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BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013
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Ross Pearson details ‘crazy’ George Sotiropoulos getting knocked out by boxing coach on TUF: Smashes | UFC News
Chris Taylor - April 4, 2013
Ross Pearson offered up the inside scoop on the off-camera fight between George Sotiropoulos and “Real Deal’s” assistant boxing coach, Erin Beach, which took place during the filming of The Ultimate Fighter: ‘Smashes.’ It was a fight that started when George supposedly took a “cheap shot” at Erin, which ultimately ended up bad for the Australian fighter. Here is what Pearson had to say about the incident during his recent appearance on The MMA Hour:
VIDEO | WWE's Shawn Michaels & UFC's Johny Hendricks Teaching Nascar How To Fight
BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013
Nah-Shon Burrell replaces injured Amir Sadollah, faces Stephen Thompson at UFC 160
Chris Taylor - April 4, 2013
Amir Sadollah (6-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Stephen Thompson (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 160 next month with an undisclosed injury. Stepping in for Sadollah will be Strikeforce veteran Nah-Shon Burrell (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC). Burrell made his octagon debut in February, scoring a unanimous decision win over Yuri Villefort at UFC 157. Nah-Shon went 3-1 while under the Strikeforce banner and has won seven of his past eight fights overall.
Dustin Pague vs. Yves Jabouin added to UFC 161 in Winnipeg | UFC News
Chris Taylor - April 4, 2013
A bantamweight tilt between Dustin Pague (11-7 MMA, 1-3 UFC) and Yves Jabouin (18-8 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is the latest addition to June’s UFC 161 lineup. The Tristar Gym fighter, Jabouin, suffered a KO loss to Brad Pickett in his most recent outing at UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic this past Sepetember. Prior to the Pickett bout, Jabouin had strung together a three fight win streak, which included decision wins over Ian Loveland, Walel Watson and Jeff Hougland respectively. The bout with Pague will mark Jabouin’s third octagon appearance in his home country of Canada.
BJPENN.COM RADIO RETURNS TONIGHT WITH HARDY, CASTILLO AND GRANT 5pm PT/ 8pm ET
BJPENN.COM News - April 3, 2013
The BJPENN.COM RADIO crew is set to return to action tonight in its normal time-slot with a stacked guest list. Joining hosts George Matthews and Pedro Carrasco will be UFC welterweight fighter Dan Hardy, and UFC lightweights Danny Castillo & TJ Grant.
EXCLUSIVE | Ricardo Lamas In-Depth: "I'm Not Going To Play TKZ's Game", Talks Title Shots & More | Late Night Cageside Radio
Julien Solomita - April 3, 2013
UFC featherweight Ricardo Lamas joined BJPenn.com’s ‘Late Night Cageside’ Radio Show for an interview.
VIDEO | Anderson Silva Visits Sick Child In Hospital
BJPENN.COM News - April 3, 2013
UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, recently took time out of his busy schedule to visit this sick child in the hospital. It’s a moving shot of the champion and fan.
VIDEO | Wanderlei Silva Addresses Fans For April Fools Prank
BJPENN.COM News - April 3, 2013
I was at home yesterday, I had just got back from a trip. I was someone’s joke on Twitter, since it was April Fools’ Day, so then I realized that it was April Fools’ Day. Then I started thinking about it. Nobody knew what would happen with the Mousasi fight, and a lot of people were saying that I should fight. So I wrote my first tweet. I counted to 7 and my phone started ringing. It was the reporter for Globo.com, these guys are fast. Now that’s what it means to be efficient. I was at home and they were calling me for the news. How is it that everyone is tricked on April Fools’!? Some people got mad, but take it easy, everyone gets tricked some day. The good thing is that people got disappointed Wand won’t be fighting this Saturday.
Opponent commits to May bout with transgendered Fallon Fox | MMA News
Chris Taylor - April 3, 2013
Fallon Fox (2-0 MMA) may be the most talked about woman in Mixed Martial Arts, at least over the past month. Fox, a transgendered athlete who was born a male, won her first bout in the CFA tournament last month before the entire situation was revealed. Since then, her story has become national news and the question of whether or not she should be allowed to fight females has been a hot topic of debate. One person who doesn’t seem to have an issue with the situation is her May slated opponent, Allana Jones (2-0 MMA). Allana has decided she will face off against Fox at the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center on May 24, promoter Jorge de la Noval of the Championship Fighting Alliance told NBC 6 the news on Monday night.
VIDEO | If You Missed Last Night's TUF, Watch Uriah Hall KO Bubba McDaniel In 9-Seconds Here
BJPENN.COM News - April 3, 2013
Last Night the UFC aired the last TUF 17 quarter-final bouts of the season. The impressive Uriah Hall, once again delivered a knock out of the season worthy performance in his bout with Bubba McDaniel. If you missed it, check the full fight replay in the player above.
VIDEO | Meet Mousasi's New UFC on FUEL Opponent, "The Sledgehammer"
BJPENN.COM News - April 3, 2013
To the casual MMA audience, little is known about Ilir Latifi, the man tapped to face Gegard Mousasi on just four-days notice.
Gustafsson: I slipped and hit my head on corner post on Thursday | UFC News
Chris Taylor - April 3, 2013
Alexander Gustafsson (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) was scheduled to face Gegard Mousasi (33-3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FUEL TV 9, which takes place in Gustafsson’s home nation of Sweden this Saturday. However, in one of his final practices, a freak accident caused a cut over his left eye.
VIDEO | Ellenberger: If I was GSP I'd Fight Silva Then Retire
BJPENN.COM News - April 1, 2013
VIDEO | Ronda Rousey Talks Drugs, Religion & More On Jim Rome
BJPENN.COM News - April 1, 2013