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BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson will defend his flyweight championship this Saturday night against Chris Cariaso in the main event of UFC 178. To get fight fans ready for the electrifying main event, the UFC takes an in depth look at each fighter and their training camp leading up to the fight on ‘Countdown to UFC 178’.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

UFC 178 takes place this weekend, and to get fans ready the UFC brings fight fans the first episode of ‘Countdown to UFC 178’ with the co-main event bout featuring Donald Cerrone vs. Eddie Alvarez. Alvarez, a former Bellator MMA champion, will be making his UFC debut at the event.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

Last night the UFC ran their first episode of Countdown to UFC 178. They took an in-depth look at some of the high profile matchups on the card, including Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

Cris Cyborg and UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey have been going back and forth verbally. In short, Cyborg wants a shot at Rousey, but needs to drop down to bantamweight and prove that she can fight clean before UFC President Dana White agrees to make the matchup.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

This past weekend we saw Mark Hunt KO Roy Nelson with a brutal uppercut. We knew going into this fight that both fighters had unbelievable chins and possessed some of the best one-punch knockout power in the sport.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

Khabib Nurmagomedov was supposed to fight Donald Cerrone, but after suffering a torn meniscus, Khabib was forced out of the fight. Despite not having another fight scheduled, The Eagle hit the stationary bike to rehab his injured knee.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

On Joe Rogan’s latest episode of the Joe Rogan experience, Joe and Eddie Bravo spoke about TUF 20 contestant Rose Namajunas.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

Following his quick KO win over Takanori Gomi, Myles Jury was joined in the Octagon by Brian Stann, who spoke with Fury about the win.

BJPENN.COM News - September 22, 2014

Check out this awesome interview with Fedor Emelianenko and Michael Schiavello from AXS-TV, where Fedor spoke about everything from his time as a Pride FC champion, and on went what went wrong with the UFC.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

Yesterday at UFC Fight Night Japan, Mark Hunt KO’d Roy Nelson in the second round of their main event bout.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

Demetrious Johnson is gearing up for his UFC 178 bout against Chris Cariaso next Saturday, and to get fans ready, let’s take a look back at when Demetrious Johnson KO’d Joseph Benavidez back in 2013.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

After being released by the UFC following a standoff with police, Thiago Silva’s UFC hopes were slim to none. However, after his ex-wife fled the country, the prosecution team was unable to make a case against Silva, and as a result released him from prison. The UFC resigned him given that it was never proven that he committed any crime. Then earlier this week, Thiago’s ex-wife began leaking videos of Thiago with a gun in his hand, allegedly high on cocaine. Despite the accusations, Thiago seemed calm in the videos, inconsistent with someone high on cocaine.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

John Dodson was the #1 contender in the flyweight division earlier this year, and a rematch for the title against Demetrious Johnson was on the horizon once again. However, unfortunately, Dodson suffered a torn ACL and would be out until 2015. Dodson posted the following video on his Facebook, of himself back in the gym training, and looking extremely nimble and comfortable for someone just returning from ACL surgery.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

We’ve seen flying Armbars, flying Triangles, and even on occasion, a flying Omoplata, but in this video we see Nyjah Easton show off an incredible flying kneebar. Check it out in slow motion below!

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

In this video we see JiuJitsu practitioner Joon Lee’s 6-year old son showing off an impressive Spider Guard to X-Guard transition. Check out this awesome video!

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

Former UFC champion Tito Ortiz, and multiple time steroid abuser Stephan Bonnar had their scuffle in the Bellator cage several weeks ago. Since then, many fans questioned the legitimacy of the scuffle, given Bonnar’s WWE-style promoting of the fight. Tito Ortiz joined Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice on Inside MMA to talk about his genuine dislike for Bonnar.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

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bjpenndotcom - September 21, 2014

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