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BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

The once highly touted, UFC featherweight prospect, Josh Grispi has found himself under-fire for some serious allegations of domestic abuse against his spouse.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

“[The UFC] aren’t really a competitor to us and I explain this to our talent this way in the Performance Center and every time I say it people will say to me oh, that made it very clear for me: people like UFC, they like boxing, but it’s completely different from what we are. “We are like the movie Rocky. We’re a story. We’re a great story that just happens to take place sometimes in the wrestling ring, so if you think about us less of Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match which you’ll watch one time and on pay-per-view and then once that fight’s over it’s kind of done, you know, and you’re really not going to go back and watch it a bunch of times unless you’re a connoisseur of boxing science, you’re gonna watch it one time. But Rocky the movie you will watch over and over and over again. It’s the story, it’s the characters. Boxing is irrelevant to the movie really. It’s a triumph story, it’s a love story, it’s all those things and that’s what we do. “We create characters that you gravitate towards, that you connect with, that you passionately engage with, you believe in on a visceral level, whether you hate them or love them. We put them in unique story lines with creative passions and good guys and bad guys and the drama and sometimes love throws.”

bjpenndotcom - August 6, 2014

With all the recent events, MMA’s most gangster(ish) fighters are running out of control. Chael Sonnen, the self-proclaimed “Oregon Gangster” has been popped for five different illegal drugs and suspended for two years.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

“Brock Lesnar avoids watching UFC because every person that he watches, he will turn and say, `I could whip that guy’s ass.’ Sometimes I’ll say, `Did you happen to see this fight because it’s really good?’ The one I remember, I couldn’t believe the butchering that Cain Velasquez put on Bigfoot (Antonio Silva, in their first fight in 2011). Cain Velasquez is the Abdullah the Butcher of the Octagon. He scars everyone he faces. He scarred Brock Lesnar. He not only beats people within an inch of their lives, he bloodies and massacres guys in the Octagon, and he’s the nicest guy, which makes him so scary. He doesn’t have to be loud, and then he gets into the cage, he’s the Tasmanian devil, a whirling dervish. He’s the devil. “I saw that beating. It was so impressive. I said, `Brock, you have to watch this.’ Brock turned and said, `I could kick his ass. I see exactly how I’d do it.’ “The Brock Lesnar who stepped into the cage with Alistair Overeem, he was at 50, 75 percent. You’re going to fight Alistair Overeem at 75 percent, Cain Velasquez at 75 percent. He fought Shane Carwin at 75, or 60, or 80 percent, but even at 95 percent against Shane Carwin, you’re at a disadvantage.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

Canadian UFC lightweight, Mark Bocek has decided to hang-em-up following an impressive career in Mixed Martial Arts.

bjpenndotcom - August 6, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

“What can I say? I think it’s childish at this level. We are all professional and must be shown by example and represent the sport as best we can. Just think it’s ridiculous.” Gustafsson, who was originally scheduled to fight Jon Jones discussed the disappointment of pulling out of the fight due to injury.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

With a fight to promote, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier continue making the media rounds in anticipation of their September title fight. In the latest stop, they managed to not get physical. However, there’s still a bunch of fun moments to watch. Including Jon Jones busting on Dave Sholler.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

“It makes it more interesting. The more people talk, the more inspired I am to beat them. I truly do believe this is going to be a great performance on my part. I believe that it’s going to be a dominating performance on my part, and it’s going to be due to all the motivation he’s given me… Really, his mouth is what’s gotten him in this situation. He lobbied for a title fight, and he has his title fight.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

“You don’t want to give anybody material to stick on a bulletin board and to make them actually more focused and more dedicated to beat you. Well, he did that to me. I know that I’ve had to overcome way bigger obstacles than Jon Jones to get to where I am today. That’s what I bring.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

Monday in Vegas, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier got in a heated exchange that ended with a ruined UFC media day.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

With The UFC’s Ultimate Fighter Season 20 underway, UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, and team, are training hard in Vegas ahead of Anthony’s showdown with Melendez.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

Look out Jay-Z!

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

Jon Jones has been ruthless when it comes to verbally (and even physically) attacking Daniel Cormier ahead of their UFC 178 bout. Tonight he continued his onslaught on Sportsnation when he mocked Cormier’s weight and even went as far as to call the #1 contender pregnant.

BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2014

Chael Sonnen had moved on from MMA and was set to face Andre Galvao at Metamoris 4 this Saturday, all seemed right with the world (sort of). That is until the NSAC decided to step in and try to block Sonnen from competing at the event, saying Metamoris fell under his MMA suspension, and threatened to fine him $250,000 per failed drug test should he compete.