRsC2bLTvxo Since footage emerged prior to UFC 194 of Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson working with movement expert Ido Portal, fans have been anxiously awaiting more footage of the trio working together.

bjpenndotcom - January 8, 2016

Gary Goodridge vs Paul Herrera at UFC 8 on February 16, 1996 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. #DWCOTD A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Jan 7, 2016 at 9:02pm PST

Russell Ess - January 8, 2016

The various disciplines in mixed martial arts have had their long history of respect and self-control that go along with being a student and learning the art. However, not all martial artists have kept their cool when intense moments really heated up as you can see in this video of some of the dirtiest moments in MMA.

Russell Ess - January 7, 2016

MMA legends Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock will meet for the third time in their professional careers at Bellator 149 on Feb. 19 in Houston, Texas. Gracie who helped put jiu-jitsu in the spotlight in the early days of MMA has been training with veteran kickboxing champion Joe Schilling for his upcoming bout with Shamrock. Shilling spoke with MMA Junkie and says the legend’s new stand up game will be noticed.

bjpenndotcom - January 7, 2016

UFC 195’s main event war between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit was in fact one for the ages. While the majority of the fight was back and forth, the last 90 seconds of the fight will go down as arguably the greatest minute and a half inside of the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - January 7, 2016

https://youtu.be/4elAcKEjgjo Donald Cerrone is currently coming off a loss to Rafael Dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight title last month at UFC on FOX 17.

Russell Ess - January 7, 2016

The revolutionary weigh-in procedures being implemented this year by ONE Championship has got a lot of people talking. The promotion’s ban on weight-cutting is looking to make fighting a safer sport, and Victor Cui, CEO of the promotion has made it known that he would like other premier MMA promotions such as the UFC and Bellator to join in the new system. Even UFC color commentator Joe Rogan thinks that it is a step in the right direction. One Championship welterweight champion Ben Askren who will be moving up to middleweight with the new weigh-in system spoke with MMA Fighting on the new changes.

Russell Ess - January 7, 2016

Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones recently put out a video mocking the current champion Daniel Cormier. Jones recorded a past interview of Cormier and teased him after Cormier said that “people don’t even like me, they just hate Jon Jones!” Cormier replied to Jones’ video with a tweet questioning what “Bones” was doing in the dark watching the old videos of DC.

bjpenndotcom - January 7, 2016

On the latest episode of UFC President Dana White’s ‘Lookin for a Fight’ series, the UFC President is joined by his friends Nick the Tooth and Matt Serra as they travel around the country searching for elite level fighters.

bjpenndotcom - January 7, 2016

https://youtu.be/qawkLSXVpxk We’re just over a week away from TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz’s highly anticipated bantamweight showdown.

bjpenndotcom - January 7, 2016

https://youtu.be/RoshS-Cv73g This past weekend Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit slugged it out over the course of 5 rounds, and fought to a controversial decision that saw Lawler defend his welterweight championship.

Russell Ess - January 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/MxXjNyRv1uo As the bantamweight championship fight between champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Dominick Cruz approaches at UFC Fight Night 81, here is a free fight video as a little appetizer.

bjpenndotcom - January 6, 2016

https://youtu.be/JIHvpylLyDU Joe Rogan knows a thing or two about kicking techniques.  When he was just 15 yrs old,  a young Rogan gained his blackbelt in Taekwondo setting the tone for a career involving MMA.