MMA News

BJPENN.COM News - September 9, 2015

  Former UFC lightweight and current Bellator MMA fighter Melvin Guillard suffered a loss in his promotional debut.

BJPENN.COM News - September 9, 2015

  Fedor Emelianenko is known for his calm demeanor and emotionless face, even when entering the cage and during his fights.

BJPENN.COM News - September 9, 2015

  This girl is taking over the internet. Young Evnik Saadvakass, eight years old, is taking the internet by storm with her new training videos.

BJPENN.COM News - September 8, 2015

  On Tuesday Bellator MMA announced a brand new event with Bellator 146 featuring a main event between middleweights Hisaki Kato and Melvin Manhoef.

BJPENN.COM News - September 8, 2015

  Here’s a shocker, Floyd Mayweather is a huge favorite over Andre Berto going into their fight on Saturday.

BJPENN.COM News - September 8, 2015

  This is no May / Pac that’s for sure. Floyd Mayweather will take on Andre Berto this Saturday on PPV. Mayweather is claiming it’s his final fight and boy what a way to go out, not in a good way.

BJPENN.COM News - September 8, 2015

  Cast member on season one of The Ultimate Fighter and veteran UFC fighter Josh Koscheck is now with Bellator MMA and since the change took place it’s obvious the welterweight fighter is enjoying being able to speak out and say whatever he wants without fear of losing his job.

BJPENN.COM News - September 7, 2015

  Belator MMA’s next big ‘tentpole’ event, ‘Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis’, will now feature a fight between Ryan Couture and Nick Gonzalez.

BJPENN.COM News - September 5, 2015

  Is this girl the future of women’s combat sports?

BJPENN.COM News - September 4, 2015

World Series of Fighting light heavyweight Ronny Markes hasn’t fought for the promotion since winning his debut back in 2014, when he picked up a unanimous decision over Cully Butterfield. He was then scheduled to fight last April, against David Branch, but had to pull out right before weigh-ins due to illness. Markes now believes that that is the reason WSOF has yet to book him in another fight and he’s not very happy about it.

BJPENN.COM News - September 4, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - September 3, 2015

Stud Show Radio (formerly Team Alpha Male Radio) is a biweekly MMA podcast that airs Tuesday and Thursday right here on BJPENN.COM. The show features hosts Justin Buchholz and Chris Carlino aka Sir Studboy talking to callers and guests about all the latest stories in MMA and beyond.  Guests from Team Alpha Male appear on the show regularly, including UFC champion T.J. Dillashaw, Urijah Faber, Joseph Benavidez, Chad Mendes and many, many more.

BJPENN.COM News - September 3, 2015

UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Team Alpha Male’s Urijah Faber will not fight at the end of the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, where they coach opposite of each other. Instead, McGregor will fight Jose Aldo the day after the Finale at UFC 194 and Faber is still without a fight.

BJPENN.COM News - September 3, 2015

On Tuesday’s episode of Stud Show Radio, ‘The California Kid’ Urijah Faber stopped by and talked a little bit about the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, where he coached opposite of Conor McGregor. Now, Faber couldn’t say much, considering the season has yet to air, but did give a little bit of a tease for things to come.

BJPENN.COM News - September 3, 2015

Is Manny Pacquiao’s boxing career coming to an end? It appears to be. According to Top Rank leader and longtime promoter Bob Arum, who talked to TMZ, the Filipino boxer is looking to retire from the sport in order to focus on a presidential run in his home country.

BJPENN.COM News - September 3, 2015

MMA fighter Monique Bastos, a strawweight from Brazil was walking down the street when all of a sudden she was being attacked and robbed by two men. They were after her cell phone. One of them got away, but the other guy wasn’t so lucky. Bastros grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground. After that she was able to get him in a triangle choke and hold him there until the police arrived to the scene.

BJPENN.COM News - September 2, 2015

‘In the seventh episode of Phuket Dreaming we follow teenage Muay Thai fighters Wayunoii & Phet Dum. Competing as top ranked Rajadamnern Muay Thai fighters. We also check out K-1 sensation Marat Grigorian as he trains at Phuket Top Team ahead of the 70kg K-1 Grand Prix tournament.’ Catch the latest episode of the popular web series, ‘Phuket Dreaming,’ below. You don’t want to miss the seventh episode of the second series!

BJPENN.COM News - September 2, 2015

Let’s be honest, one of, if not the most exciting part of MMA is a one shot KO. Whether it’s from a punch, knee, elbow or kick, when a fighter lands a solid shot that puts their opponents lights out there’s really nothing else comparable. I suppose if you’re a Jiu-Jitsu fanatic then a good submission will do it for you, but the majority of MMA fans can’t wait to see fighters hitting the mat like a sack of bricks.