MMA News

Russell Ess - October 20, 2015

Ronda Rousey, the UFC bantamweight champion is training for the biggest fight of her life.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

Sparring with The Russian Hammer! A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Oct 20, 2015 at 7:35pm PDT

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

While many have their doubts that a fight between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg will ever take place, the odds of a potential fight have increased with Cyborg’s upcoming debut at 140 pounds. Cyborg is expected to fight at a catchweight of 140 pounds in her upcoming Invicta FC fight, however a date and opponent have yet to be announced.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

So after Beal and Fisher's flying knee KOs people were saying James Irvin's is the best ever. Who do u got? #DWCOTD pic.twitter.com/bhXvZYj6SS — Dana White (@danawhite) October 20, 2015

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

https://youtu.be/W81APUPoZAo Fedor Emelianenko will return to a combat sambo world tournament, which takes place November 25th in Monaco. Emelianenko, a four-time world combat sambo champion looks to get back to competition before making a return to MMA on December 31st.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

Recently Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller was arrested for attacking police officers who arrived at Mayhem’s house to resolve a dispute between the former UFC fighter and two women. Miller allegedly hurled a ceramic tile at the officer and threatened to use a fire extinguisher and metal pole as weapons.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

Following his unanimous decision win over Tom Marcellino at WSOF 24 this past weekend, ‘Notorious’ Nick Newell announced his retirement. In a backstage interview immediately after the fight, Newell cited numerous injuries as his reason for retiring despite being on a 2-fight win streak. Newell joined Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour on Monday to discuss his retirement, and further explain the injuries that forced him to retire.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

My first day touching a bag/Shadowboxing in 7 months! Feels good #shouldersurgery #RoadToRecovery #ufc pic.twitter.com/UD7Sr5TA4h — Carla Esparza (@CarlaEsparza1) October 18, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - October 19, 2015

https://youtu.be/_nc5CU1V5os Halloween is one of those holidays that anybody can enjoy no matter what age they are. When you’re young, you get to dawn a costume and personality of someone you idolize and go trick or treating. As you grow up, however, Halloween becomes less about the trick or treating and more about simply buying Halloween themed candy and finding the scariest movie you possibly can.

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2015

Chael Sonnen has not stepped foot in the octagon since fighting Rashad Evans at UFC 167 nearly two years ago in November 2013. He was scheduled to clash with Wanderlei Silva at UFC 173, but one of Sonnen’s pre-fight random pre-fight drug tests forced him out of the fight when it came back positive for performance enhancing drugs. Sonnen quickly announced his retirement from mixed martial arts just before UFC terminated his contract and the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended him for two years. The two year suspension will expire in the summer of 2016, but it looks like he will stand by his original decision to retire.

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2015

With “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami” in the books, World Series of Fighting has a major event creeping up on November 20, 2015. The lightweights will take center stage in the decagon at “WSOF 25” when they compete in an eight-man, one-night tournament to determine the next contender for Justin Gaethje’s WSOF Lightweight Championship. Luis Palomino, Brian Foster, Brian Cobb, Islam Mamedov, Jorge Patino, Mike Ricci, Joao Zeferino and Rich Patishnock will all clash for lightweight supremacy. WSOF recently announced the lineup for the event which revealed who would be facing whom in the quarterfinals:

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2015

World Series of Fighting hosted UFC veterans Jon Fitch and Yushin Okami’s first meeting at “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami”. With a combined seventy-six professional fights to their name, it is to nobody’s surprise that they fought intelligently and cautiously for fifteen minutes straight. Of course one would catch the other off guard with the occasional takedown or heavy strike, but it was mostly Jon Fitch’s fight to lose at “WSOF 24”. Fitch thinks he gave Okami too much credit in the strength department, something he capitalized on in the second round. “He’s definitely strong, but I’m a beast myself,” Fitch told MMA Junkie. “In the first round, I gave him too much credit for how strong he was going to be. I kept waiting for him to hulk me over with the body lock, because he was locking his hands a few times. I think that I eventually overpowered him and made him constantly work, drain the oxygen from his muscles and slowed him down a little bit. He’s kind of awkward and big, long and difficult to deal with.”

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2015

https://youtu.be/RBAaAr7S-1E World Series of Fighting returned to the airwaves with “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami” and it was a night filled with emotions after the inspirational Nick Newell announced his retirement after his fight.

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2015

https://youtu.be/2NETBEzb6Y4 Colton Smith and Washington Nunes Da Silva clashed on Saturday evening in the World Series of Fighting decagon at “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami. The fight aired on the preliminary card, but it still managed to turn some heads after several controversial moments were scattered throughout their fifteen minute fight.

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2015

https://youtu.be/aeNPSSDhY_4 It has been a slow month for mixed martial arts fans, but World Series of Fighting came to the rescue with some exciting fights! “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami” brought former UFC fighters to the decagon for an important night of fights, but it was Rick Glenn that turned the most heads with his ridiculous knockout!

bjpenndotcom - October 17, 2015

RKO RKO RKO!!! @VinnyMMA #WSOF24 pic.twitter.com/BDVB9b96RS — ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) October 18, 2015

bjpenndotcom - October 17, 2015

Following his impressive win over Tom Marcellino at WSOF 24, Nick Newell announced his retirement from MMA. Newell spoke to MMAJunkie to explain more about his retirement, saying:

bjpenndotcom - October 17, 2015

Tonight in the main event of World Series of Fighting 24, Jon Fitch defeated Yushin Okami via unanimous decision. With tonight’s win, Fitch returned to the win column, and as he stated prior to the fight, will seek another title shot under the WSOF banner.