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BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2012

Today the UFC hits Las Vegas for the usual pre-fight hype press conference. On today’s docket is this weekends UFC 155 event featuring a main event between UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and former champ Cain Velasquez.

BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2012

Heavyweight Grand Slam, a one night single-elimination kickboxing competition featuring 16 of the world’s hardest hitting KO artists, will be televised on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. EST on CBS Sports Network. Unprecedented and historic in the sport of kickboxing, GLORY 4 is the first-ever 16-man tournament where the winner has to defeat four opponents in one night to be crowned GLORY World Champion and walk away with $400,000.

BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2012

Women’s superstar Marloes Coenen (20-5) of the Netherlands has been added to the stacked DREAM 18 MMA card at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan on New Year’s Eve. The featherweight (145 pounds/66 kilograms) submission specialist faces ‘Ferocious’ Fiona Muxlow (6-1) of Queensland, Australia. Like Coenen, the majority of Muxlow’s wins have been by way of submission and she is riding a three-fight winning streak.

BJPENN.COM News - December 25, 2012

The entire staff at BJPENN.COM would like to wish all of our readers and members a happy holiday season this year and thank you for all your support and love! Have a merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday!

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

BJPenn.com’s Lynn Mitchell sits down with UFC featherweight Max Hollaway just before his last training session as he heads to UFC 155 taking place in Las Vegas, NV. Holloway, the youngest fighter in the UFC roster ,will be squaring off with UFC Vet Leonard Garcia on short notice replacing Cody McKenzie due to an injury.

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

Chris Taylor - December 24, 2012

Former Pride champion, Strikeforce champion, and current UFC light heavyweight contender, Dan Henderson, has fought 37 times, with 29 wins and eight losses.

Chris Taylor - December 24, 2012

A welterweight battle between Brock Jardine (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Kenny Robertson (11-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) is the latest addition to February’s UFC 157 card.

BJPENN.COM News - December 22, 2012

The Bellator fight promotion is continuing to hype up their debut on SPIKE TV for the 8th season of their tournament format. With the hype train at full speed comes the latest preview featured above with what we, as MMA fans, can expect from the countries number 2 MMA promotion!

BJPENN.COM News - December 22, 2012

Tim Kennedy has always been outspoken about his moral beliefs. The Strikeforce middleweight fighter is a war hero and a two-time title challenger who has rarely faced much adversity in his MMA career.

Chris Taylor - December 21, 2012

Former Strikeforce fighter Bobby Voelker (24-8 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut this March when he takes on Patrick ‘The Predator” Cote (18-8 MMA, 5-8 UFC) at UFC 158 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

BJPENN.COM News - December 21, 2012

Chris Taylor - December 21, 2012

Strikeforce officials announced yesterday that current UFC middleweight Ed Herman (20-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will be heading to Strikeforce for the promotions final event to face former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (16-3 MMA, 6-1 SF) on the evening main-card.

BJPENN.COM News - December 20, 2012

“I prefer to fight against clean athletes and real professionals. Cain is one of these guys. He’s a real professional fighter and that’s a good challenge for me. I know he’s very tough and I know how hard I have to train to face him. The other guys, they just say things but there’s nothing behind the words. Guys like me and Cain Velasquez, we are made at the gym. And guys like the other guy, they are made at the laboratory.” UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos took to yesterday’s UFC 155 pre-fight media conference call to discuss his divisional peers and throw a few stones at Alistair Overeem for his use of performance enhancing drugs!.

BJPENN.COM News - December 20, 2012