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BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

Saturday night will supposedly be Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s final fight. He’ll be taking on Andre Berto and the fight will air on Showtime PPV, with the main card starting at 8 PM ET. Mayweather is coming in 48-0 and will look to end his career undefeated with 49 wins. He’s also coming off of the biggest fight of his career, an epic fight against Manny Pacquiao that ended up disappointing the masses. This fight isn’t necessarily a fan favorite either, with Berto coming in 3-3 in his last six fights.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

Invicta FC 14 goes down on Saturday night and was supposed to feature a bantamweight title fight between the champ, Tonya Evinger and the challenger Pannie Kianzad. However because Kianzad missed weight, the title will no longer be on the line. Actually, at first, Evinger also missed weight, but made it on a second try, after the official weigh-ins. Still, the title won’t be on the line.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

Back in August, boxer Roy Jones Jr. personally met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and asked to be granted Russian citizenship. Well, it looks like Putin thought it was a great idea and it was announced on the Kremlin website that Putin had indeed granted the boxer what he asked for.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

This brings back memories of that giant hematoma that Mark Hominick suffered during his title fight with Jose Aldo. Tonight at Invicta FC 14, in the very first fight of the night, Rachel Wiley made her pro debut and left with something she’ll probably never forget.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

In case you didn’t know, which it seems like a lot of people don’t, Floyd Mayweather will be fighting tonight (Saturday) against Andre Berto, live on Showtime PPV. The fighters weighed in yesterday and made things official. After the weigh-in, Mayweather did a short interview and was asked about his fight with Berto. Mayweather’s response? Of course he had to take a shot a Manny Pacquaio and blame him for their boring fight.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

Kyra Gracie is a three-time ADCC gold medalist and five-time jiu-jitsu world champion, and considered one of the best grapplers in the world. So, will she ever take her skills into the cage and compete in MMA? Maybe. Gracie, who just premiered a new show on Fight Pass, joined The MMA Hour and said that she really can’t rule out ever transitioning into MMA, but right now she’s just to busy.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

At Legacy 45, which took place on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Okla, we got to see some truly exciting fights. One of which turned extremely bloody when a shin connected with a nose.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

At only 19 years-old, Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder is now the youngest U.S. world champion. Snyder won the gold medal on Friday night at the United World Wrestling Championships 2015 in Las Vegas. Going in Snyder was ranked 15th in the world and pulled a big upset in the final match, defeating defending world champion, Russia’s Abdusalam Gadisov.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

You hear about this a lot, someone trying to be tough and starting a fight with a stranger, then find out really quick that the stranger is a trained fighter. The lesson there is, don’t try to be a tough guy. Case in point, this video below. We see a guy get pretty upset over a basketball game. He keeps on this other guy and keeps going off on him about it.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

Yes, this happened live a few weeks ago, at the live Bellator event, but man, it just is too good not to share with you guys. Whenever someone hands Tito Ortiz a mic, just sit back, throw up you legs and relax, because you’re about to get something special.

BJPENN.COM News - September 12, 2015

Two time NFL pro bowler Herschel Walker made a run in pro MMA and had some success. In this new interview, seen below, Walker, who’s now retired from MMA, says martial arts has always been his first love. Walker also talked about a potential return to the cage.

BJPENN.COM News - September 11, 2015

Bellator ‘Dynamite’ is set to make history on Sept. 19. It will be the first event of its kind, featuring both MMA fights and GLORY Kickboxing fights in the same night, with a cage and a ring in the same arena. During the prelims some fights will even be going on at the same time.

BJPENN.COM News - September 11, 2015

  Well, things didn’t go very well at the ‘Invicta FC 14’ weigh-ins.

BJPENN.COM News - September 11, 2015

Earlier in the week a report came out stating that Floyd Mayweather Jr. used a banned IV the day before his fight with Manny Pacquiao. The report also points to a strange situation where the United States Anti-Doping Agency knew he did it, then allowed him a TUE exemption for it, 20 days after the fight happened. Manny Pacquiao has spoken up and told reporters, according to Yahoo Sports, that he want’s there to be a punishment for Mayweather and he also wants a rematch with the undefeated boxer, who is facing off with Andre Berto on Saturday night, a fight he says is his last.

BJPENN.COM News - September 11, 2015

It looks like we might need to take up a donation plate for Floyd Mayweather Jr. because he’s reportedly take a massive pay cut in his fight with Andre Berto. Instead of making $250 million, like he did against Manny Pacquiao, he’ll only be pulling in $32 million for his fight with Andre Berto, according to the figures released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. That’s right, ONLY $32 million.

Chris Taylor - September 11, 2015

  Bellator MMA has announced the rules for their four-man, single-night light heavyweight tournament, which takes place at “Bellator 142: Dynamite” next week in California.

BJPENN.COM News - September 11, 2015

Longtime promoter of Manny Pacquiao, Bob Arum, said that his fighter is more than willing to accept a fight with Amir Khan, who’s been vocal about this desire to fight the Filipino. According to Latin Post, Arum said that he can make that fight happen and he knows that Pacquiao will fight Khan, now it’s just a matter of Khan accepting to fight Pacquiao.

BJPENN.COM News - September 11, 2015

  Back in 2010, heavyweight Fabricio Werdum entered the Strikeforce cage in what was the biggest fight of his career.