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Russell Ess - November 30, 2015

The new Japanese MMA promotion RIZIN announced the heavyweight tournament bracket for their Dec. 29 card on Monday. Winners from the tournament bracket on Dec. 29 will fight just two days later at the Dec. 31 semi-final and final portion of the tournament, where Fedor Emelianenko is also set to make his long-awaited return in a one match special bout. Bouts for the heavyweight bracket announced include:

bjpenndotcom - November 30, 2015

This isn’t just another article about former UFC veteran and current Bellator lightweight Josh “The Punk” Thompson. It’s what the message and reality is for all active fighters. “Smooth” (23-5 MMA) finished his UFC contract in Seoul, Korea against a game Jorge Masvidal. Benson made comments about wanting to retire in the UFC, but made it well known that he’s on the hunt for “greener” pasture. Now, the situation stands for each active UFC fighter. Do you fight in the number 1 organization in the world or do you fight for Bellator? No discredit to the other organizations like WSOF, M-1 global, Cage Warriors fighting, etc, but we know Scott Coker was excited about the possibility of a high profile former champ like “Smooth” who can generate fan interest. The “Punk” shares his thoughts with mmafighting.

Russell Ess - November 30, 2015

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Russell Ess - November 30, 2015

Check out the pro’s picks for the UFC 194 main event between featherweight champion Jose Aldo and interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor. See who Rory MacDonald, Andrei Arlovski, Alexander Gustafsson, Urijah Faber, Travis Browne, UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Cub Swanson and more are choosing in the title fight.

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

https://youtu.be/k57ya0y90s4 The UFC will kick off the first of three nights of fighting in Las Vegas, NV and will feature “Thug” Rose Namajunas vs Paige “12 Gauge” Vanzant as the Fight Night 80 main-event. Namajunas has a black belt in Taekwondo, Karate and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. A win against Angela Hill got “Thug” back on track after two straight loses against Tecia Torres at Invicta FC 6 and Carla Esparza by rear-naked choke at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF)20 finale.

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

We all know a few things about Conor McGregor. He’s deep in the psychological, as well as the physical aspect of mix martial arts. McGregor is a student of the fight game. He’s seen Aldo’s leg kicking devastation in slow motion replay, like we all have. “Notorious” UFC road began with Marcus Brimage when they fought in April 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. Notable wins on McGregor’s UFC journey were against Dustin Poirier, Dennis Siver and Chad Mendez. The fight with “Money” at UFC 189 allowed McGregor a chance to unify the belts with Kingpin Jose Aldo Jr.  McGregor is playing the game with the UFC and both sides are winning.

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

http://youtu.be/DE4s6IE899o Former champ Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida lives in Rancho Palos Verdes and it’s about 37.4 miles from Kings MMA, where current heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum trains. “The Dragon” (22-7 MMA) is seen in this video capturing some of his finer action/acting scenes. Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (20-5 MMA) is currently ranked #7 in the pound for pound rankings by Sherdog. The heavyweight champ is widely recognized as the man who decisively beat Fedor Emelianenko by triangle-armbar in 2010.

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

Holly Holm derailed the Ronda Rousey express back at UFC 193. We’ve heard a lot of support from a great number of fans and fellow UFC fighters alike after her loss. We’ve also seen the flip side of poor sportsmanship after a loss in which Rousey has been blasted with insults for her recent defeat. Past legends and hall of famers that have made it to the pinnacle of the sport don’t lose what took a life time to get with a loss. It takes more than words to get into the mental state of a champion. The reality is trying to prepare for a barrage of insults and naysayers that are waiting like vultures for a Rousey loss, which could be fuel to a fighter who doesn’t care to listen to the critics.

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

A video posted by Wallid Ismail (@wallidjfc) on Nov 29, 2015 at 1:53am PST

bjpenndotcom - November 29, 2015

http://youtu.be/Ww1aioW3W_A In the sport of MMA,  one of the many factors heading into a fight is the dreadful weight-cut. Chris Weidman is coming into UFC 194 under 194 lbs. Preparation and discipline were essential for the lighter than normal champ.

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

Tyson Fury said he would become the heavyweight champion of the world. He was right. The action was limited while Fury worked his jab to control the fight and keep Wladimir Klitschko off balance this Saturday night. Fury connected with more punches landing 86 of 371 punches to Klitschklo’s 52 of 310 punches. The Lancashire puncher ended the reign of boxing’s most dominant heavyweight of the 21st century to capture the WBA Super, WBO and IBF titles in the ESPRIT arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

Earlier today in Germany Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko via unanimous decision to become the heavyweight champion. Catch the highlights below!

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

Ben Askren is one to never shy away from speaking his mind. Given Ronda Rousey’s recent brutal loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, any and every big-name fighter has had an opinion on the situation.

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

https://youtu.be/dLjF1rJFQLo Knockouts are the end result of patience, timing, and many moves and sequences that position a fighter to create his/her “right place, right time” scenario.  Sure, we’ve all seen many fighters get KO’d quick into the first round, but when you’re talking about the elite, it’s a chess-match type mental game that doesn’t allow fighters many errors.

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

http://youtu.be/deR_FRGdTrQ Luke Rockhold, at times, can be a man of many words. In this short video response by Rockhold (via Shootmedia), he attempts to make this a “bilingual bloodbath”  heading up to one of the two title fights on Dec 12th. Rockhold (14-2 MMA 4-1 UFC) submitted Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida by rear RNC (rear naked choke) back in April. All of the former Strikeforce champion’s victories inside the octagon have all been finishes. Chris Weidman’s (13-0 MMA 8-0 UFC) five of those eight wins saw finishes that led to submissions or KO/TKO’s.

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

https://youtu.be/8ndQzYLuFlo Recently Joe Rogan and Tony Hinchcliffe made some jokes at the expense of Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg.

bjpenndotcom - November 28, 2015

Let's take another look at that KO by @TheDomTSteele! #UFCSeoul LIVE on @UFCFightPass https://t.co/rB5tJloNzp — UFC (@ufc) November 28, 2015