MMA News

BJPENN.COM News - January 31, 2013

Next month the “Just Scrap” fight promotion is making its highly anticipated return to the War Memorial Center with “Just Scrap Maui IV” on March 15th. The promotion last touched down in Maui with “Just Scrap Maui III” which featured a main event between local fan favorite, Kendall Grove and Chris Cisneros on November 9.

BJPENN.COM News - January 31, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 31, 2013

Building off a successful run in 2012 at Club Nokia at L.A. LIVE, the University of MMA has set four dates at the venue in 2013. Now rebranded as “University of MMA: Fight Night,” the first event of the year will take place on Sunday, March 3, with subsequent dates in May, August, and December. Tickets for the March 3 event go on sale at 10:00am, Thursday, January 31, at www.UofMMA.com or www.axs.com. “This is the next step for us in building a regular fight series at Club Nokia,” commented U of MMA founder Turi Altavilla. “We’ve said before that our goal is to be L.A.’s fight show both for fighters in the Southern California community and the fight fans.” University of MMA: Fight Night will mark the crowning of two new U of MMA champions, in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Both title quests began as four-man tournaments at U of MMA events in 2012.

BJPENN.COM News - January 31, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 30, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 30, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 30, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 30, 2013

Chris Taylor - January 30, 2013

UFC officials recently announced that a heavyweight bout between Cheick Kongo (18-7-2 MMA, 11-5-1 UFC) and Roy Nelson (18-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has been added to the UFC 159 event scheduled for April 27.

BJPENN.COM News - January 30, 2013

After an explosive knockout victory in his Bellator debut, King Mo is set to return to the Bellator cage when he battles “The Hardcore Kid” Emmanuel Newton in a Light Heavyweight Semifinal fight on February 21st from Utah’s Maverik Center live on Spike TV. The night will also feature the long anticipated Featherweight Tournament Finals as Utah’s Own Rad Martinez battles the dynamic Russian striker Shahbulat Shamhalaev for a $100,000 Tournament prize and a guaranteed title shot. Tickets for the event start as low as $40 and can be purchased by visiting Ticketmaster.com, Bellator.com and the Maverik Center Box Office.

BJPENN.COM News - January 29, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 29, 2013

“A lot of people have been pushing me to retire, I’ve been a shell of myself these last couple years. I’ve been saying I’m definitely on the shelf, I’m semi-retired, I’m definitely on the shelf right now,” …

BJPENN.COM News - January 29, 2013

“I know I am a better fighter. The fight will probably end in one or two rounds. I’m going to raise my hands after and he’s just going to be a number on my list, a statistic. I want to finish him the first round. I have the power to knock ‘Bigfoot’ out for a long, long time. I expect ‘Bigfoot’ to try and take this fight to the ground. I believe I have the advantage if the fight goes to the ground. I am better in the stand-up, I’m better on the ground and I have more knockout wins, more submission wins. I am better in every aspect and I’m going to show that February 2nd in Vegas.”

BJPENN.COM News - January 29, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 29, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 28, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 28, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - January 28, 2013