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BJPENN.COM News - December 28, 2012

Chris Taylor - December 28, 2012

The battle to land lightweight free agent Eddie Alvarez (24-3 MMA, 8-1 BFC) is starting to heat-up, or so it would appear. The former Bellator lightweight title holder is being pursued by both the UFC and his former employer Bellator Fighting Championships.

BJPENN.COM News - December 27, 2012

By Evan Stoumbelis UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has been preparing for his rematch with Cain Velasquez this Saturday at UFC 155 where he hopes to score another victory as well as retain his heavyweight strap. Below is a clip of JDS’ training session in which he works with practice mitts, skip to the 3:10 mark to see JDS’ striking in action.

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

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 26, 2012

In anticipation of this Saturday’s UFC 155 PPV event, the UFC offices have put together “Countdown to UFC 155”. Heavyweight powerhouses Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez renew their rivalry at the last event of the year, while Joe Lauzon and Jim Miller, two of the most exciting fighters in the lightweight division, plan to steal the show at UFC 155.

BJPENN.COM News - December 25, 2012

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BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

“Let’s do a rematch and have a chance of her cutting to 135-pounds, possibly, if it’s possible she can do it. It’s just really tough, like I said. Just being with Cyborg and wrestling her myself, she’s a big girl. To make it down to 135-pounds, it would be kind of health threatening, I think. But at the same time, I would love for the fight to happen. Let’s meet in the middle.

BJPENN.COM News - December 24, 2012

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

“This is a fight that everyone wants to see. I’m already counting on your support. Because your support is what will make this fight even better. I want to thank Dana White for putting me on this event, as the main event, in Japan, at the Saitama Arena. A place where I’ve fought so many times and had some of the greatest moments of my career. It will be an honor for me. “The Japanese public is unique. Most people comment on that they are very quiet. Something that many people don’t know about but Wanderlei Silva taught the public to cheer. One day, I was watching an event there with 22,000 people and during the fight, I could hear a cell phone ringing. I asked my coach, ‘Is that a cell phone ringing?’ He said, ‘Yes, that is a cell phone.’ But with the Pride fights, we succeeded at doing a good job, and we had great fights. Fights full of excitement. And with that the fans started cheering more. You could see the improvement as the public was being reeducated. Because Pride was the first event at that level and size. It was a unique moment in the history of the sport.

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.

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.