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BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

“We saw something tonight that you might not f**king ever see again as long as you live. What that guy does — like that spinning back kick where he steps to the side and then steps back — and he just kind of laid in there, took some shots, let him hit him, he was moving his head and then playing with him. And then, the minute he said, ‘I’m done,’ it was done. It’s just unbelievable — nobody does that. Nobody. Nobody in this sport is able to do that. That’s why when I get these guys sometimes who say, ‘I don’t know, Anderson Silva might not be the best …’ Are you out of your fucking mind? Nobody can do what this guy can fucking do. He’s the greatest of all time. And I think he’s the greatest in any combat sport. I’m a huge Mike Tyson fan, and in Tyson’s heyday when he was executing people, and you were just wondering how long it was going to be before he knocked someone out — he had that power and mean-ness that people were afraid of. Anderson Silva just does amazing things that nobody else can do…. I’m telling you right now: Watch every fight that he has, enjoy every moment that he’s here because when he’s gone you’re going to fucking regret it. You’re going to wish you watched more. It’s like [Michael] Jordan — even the games he played that didn’t mean a lot — he still did a lot of great shit. Anderson Silva is the guy who you want to watch when he’s fighting because you’re going to see some shit you’ve never seen before in your life.” UFC president Dana White has nothing but kind words for his middleweight champion and Brazilian superstar, Anderson Silva.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

“I want to fight whoever wants to fight. I want to fight ‘Rampage’ if he comes in top shape. I don’t want to fight him if he’s not motivated to fight. I want to fight guys like [Fabio Maldonado], guys who want to fight and make careers in the UFC. Quinton’s got too much money already! He’s been talking all this time that I disrespected him — I never disrespected Quinton Jackson. That’s my idol. That guy was incredible. And now he tells me that I disrespected him? I didn’t disrespect him at all, but I’m not afraid of any man, either, you know? (Full video interview on next page)” The highly touted Glover Teixeira tells the UFC on FUEL TV crew that he wants to fight former UFC light-heavyweight champion, Rampage Jackson.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

UFC president Dana White shocked a lot of people over the weekend when he announced that suspended heavyweight, Alistair Overeem, will likely return to a title shot against the winner of JDS vs. Velasquez. To hear all the comments from White, including his thoughts on the Jeremy Stephens arrest jump to page 2 and check out the video.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

Following Saturday’s UFC 153 post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White talked about a variety of different topics with select media. To watch the UFC boss discuss what’s next for guys like Alistair Overeem, Anderson Silva and Jon Fitch hop to page 2.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

Last weekend’s UFC 153 was full of spectacular finishes. On the pay-per-view portion of the fight card only one of six bouts went the distance and it was awarded “Fight of the Night” honors. If you missed the UFC resturn trip to Rio turn the page and check out the full video highlight package.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

Hawaii’s “Just Scrap” Fight promotion is set to return to Maui for the third straight time next month with “Just Scrap Maui III” set for November 9.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

UFC 153 is scheduled to take place this evening from Rio’s HSBC Arena. Immediately following the main event the UFC will hold it’s post-fight press conference live from the same venue in Brazil.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

Former Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, put an exclamation point on his time with the Bellator promotion last night when he stepped inside the cage on his final contracted bout against Patricky “Pitbull” Freire. It took the top lightweight a little bit of time, but he was able to hit the mark with a right high-kick to the face that put his opponent down and left him unconscious.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

Strikeforce announced yesterday it is planning its next card set to air live on Showtime in January 2013. Further information on the fight card and location will be announced shortly. Strikeforce also announced the cancellation of its Nov. 3 event at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., due to injuries sustained by main event star Frank Mir and co-main event star Luke Rockhold. Refunds for tickets purchased are available at point of sale.

BJPENN.COM News - October 12, 2012

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BJPENN.COM News - October 6, 2012

The UFC wasn’t the only Mixed Martial Arts promotion to deliver fireworks in the past 24-hours. Emerging MMA promotion One FC returned to PPV last night and delivered in a major way. Not only did the card feature the return and victories of Jens Pulver and Shinya Aoki amongst others, it also gave us a highlight soccer kick KO.

BJPENN.COM News - October 6, 2012

ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) Asia’s premier Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization impressed a sold-out Singapore Indoor Stadium with ONE FC: RISE OF KINGS. The largest MMA event held to date in Singapore proved to be a night of unforgettable action with a series of world class battles inside the famous ONE FC cage. The highly-anticipated debut of Japanese MMA superstar Shinya Aoki ended in success as the Japanese fighter defeated Arnaud “The Game” Lepont with a triangle choke submission in just 1:25 minutes of round 1. After suffering a setback in his last fights, Aoki looked to have regained his winning ways as he entered the cage with confidence and proceeded to dominate the fight early by bringing the on-rushing Frenchman to the ground and making him fight where Aoki is most dangerous. Once on the ground, Aoki applied a triangle choke to finish Lepont in impressive fashion.

BJPENN.COM News - October 6, 2012

“I get the call this morning that he’s been arrested in his hotel room, I go straight to the police, the sheriff’s department here and start putting the pieces together on what’s going on and how to fix it. I’m sure you could tell by my tweeting I was 100-percent confident that I was going to get him out for this fight. “Basically what happened is they do not like him in Des Moines, Iowa where this warrant is from. Basically, they’re going to extradite him, one of those situations, or not we’ll see what happens with this whole thing, but the kid’s been here since Monday no secret that he was going to be here. They arrest him at almost noontime on Friday after he weighs in yesterday and everything else. In my opinion after dealing with this all day, that was done on purpose.”

BJPENN.COM News - October 6, 2012

Last night on FX the UFC held a stellar card full of drama and upsets. From Jeremy Stephens remaining in jail and unable to perform, to Travis Browne blowing out his knee in the midst of a high kick, the UFC on FX event left us with many story lines this morning.