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BJPENN.COM News - March 11, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 11, 2014

Combate Americas, the new MMA reality series hitting Mun2 is back this week and here is the latest episode in its entirety.

BJPENN.COM News - March 11, 2014

“UFC has been great to me. I always be proud to be with UFC, they make me who I am. If I’m wealthy right now it’s because of UFC. I would not be where I am in my life without UFC. It’s never to put down UFC that I’ve [criticized drug testing], it’s to help the sport. Because of the UFC I am very wealthy now. Very wealthy. They give me the life, the exposure that I have, the sponsorship and everything. If I ever come back it’s for the love of the sport. If I come back things would have to change a little bit, otherwise I’m not interested to come back. Right now I’m glad to see things headed in the right direction… Who knows, in a few times maybe I’ll be bored and come back.”

BJPENN.COM News - March 11, 2014

After his opponent passes gas during a match, this grappling competitor loses his lunch and is forced to submit in the process.

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

Here’s a quick recap from our weekend coverage of UFC Fight Night 37.

Chris Taylor - March 10, 2014

Former UFC heavyweight and PRIDE legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic recently appeared as a guest on Ariel Helwani’s ‘The MMA Hour.’

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

Former UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, is making the road to recovery look easy.

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

“It wasn’t about their product, it was about their business model, they had become very astute at selling their product and getting people to buy pay-per-views (PPV) by using free television. When we started, we had no traditional free press. Nobody was covering us, no one took us seriously as a sport. Therefore we had to turn to the WWE model which was, they have Monday Night Raw, Thursday Night Smackdown, which were television shows that told a story, and the story was trying to convince you to transact on Sunday night on PPV. So we said look, it’s going to take awhile for the free press to cover us, we don’t have that long to wait, therefore we must buy our way on TV, get on that free-to-air format, tell our story, let the fans know who these fighters are and convince the fans to buy the PPV on Saturday night. So looking at their business plan was the key.” Fertitta’s segment is around the 19-minute mark. Enjoy!

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

UFC light heavyweight and no. 1 contender Alexander Gustafsson joins UFC Fight Pass commentator Dan Hardy following his second-round TKO of Jimi Manuwa. Gustafsson thanks his trainers and offers a challenge to champion Jon Jones.

BJPENN.COM News - March 10, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 8, 2014

“There’s no doubt Melvin ran the entire fight and was incredibly passive, the complete opposite of how he used to fight. There was a lot of smack talk leading up to that fight, and those are the fights that everybody gets excited about, and nine times out of 10 they end up like tonight. Those drive me crazy.”

BJPENN.COM News - March 8, 2014

Our boys over at WhoaTV are on the ground in London and thanks to them, we have Dana White’s post-fight media scrum.