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BJPENN.COM News - October 26, 2012

The UFC is Introducing Korean celebrity, Kang Ye-bin, as its latest addition to their Octagon girl staff at the upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 6: “Franklin vs. Le” set for November 10. To check out her official UFC promo hop to page 2.

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

“Talks have gone really well with Bellator and Eddie just wants to fight the best fighters he can, and get a contract he feels is fair, but I can tell you Bjorn has gone out of his way to make Eddie feel welcome and talks have gone well so far, so we’ll see what the future brings. He doesn’t want to sit out too long so we’d like to get things wrapped up. At the end of the day, Bellator has a 90-day negotiating period, so we’re finishing talks with them and we have to see where things go with that. Yeah he’d like to fight right away, but he doesn’t want to rush to make a deal either, make a hasty deal because he’s in a rush. He’s a very smart guy, and we’ve got to take our time, take it one step at a time to get ultimately where he needs to be.” Eddie Alvarez is arguably the Bellator promotions biggest and most recognizable star. Currently a free agent, UFC President Dana White has had no issue with publicly expressing his interest in the lightweight talent.

Chris Taylor - October 25, 2012

A lightweight showdown between Michael Johnson (12-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Myles Jury (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been added to the UFC’s year-end card in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

Japan’s DREAM promotion, once thought to be on the shelf for good, is returning for their annual New Year’s Eve bash on December 31. DREAM officials made the announcement late yesterday that “DREAM: Special NYE 2012” is on the books for the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Japan.

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

“Give me Forrest, why they won’t give me Forrest? The fans think we get to choose who we fight. I’m calling my manager right now. I told Dana I would fight Forrest and Glover the same night. [Forrest Griffin vs. Phil Davis] is gonna be a boring fight! No disrespect to anybody but that’s gonna be a boring fight. I’m sorry. This is why I’m leaving the UFC, I don’t understand what Joe Silva is doing. You know what I’m saying? Joe Silva have a complex, something’s wrong with him, the guy can’t match shoes. What kind of matchmaker is this guy? What is he thinking? Give me Forrest! Everybody want that, that will sell, everybody want to see me and Forrest again. Everyone wants to see that but Forrest. Forrest don’t want to fight me again because Forrest knows I beat him the first time. He know it, the whole world know it. The only people that think Forrest beat me are haters.” Check out the full video interview on page 2 to get all of Jackson’s side!

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

UFC 154: St. Pierre vs. Condit is set to go down on November 17th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Featuring the return of one of our sports biggest stars after more than a year on the sidelines, the UFC 154 pay-per-view event also features many other top UFC stars.

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

Alright Penn Nation, so is it likely that a San Diego area plumber really tapped out “The Truth?” In the great wide world of martial arts training facilities I’m sure crazier things have happened, but that’s not to say that a professional pipe cleaner would be able to fold Vera in an actual competitive environment.

BJPENN.COM News - October 25, 2012

UFC Fighter Trivia is back to test the MMA knowledge of the UFC’s biggest and brightest stars. Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping, Kenny Florian and Dominick Cruz bring it in this battle of wits on last Tuesday’s UFC Tonight!

Chris Taylor - October 24, 2012

Phil “The New York Bad Ass” Baroni (15-15 MMA) is riding high following his TKO victory over Rodrigo Ribeiro at ONE FC: Pride of a Nation, which took place August 31st in Manila, Phillipinnes. The victory, which came by way of soccer kicks and punches, took only a minute and snapped a two fight losing skid for “NYBA”. Baroni talked with Chris Taylor of bjpenn.com about his next fight, his MMA career thus far and his future aspirations. Here is their conversation:

BJPENN.COM News - October 24, 2012

“(The blood) gave me motivation. The fans just went nuts. There was so much blood in the cage that night from him. Literally, it was the next day, and I had already taken two or three showers—the next day I still found blood in my ear, outside my ear. I found it inside, like rolled up in my eyelids. “There was so much blood, I can’t even tell you. It was ridiculous. I can still taste it to this day. Like liquid metal. It was nuts. And definitely it motivated me. And that was a war. That was a war. I remember peeing blood after that.”

BJPENN.COM News - October 24, 2012

After a year and a half away from the cage, Georges St-Pierre says he’s better and stronger than ever. Hear why he’s confident he’ll still be champ after UFC 154.

BJPENN.COM News - October 24, 2012

This is the full video of the fourth event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Below is the right time of all fights you will find embedded in the player above.

BJPENN.COM News - October 24, 2012

The LBC’s first son, Snoop Dogg, talks about one of his favorite fighters of all time, Muhammad Ali. In This “Roots of Fight” special video feature the famous rapper explains how iconic and important the former boxing champion was to his community.

BJPENN.COM News - October 24, 2012

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2012

UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes knows current UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre all too well, having faced him three times inside the octagon.

BJPENN.COM News - October 23, 2012

Yesterday afternoon we released a statement from Miesha Tate firing off at the Bellator promotion for putting their female champ on the undercard of this Friday’s event. The Bellator boss, Bjorn Rebney, responded through MMA Fighting shortly after and here it is:

BJPENN.COM News - October 23, 2012