MMA News

BJPENN.COM News - December 17, 2012

Roy Nelson puts an emphatic end to an exciting night of fights, stopping fellow TUF alum Matt Mitrione in the first round of their headlining bout. Hear what “Big Country” had to say following the win.

Chris Taylor - December 17, 2012

A middleweight bout between former BAMMA champ Tom Watson (15-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Bulgarian fighter Stanislav Nedkov (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is the latest addition to February’s UFC on FUEL TV 7 card.

Chris Taylor - December 15, 2012

A rematch between middleweights Patrick Cote (18-8 MMA, 5-8 UFC) and Alessio Sakara (15-10 MMA, 6-7 UFC) has been added to UFC 158 set for March 16, 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Chris Taylor - December 15, 2012

It appears that Johny Hendricks (14-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) will not sit back and wait for a title shot after all. “Big Rigg” will instead take on welterweight contender Jake Ellenberger (28-6 MMA, 7-2 UFC) this March at UFC 158 in Montreal.

BJPENN.COM News - December 15, 2012

“Big Country” Roy Nelson doesn’t really know how to answer a question straight. The Sarcastic big man is near impossible to get a straight answer from. However he does drive a simple point home in this video, he believes Matt Mitrione should have participated in VADA.

BJPENN.COM News - December 15, 2012

Facing off against Roy Nelson is not an easy task for any man. Just ask UFC heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos. But for Matt Mitrione, he is relishing the opportunity.

BJPENN.COM News - December 15, 2012

Bellator light-heavyweight fighter, King Mo Lawal, allowed cameras into his recent boxing training session. Working on his defense, the former Strikeforce champion was caught with a body shot that sent him to the canvas. Training Mo is none other than famed boxing coach Jeff Mayweather.

BJPENN.COM News - December 15, 2012

Here’s an interesting bit of news that has crossed over into our fantastic world of Mixed Martial Arts. Steven Crowder, a contributor for FOX News appeared at a right-to-work rally in Michigan. While on the scene pro-union protesters assaulted Crowder with punches in bunches, forcing the reporter to retreat to safety.

BJPENN.COM News - December 15, 2012

Yesterday evening, fighters from the now concluded “TUF Smashes” reality show squared off on FX for their series finale. In addition to the “TUF” fighters, notables like Hector Lombard and Rousimar Palhares waged war infront of a sold out arena in Australia. Following the event we aired a post-fight press conference on BJPENN.COM, but if you missed out live coverage the full replay is listed above.

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

UFC on FX 6 goes down tonight to conclude the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter: Smashes” reality series. In the main event, “Smashes” coaches, George Sotiropoulos and Ross Pearson square off alongside their TUF finalists to crown the “Smashes” champion.

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

The UFC is holding “The Ultimate Fighter” season 16 finale weigh-ins ceremony today from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The Fighters start hitting the scale at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT) to make their bouts official for tomorrow nights event.

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

“It was difficult to see her go because we were sort of with her from the start. We were the only network that she’s been on, you know, in terms of fighting. But, I’m very happy for her personally. I know it was always her dream that she would go into the UFC and I am happy that she achieved that. I’m confident we’re going to continue to discover and develop good fighters. I’m genuinely happy. She seems like she’s very happy at the opportunity. The women’s division, there’s a long history in Showtime. As long as we’ve had MMA we’ve had a women’s division. Even when it wasn’t the cool thing to do. I think anything we do going forward in the MMA space is going to involve the women’s division. We sort of found and help develop Gina (Carano) and then when Gina went off and go into her other interests, I don’t think anyone really thought there would be another female star that was developed on Showtime. And I’m not saying that Gina and Ronda are a dime a dozen because they are really once in a lifetime stars. But, there’s plenty of talent out there and we are going to continue to look for and develop them.”

BJPENN.COM News - December 14, 2012

Chris Taylor - December 13, 2012

A welterweight bout between “The Ultimate Fighter Season 11” winner Court McGee (13-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and UFC veteran Josh Neer (33-12-1 MMA, 6-8 UFC) is being targeted for UFC 157 in Anaheim, California.