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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

TJ Grant via sherdog.com

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

In our ever-increasing efforts to bring combat sports fans quality coverage, we present to you the official GLORY 6 Istanbul press conference in its entirety. For tickets, click http://www.goo.gl/e3Uws For HD PPV click http://www.goo.gl/UJH5d

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

BJPENN.COM News - April 4, 2013

Michael Bisping gives our good friend Rick Lee access into his UFC 159 training camp as he trains with Scot prohaska his performance and enhancement coach.

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

I will come on stage, I will sell the tickets. I’m the highest paid fighter in the history of the UFC and I’m the biggest draw this industry has ever seen. So Jon, when I get done, grab your broom and sweep up afterwards.

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

Ilir Latifi has been thrust into the spotlight, headlining a UFC event in his hometown against Gegard Mousasi in his promotional debut. This is the first released pre-fight interview of the man tasked to fill the void left by the injured Alexander Gustafsson.

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.

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.