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'Bellator: Dynamite 1' Preliminary Bouts Live At 6:30 PM ET On BJPENN.COM
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
The night is finally here. Bellator MMA’s ‘Dynamite 1’ event is set to take place tonight in San Jose, CA. In what is sure to be an exciting and interesting night of fights, we will finally see what it’s like to see MMA and kickboxing going on in the same night, in the same venue, right next to each other. One cage, one ring and a ton of exciting fights.
MMA Legend Royce Gracie Hits Instagram Heavy With 'Dynamite' Pics
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Here’s something you don’t see everyday. MMA legends Royce Gracie and Fedor working out together, trying to keep up with their fitness. The two greats were in San Jose, CA as a part of the Bellator ‘Dynamite’s’ Fan Fest. Other guests included Randy Couture, Sakuraba, Frank Shamrock and Cung Le.
WSOF Fighter Ignores Referee Stoppage And Kicks Opponent In The Face
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Last night at World Series of Fighting 23 there were some pretty exciting finishes, including a 32 second KO and a pretty awesome leg scissor submission. Not to mention lightweight champion Justin Goethe and Luis Palomino’s rematch that delivered and was a wild slugfest until Gaethje ended it in the second. One of the not-so-great highlights of the night happened after the referee had already stopped the fight. Reminiscent of the Rousimar Palhares incident, where he held onto a fight ending submission after the referee clearly stopped the fight.
Fedor Covers All The Hot Topics –– Talks Rousey, Mayweather And Favorite Fighter
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Fedor Emelianenko, the man, the myth, the legend, was in attendance at Bellator MMA’s ‘Dynamite’ media day. ‘The Last Emperor’ was there as a guest and a part of the Fan Fest, along with other legends like Randy Couture, Royce Gracie, Frank Shamrock and Sakuraba. Fedor talked to the media, including BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage, who asked Fedor about all the biggest topics in MMA.
Cyborg's Taking Her Training To A Whole New Level
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is scheduled to make the drop down to 140 pounds for her next fight in the organization. It’s expected that this is the first step towards trying to get to 135, in order to eventually challenge UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. It’s known that she will need to do at least one fight at that weight before jumping over to the UFC.
Promoter: 'Mayweather's Drug Test Smells Fishy'
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Top Rank Promotion’s Bob Arum seems to always have something to say about Floyd Mayweather Jr. Manny Pacquiao’s promotor, Arum, recently gave an interview and is calling into question some of Mayweather’s recent drug test results. Arum, via Fight Hub, said that the IV situation is a concern, but he has an even bigger concern, which is that Mayweather’s testosterone levels came back extremely low.
Tito Has A Message For The Haters –– 'They Can F*ck Off!'
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
MMA legend Tito Ortiz will once again fight for a world title when he steps into the cage tonight at Bellator ‘Dynamite’ and fights undefeated champ Liam McGeary in the main event. Ortiz is currently on a two fight win streak, with wins over Stephan Bonnar and former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko.
Cyborg Talks Openly About Past PED Use And Potential Fight With Rousey
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Cris ‘Cyborg’ is expected to to drop to 140 pounds for her next Invicta FC fight, which is the next step in eventually getting a fight with UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Ahead of that, Cyborg sat down and talked to ESPNW about her past PED use and about her future plans to fight Rousey in the UFC.
REPLAY! WSOF Champ Justin Gaethje KO's Palomino To Retain Title
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
REPLAY! WSOF Welterweight Gets KTFO 32 Seconds Into The Fight
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
In the first fight of the WSOF 23 main card welterweights Brian Foster and LaRue Burley entered the cage ready for war. That war lasted 32 seconds.
'WSOF 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino 2' Results
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
The World Series of Fighting 23: Justin Gaethje vs. Luis Palomino goes down tonight and takes place at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix. There will be two titles on the line in the co-main and main event of the evening. The inaugural light heavyweight title will be up for grabs when current middleweight champion David Branch takes on Teddy Holder.
REPLAY! Tito And McGeary Refuse To Look Away During Intense Staredown
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
What do you expect from a Tito Ortiz fight? Today at the Bellator ‘Dynamite’ weigh-ins all the fighters stepped on the scale and made weight, making tomorrow night official. There were some pretty good staredowns between the fighters, but only one delivered like the main event between light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary and MMA legend Tito Ortiz.
Bellator 'Dynamite' 1 Weigh-In Results
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
Tomorrow night history will be made with Bellator ‘Dynamite.’ Not only will there be a stacked line-up of MMA fights, but we’ll also get a night of action packed GLORY kickboxing fights with the cage and the ring set up right next to each other. On the Bellator side we’ll see a four-man, one-night light heavyweight tournament featuring Phil Davis, Emanuel Newton, ‘King Mo’ Lawal and Linton Vassell.
Paul Daley's Business Plan –- Win Title, Take Out Koscheck!
bjpenndotcom - September 18, 2015
As soon as it was announced that Bellator MMA had signed former UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck the only fight anyone could talk about was a rematch between him and Paul Daley. Their first fight is of course a memorable one, mostly just for what happened after the final bell.
'King Mo' Goes Off On Ortiz: 'He's A Clown, F*ck Tito!'
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
Bellator MMA light heavyweights Tito Ortiz and ‘King Mo’ Lawal really don’t care for each other. The two have gone back and forth before and during Thursday’s Bellator ‘Dynamite’ media event, it was no different.
Phil Davis On Accepting Tournament Offer –– 'I Don't Know How To Say No'
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
Light heavyweight fighter Phil Davis is set to make his Bellator MMA debut on the promotions biggest card yet, this Saturday’s ‘Dynamite’ event. Davis will be one of four fighters competing in the one-night tournament to determine the next title challenger. In his first fight he will be facing former champ Emanuel Newton. If he can get past Newton he’ll meet the winner of ‘King Mo’ Lawal vs. Linton Vassell in the final.
Watch Today's Bellator 'Dynamite' Weigh-Ins Live At 8PM ET
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
The historic Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event is only a day away. Saturday night we’ll get to see just how all the craziness will play out. We’ll have a cage and a kickboxing ring next to each other, with fights in both happening at the same time (for the prelims), a one-night four-man tournament and a light heavyweight title fight between Liam McGeary and Tito Ortiz. Before any of that can happen the fighters have to step on the scale and make weight. So tune in and watch the live Bellator ‘Dynamite’ weigh-ins right here on BJPENN.COM at 8PM ET.
Thomson On Bellator's Future –– 'Rome Wasn't Built In One Day'
bjpenndotcom - September 18, 2015
American Kickboxing Academy’s Josh ‘The Punk’ Thomson is all set to make his Bellator MMA debut in San Jose, CA, at the historic ‘Dynamite’ event, which will feature both MMA fights and GLORY kickboxing in one venue, with the cage and ring right next to each other. Thomson will be fighting in front of a home crowd on Saturday night and he couldn’t be more excited. Thomson talked to BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage a week before his debut and said he’s good to go and can’t wait to see what the future holds for Bellator.
“Semtex”: ‘I’ll always have love for fighters like Ronda Rousey’
BJPENN.COM News - September 18, 2015
Bellator MMA’s Paul Daley is preparing for his fight on Saturday night, at the gigantic ‘Dynamite’ event going down in San Jose, CA. Daley will be competing in a kickboxing match, against Fernando Gonzalez, inside the GLORY ring. Ahead of the scrap, ‘Samtex’ spoke with BJPENN.COM.’s Layzie The Savage about some of the hottest topics in MMA.