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BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

If you missed the live broadcast of BJPENN.COM RADIO last night, have no fear. Below you can find the replay in its entirety.

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

UFC welterweight fighter, Dan Hardy, took to BJPENN.COM RADIO last night to discuss all the latest happenings in the ongoing saga that is his health. Unsure if he will ever be able to fight again, the British born fighter opened up with the crew and let us know exactly what is going on. Listen to the full interview below:

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

Last night on the BJPENN.COM RADIO show, Danny “Last Call” Castillo joined the crew to catch us up to date on the latest with his fighting career. Check out the full interview in the player below:

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

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BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

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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:

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

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.

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 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.

Julien Solomita - April 3, 2013

UFC featherweight Ricardo Lamas joined BJPenn.com’s ‘Late Night Cageside’ Radio Show for an interview.

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.

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.

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.

BJPENN.COM News - April 3, 2013

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.

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.