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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

UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis was a coach on season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter, which is currently being run on TV every Wednesday night. Prior to the filming however, his head coach, striking guru Duke Roufus, took fans on a tour of the gym behind the scenes. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));

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

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

Pat Barry is set to return to the ring for a kickboxing bout, but not under the Glory WS banner, this time he will fight under the Legacy FC banner in their first ever kickboxing event.

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

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

Chris Cariaso will step into the Octagon to face Demetrious Johnson this Saturday at UFC 178. While many fans are counting Cariaso out of the fight, he believes that he will silence his critics and claim the flyweight championship from Johnson, one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world.

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

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

Quinton Rampage Jackson has always been one to express his dislike for the UFC brass. After a long and bumpy relationship, Rampage had his last fight with the promotion against Glover Teixeira in 2013. Shortly after he was released from the UFC, Rampage was signed to Bellator MMA, where he has enjoyed a 3-fight win streak.

BJPENN.COM News - September 21, 2014

In this JiuJitsu video we see a very sneaky fake guard pull to ankle pick. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));

BJPENN.COM News - September 20, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - September 20, 2014

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