MMA News

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

For quite some time leading up to Fedor Emelianenko’s MMA return on New Year’s Eve there was speculation as to who ‘The Last Emperor’ would be fighting. While he ultimately ended up fighting and defeating Jaideep Singh, the first man who was named as Emelianenko’s opponent, apparently the fight was offered to retired kickboxing legend and WSOF President Ray Sefo.

Chris Taylor - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/DUALP-YIYHU In today’s segment of “Tough Guy Tuesday” we feature current National Hockey League forward and future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/GqhvwSeiiXg After a three year hiatus from MMA,  Fedor Emelianenko came back to competition with Rizin against Jaideep Singh.  A mauling of Singh in the first round proved too much as the “The Last Emperor” devastated his opponent with unanswered shots.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/ZMh6GlNaAjU I’m not going to say that Dana White and the UFC are going to hit a home run with this, but it has all the ingredients to be a fight fan’s ‘must see internet TV’ if your in to that kind of thing.

Russell Ess - January 5, 2016

Ronda Rousey has been laying low since her defeat against Holly Holm at UFC 193. UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta has mentioned that Rousey will be filming two movies before making her way back to fighting in the Octagon, but it looks like Ronda has also been busy doing a shoot for the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. MJ Day who is the Editor for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit posted this photo to her Instagram account:

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/yGJeXMfpaxU Bantam weight TJ Dillashaw wasn’t happy with the Conor McGregor’s 13 second handy-work, his wife looked pretty bent about it too.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/W2xjQg8K5w8 There are many reasons why fighters taunt, it just depends on that very moment.  Some fighters taunt to frustrate, or mentally get into their opponents head and some do it just to do it.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/Lc3ABX7-MU8 In the main event of UFC 195 this past weekend, Carlos Condit put on an impressive performance against welterweight champion Robbie Lawler.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

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Russell Ess - January 5, 2016

Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has another fight in a Spike-televised event with Bellator 149 on Feb. 19. The popular fighter who knocked out Ken Shamrock in his last ratings record-breaking Bellator event hosted an AMA or “ask me anything” on Reddit ahead of his next fight. Kimbo answered questions ranging from fighting to food and gave fun and insightful answers, showing his character, a big reason for his fan draw fighting in Bellator.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

Former champ Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey” will be hosting the popular comedy-skit TV show Saturday Night Live on January 23rd. NBC announced the hosting of the former champ on NBC’s Facebook feed.  This will be the first time we’ll see the champ in a different light after she lost her title back in November of last year.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

Since Luke Rockhold defeated Chris Weidman at UFC 194 to claim the UFC middleweight championship, he has brought the UFC belt with him practically everywhere. The champ attended a Golden State Warriors basketball game with the championship, and received tons of attention for it.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

UFC 195 was an action packed night of fights topped off by a controversial decision at the end of a hard fought 5 round battle between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

Going into UFC 195, former UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit revealed that he was potentially considering retiring after his main event scrap with Robbie Lawler.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/_kFID-NQEC8 Anthony Pettis and his brother Sergio are in this video are showing us that if you’re going to land this technique in competition then ‘perfect practice creates perfect results’.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

King Mo vs Fedor…..In the @bellatormma cage….on @spiketv…..in Dallas, TX — King Muhammed (@KingMoFH) January 5, 2016

bjpenndotcom - January 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/Pvs_dEAtJS0 It’s those rare moments that catch us off guard but for most the fighters in this video it’s the precise time that they get dazed from a shot and come to, when you see a fighter mistaken a referee for fighter after a stoppage.

bjpenndotcom - January 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/9MJ-HsOJwf8 One of the latest octagon beauty additions to the roster is Red Dela Cruz.  The UFC has the complete sports entertainment package when you add these ladies in the mix.