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bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

Striking is one of essential ingredients to an effective stand-up game. The names on the list shouldn’t be a surprise to most with the likes of the Diaz brothers landing the #2 and #4 spots respectively. With some fighters on the list out of competition for a while, it’s impressive to see their names on the Top 10 -Most Strikes-

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

It is plain and simple for Jose Aldo. He only wants to fight for the UFC featherweight title. The former UFC featherweight champion who was the only man to hold the title since the division’s birth before losing it to Conor McGregor in December just wants to get his belt back. With McGregor scheduled to fight for the lightweight title on March 5 against Rafael dos Anjos, “The Notorious” is still holding on to the featherweight title.

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey hosted the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live over the weekend. The UFC star made her first video appearance in a production since losing her championship title to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November. Rousey has taken time off from fighting to expand on her career with filming two new movies. The former UFC champion and Olympic medalist has already appeared in a few major motion pictures and it looks like her career in the movie industry isn’t slowing down.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

Former champ Chris Weidman gives his point of view on the stoppage that ended his title reign as middleweight champ at UFC 194. The Rockhold camp and Javier Mendez felt that the fight needed to be stopped much sooner. Weidman sits down with MMA hour to discuss the stoppage, a -quote via MMA Fighting.com-:

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

There were rumors flying around that Nick Diaz was getting back into the octagon later this fall, but no confirmation of a fight was ever made by Diaz and his camp. The elder Diaz is willing to hang back and help his younger brother #6 Nate Diaz out after his successful outing against Michael “The Menace” Johnson putting the younger Diaz right in the title hunt.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

https://youtu.be/TzcZc2w1vs0 Former champ Jon “Bones” Jones has been a training beast as of late. His opportunity to reclaim the LHW title of the world from Daniel “DC” Cormier is all Jones is focused on since he was reinstated back to fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

There’s plenty of wild start-up MMA inspired organizations world wide that look to differentiate themselves from mainstream MMA, this video shot in Russia, goes above and beyond in terms of different.

bjpenndotcom - January 25, 2016

https://youtu.be/iz0hmP4chZU When you see refereeing like this you just cringe, time seems to slow down and each second seems like an eternity when a ref allows a fighter to be beat a fighter like this and allow it to continue.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/DParOH3ODNw With Cain Velasquez out due to a back injury,  let’s take a peak at what is in store for the main-event at UFC 196.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3o0kzr_legendary-grappling-match-between-ronda-rousey-vs-bj-penn_sport It’s not too often we see a talent like “The Prodigy” BJ Penn, it’s really rare when Ronda Rousey is seen grappling the HOF two division champ.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

// Cain Velasquez is out with a back injury. Stipe vs Werdum for the heavyweight championship February 6th.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/zyuAxA68K0o With less than a week for UFC Fight Night Newark,  Bader vs Johnson is a contest to see who should be next in line after the Jones vs Cormier re-match later this year.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

Former champ Jose Aldo wanted to share his input on the upcoming UFC 197  main-event between Connor McGregor vs Rafael dos Anjos

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

Ariel Helwani gets an interview in with UFC strawweight sensation Paige VanZant after over a month since her fight against Rose Namajunas, VanZant goes over what went wrong in her fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

ESPN analyst and retired UFC fighter Chael Sonnen interviews champ Dominick Cruz as he gives us the run down on TJ Dillashaw,  who some analyst feel should never of left TAM.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

No one may know TJ Dillashaw from a ‘camp’ perspective more than Urijah Faber.   After countless hours training and working together you would imagine that Faber has a good bead on Dillashaw’s demeanor and attitude and knew that it would come in between him retaining the title.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/o1Cr3A0ZJHQ When you’re one of the most dangerous fighters in MMA and you’ve been stripped of a title that was never “taken” from you,  you might be similar to a wild, caged animal ready with every fiber of your being to take back what is rightfully yours.

bjpenndotcom - January 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/DranrnOmgP0 Comeback victories show the true grit and heart of a fighter in combat sports, ‘redlining’ their limits and showing what heart and a desire can do when all is almost lost.