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VIDEO | Cain Velasquez Wanted to 'Punish' Junior dos Santos in Rematch

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2013

UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez talks about his trilogy against Junior dos Santos, whether he ever had a nickname, JDS’s recent words about him, why he passed up on a finish in the rematch, fighting Daniel Cormier, and more.

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VIDEO | Junior dos Santos Discusses Cut Over Eye

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2013

Junior dos Santos talks about his upcoming third fight against Cain Velasquez, his new Nike shoes, the cut above his eye, which recent Velasquez comments he deems “arrogant,” whether he misses the belt, and more.

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VIDEO | Roy Nelson Credits Slender Physique on Depressing Training Camp

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2013

Roy Nelson talks about his UFC 166 fight against Daniel Cormier, why his bad training camp led to his slender physique, not having to shave his beard, whether he’d ever fight at light heavyweight, and more.

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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier Says Roy Nelson 'Said Some Things He Shouldn't Have Said'

BJPENN.COM News - October 18, 2013

Daniel Cormier talks about his UFC 166 fight against Roy Nelson, his slender physique, why he wanted Nelson to shave his beard, his future as a light heavyweight, whether he feels pressure going into this fight, and more.

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FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 211: Nick LoBosco, Mike "Biggie" Rhodes, Michele Gutierrez, Marina Shafir

bjpenndotcom - October 18, 2013

This episode of FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is dedicated to friend of the show, Mr. Barry Meyer, a man who has done more for MMA then could ever by typed… Barry passed away on October 15, 2013. Barry was one half of the Meyer brother team that has ran the TUFF-N-UFF promotion in Vegas. Barry not only gave our host Anton Skoro a big boost in his MMA media career, but many of amateur fighters as well. Barry you will be missed and this is truly a tragedy for the MMA community, as well as the Meyer family.

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EXCLUSIVE | Louis Fisette's TUF 18 Fighter Blog Week 7

Chris Taylor - October 17, 2013

Louis “Petit Pain” Fisette (6-1 MMA) is one of the youngest talents in MMA’s rich 135-pound division. The 23 year-old Canadian bantamweight is a contestant on this season of (TUF:18) The Ultimate Fighter: Tate vs. Rousey.

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VIDEO | UFC Primetime: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 - Episode 3

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2013

Fight week is underway as champion Cain Velasquez and former champion Junior Dos Santos make their final preparations for what promises to be an epic showdown at UFC 166. You can watch part 1 HERE!

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VIDEO | Gilbert Melendez sounds off on Diego Sanchez, Pettis & the Diaz bros

BJPENN.COM News - October 17, 2013

“El Nino” will be storming into Houston this weekend to face Diego Sanchez at UFC 166. The No. 2-ranked lightweight and former Strikeforce champ discusses his Sanchez fight plan, “boring” fighters, Anthony Pettis, Nick and Nate Diaz, Ronda Rousey, and a potential fourth fight with Josh Thomson.

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Roy Nelson: This is probably the crappiest camp that I've ever had

Chris Taylor - October 17, 2013

In the MMA game, some training camps go good and some training camps go bad, and according to UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson (19-8 MMA, 6-4 UFC) his latest camp was the latter of the two:

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VIDEO | BJ Penn Says 145 Pound Title Next After Edgar Fight

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2013

During the UFC GYM New York Grand opening last weekend, BJ Penn answered questions from the fans in attendance. One of those questions happened to be what’s next for ‘The Prodigy’ after his fight with Edgar?

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Coach: Askren Being Used As Pawn Between Two Promotions

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2013

“I feel like at times [Askren]’s being used as a pawn from one promotion to the other, personally. I mean, if [Bellator] doesn’t want him, let him go. I would love to see that fight happen, for sure. But Georges is talking about retiring, for one. Two, in order to make a title fight at welterweight in the UFC, they need footage to promote Ben, which they don’t have. “Bjorn’s got to know it’s a very hard asking for Dana, ‘let’s do this.’ Realistically you need footage and a contender fight. Where do we get the footage of Ben Askren in the background to promote this? Because Bellator owns this, and another TV company owns this. There’s a lot of things behind the scenes that just couldn’t happen. It’s weird, because [my] fighters are like my children. A week ago, Ben was down. He gets this told to him, he’s happier than a kid on Christmas.”

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FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 211: Nick LoBosco, Mike "Biggie" Rhodes, Michele Gutierrez, Marina Shafir

bjpenndotcom - October 16, 2013

This episode of FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is dedicated to friend of the show, Mr. Barry Meyer, a man who has done more for MMA then could ever by typed… Barry passed away on October 15, 2013. Barry was one half of the Meyer brother team that has ran the TUFF-N-UFF promotion in Vegas. Barry not only gave our host Anton Skoro a big boost in his MMA media career, but many of amateur fighters as well. Barry you will be missed and this is truly a tragedy for the MMA community, as well as the Meyer family.