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BJPENN.COM News - October 19, 2012

This week sees both coaches up the intensity in training; with George giving the Australian’s conditioning work in the sand dunes and Ross taking Team UK through the training session from hell.

BJPENN.COM News - October 19, 2012

The poster prank war continues and the coaches begin engaging in some mind games with each other. The fighters are starting to get restless in the house and Ben Alloway sets up a Wasabi challenge to ease their boredom.

BJPENN.COM News - October 19, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

“I’ve faced plenty of wrestlers like Vladimir Matyushenko, Jake O’Brien and Matt Hamill and had no problems. Chael is a decent wrestler. He was an Olympic alternate but he wasn’t on the team. No disrespect to other alternates but he’s not at that level. Who cares if he takes me down, he gets submitted all the time from top position anyways. I’ve wrestled since I was a 14 year old boy and I still love wrestling. I’m definitely prepared. If he does take me down, so what? His ground and pound is weak and he gets submitted all the time. If I do get him down, his face will open up. I feel I have nothing to worry about in wrestling. I have a slight edge in jiu-jitsu and I have a huge edge in kickboxing. I’m not intimidated by his power. I don’t see any way Chael can win this fight but I’ll still train like a madman. I’m ready to lay the smackdown for the things he said not only for the things he said not just about me but about other people and send him back to the movies.” “Chael’s an interesting guy. I respect some things about him. He goes and gets what he wants except for world championships or any championships. He’s a good talker and good for the sport in some ways. He’s extremely disrespectful and not much of a championship level athlete at all. He’ll be able to do his TV shows and commentating and all that. I’m doing Chael a favor by showing Chael what his true calling which is his gift of gab and not athletic talent.”

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

UFC lightweight fighter Jeremy Stephens released this video blog explaining his innocence and apologizing for being arrested just a few short weeks ago on felony assault charges. From his youtube channel:

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

“I want to sit down with the people of Viacom. I’m interested in what’s going on with the Spike deal next year. Of course Bellator has a ton of huge things going on, and I’m interested in what them guys have to say. From there, we’ll field offers from everyone else, the UFC and everyone else, whoever is out there, I don’t know who’s out there. I didn’t know Bellator existed, they just started when I was done with my Dream contract, they just popped up out of nowhere.” “I’m not impatient. I’m taking my time with this. There’s very few times in your career when you become a free agent after winning. That’s the biggest key. So I’m taking my time, enjoying my family back home, and just eating a little bit of normal meals.”

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

UFC Octagon girl, Arianny Celeste, is back at it again with her latest music video featuring her “On Top Of The World” Single. Hit play above and check it out now!

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2012

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bjpenndotcom - October 17, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2012

Earlier today the UFC and FX held a special tele-conference with Jon Jones, Chael Sonnen and Dana White to discuss the next season of the UFC’s reality series, “The Ultimate Fighter.” If you missed our live broadcast of the event, have no fear, you can find the archived audio in the player above.

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2012

“I’m looking forward to that fight. Hopefully December we’re gonna get it, beginning of January. My side of the deal is signed. (I’m) just waiting on him while his shoulder is rehabbed. There’s been a lot of shit talking back and forth, so it’s gonna be fun. It’s gonna be for the fans. I think it’s gonna be Fight of the Night for sure. He’s well-rounded. I think my wrestling is better than his but if we go to the ground he’s good on the ground, if we stay standing he’s good there. It’s gonna be a helluva fight. I’m packing a lunch. I’m ready for three rounds of hell. I’ll fight him on an undercard, I don’t care.” In an interview with MMAInterviews.tv, top lightweight fighter, Donald Cerrone discusses his upcoming battle with Anthony Pettis and the rivalry between the two standouts.

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2012

Master Steven Seagal made waves in the MMA world when taking credit for such victories as Lyoto Machida over Randy Couture and Anderson Silva over Vitor Belfort, but has rarely been given the chance to explain himself. Now in a one-hour one-on-one, the martial arts expert sits down with AXS TV’s Michael “The Voice” Schiavello to discuss everything in his martial arts lifestyle.

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2012

Tim Kennedy and Ranger Up have done an excellent job in explaining the importance of voting in the upcoming presidential election. In this video they document the potential events that more than likely will transpire if you don’t cast your vote!

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2012

Mike Goldberg is an awesome guy, so our posting of this highlight video is in no way a dig at the UFC ringside commentator. He does however say some interesting things and last weekend at UFC 153 he left many onlookers scratching their head.

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2012

In his third fight of the night at the UA: King of the Mountain welterweight tournament, a 19-year-old and undefeated Nick Diaz would fall to the strikes of Jeremy Jackson in forty-nine seconds. It would mark the only time he would ever be stopped in his career. Ten months later, Diaz would step into the ring in defend his IFC United States welterweight title for the first time against the man who first defeated him. This time, the King of the 209 would get his revenge, and we have the never-before-seen video of this fight from July, 2003. Don’t ask us how we got this footage, because we don’t know. It showed up on our Youtube account watermarked and with a simple message in the notes: ‘this is really rare.’ It’s true, very few people have seen this fight.

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2012

“I don’t have an opponent. But with the two-month delay, hopefully Frank Mir is healed up and ready to go. I haven’t been told I’m fighting for sure, but if they’re promising a stacked card, I’m hoping I’m one of the guys they look at and you put [me] on the card and it becomes a little bit better. This last Strikeforce fight was never a negative to me. It’s what I owe to that organization and Showtime for all they’ve done for me. It wasn’t a negative. But now it’s drifting along, drifting along. I’m ready for it to get done… January’s show is happening. Let’s not lose interest in Strikefore. It’s a great organization.” Check out the full video interview provided by AXS.TV below: