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bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

On Thursday the UFC held their ‘UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm’ media conference call. On hand to field questions were Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, and Valerie Letourneau.

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

Rousimar Palhares has received quite a bit of criticism for holding submissions late and injuring his opponents. The most recent instance came at WSOF 22 when Palhares held a kimura lock after his opponent Jake Shields had tapped.

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

[ooyala code=”hlMXhneDrAx79QDHF-nSiw3AnCA2CQdu” player_id=”26a050614fc041abbebb2f55b27fcae4″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] On the most recent episode of the popular MMA podcast ‘The Brutally Honest Show,’ the guys spent some time speaking with Bellator Star King Mo Lawal.

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

[ooyala code=”E3bndneDqp0fj7r4NA0EBBJ8szwNpjbq” player_id=”26a050614fc041abbebb2f55b27fcae4″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] On the most recent episode of the popular MMA podcast ‘The Brutally Honest Show,’ the guys spent some time speaking with American hero Tim kennedy

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

[ooyala code=”dlcHhneDoy1n7jJftSKgsWbAO2sPTFnm” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] On the most recent episode of the popular MMA podcast ‘The Brutally Honest Show,’ the guys spent some time speaking with Female boxing champion Layla McCarter who first discussed her thoughts about UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey recently appearing on the cover of Ring magazine, and whether or not she was happy to see Rousey on the cover.

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

[ooyala code=”5za3dneDqr8ZrZquxDjnpov9dI-5K4Cj” player_id=”26a050614fc041abbebb2f55b27fcae4″ width=”1920″ height=”1080″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Ladies and gentleman, check out the latest episode of ‘The Brutally Honest Show,’ an MMA podcast hosted by 2010 nominee for MMA reporter of the year, Aaron Tru and featuring co-hosts Jonathan M. King and Adrian Gallegos.

Russell Ess - October 29, 2015

On this day, Oct. 29 in 2011 BJ Penn and Nick Diaz fought in the main event of UFC 137 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Diaz ended up winning a unanimous decision in the 3 round fight where the two built up the bout with a lot of bad blood. The fight didn’t disappoint as the two legends were honored Fight of the Night with both men taking home a $75,000 performance bonus.

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

Michael Bisping stated recently that when Vitor Belfort knocked him out with a nasty head kick back in 2013, he was left “permanently disfigured” due to surgeries he was forced to undergo for a detached retina.

bjpenndotcom - October 29, 2015

Rose Namajunas with the flying armbar and 2013 submission of the year #DWCOTD A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Oct 28, 2015 at 12:55pm PDT

Russell Ess - October 29, 2015

Looks like Dan Henderson is teaming up for a promotion where two lucky winners get to surf with “Hendo” in Mexico.

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

It’s ‘Throwback Thursday’ and what better way to start your Thursday morning than by seeing a graphic arm-break video from an old Jiu-Jitsu tournament?

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

Yep, it's damn true! Excited to welcome @RealKurtAngle to the #Bellator145 FanFest & event Nov 5th & 6th in St Louis pic.twitter.com/Sb9prwU3Hs — Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) October 28, 2015

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

Ken Shamrock is just 2-8 in his last 10 fights, and is currently on a 2-fight skid that most recently saw him drop a KO loss to Kimbo Slice at Bellator 138 in June. Shamrock teased fans with “big news” on Twitter earlier this week, however the announcement won’t come for another several days.

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

HOLY SHIT!! @PaigeVanzantUFC vs @rosenamajunas Dec 10th in Vegas @UFCFightPass pic.twitter.com/qRJZ1zAcaH — Dana White (@danawhite) October 28, 2015

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

At the UFC 193 Ronda Rousey media day scrum Rousey fielded questions from reporters about a variety of topics from her training for UFC 193, to Nick Diaz’s suspension, to her mother’s comments about coach Edmond Tarverdyan.

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

UFC 193 is rapidly approaching, if you weren’t ready enough for the event before, you most certainly will be after watching this UFC 193 extended preview!

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

David Loiseau vs Charles McCarthy at UFC 53 in Atlantic City, NJ on June 4, 2005 #DWCOTD pic.twitter.com/PYN3LXe1fD — Dana White (@danawhite) October 27, 2015

bjpenndotcom - October 28, 2015

Reza Madadi made his return to the UFC this past Saturday at ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ where he lost via unanimous decision to Norman Parke. The loss was the first time Madadi stepped into the Octagon in over 2 years, and also served as his first bout back in the UFC after being released due to legal troubles.