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BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Last month the TUF 19 finale took place, where Eddie Grodon and Corey Anderson were crowned the TUF 19 winners. In the main event we saw our very own BJ Penn fight in the Octagon for the last time against Frankie Edgar. You can rewatch all the action from a spectacular cinematic viewpoint below courtesy of UFC on FOX.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Tim Kennedy has managed to keep himself at the forefront of MMA News headlines with his constant trash talking and calling out of fighters. Today is no different, the former Strikeforce title contender has now called out Robbie Lawler for a rematch for the welterweight title should Lawler defeat Hendricks in their rematch.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

UFC 179 has a highly anticipated matchup for its co-main event. Phil Davis will meet former title challenger Glover Teixeira. Rumors of the bout had been circling for some time, but now the bout has been made official for UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Phuket Top Team brings you a series of interviews on their new show called “Phuket Dreaming” which follows fighters fighting out of Phuket Top Team in Phuket Thailand. Below is the playlist for episodes 1-4 of the show. Check it out and enjoy these awesome interviews.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Undefeated UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov is as tough as they come, the Dagestan native, who is also a Muslim, believes that an athlete needs to focus on his training and not focus on women, alcohol, and partying. While this attitude is seldom found among professional athletes, it is certainly something Nurmagomedov should be given credit for holding himself to such a high standard.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Dennis Siver will be making his return to the Octagon after a nine month suspension to face Robert Whiteford in October. Leading up to his return, he spoke about the state of the top 10 in the featherweight division, including the addition of Conor McGregor, as well as Frankie Edgar’s placement in the top 10.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

UFC middleweight Michael Bisping has never been one to bite his tongue when something is bothering him, and today Robert Drysdale was on the wrong end of things, and rightfully so. After failing a pre-fight drug test in 2013 prior to his UFC debut, Drysdale was bumped from the card. After saying he didn’t need TRT anymore, he made his UFC debut last month and won via submission. Afterwards Drysdale failed his post-fight drug test for elevated TRT levels.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Jon Jones has been on a tear via social media lately. It seems any time someone mentions Jones title belt, his upcoming bout with Daniel Cormier, or his last bout with Alexander Gustafsson, Jones responds with media gold.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

The UFC is inviting fans to join them at their UFC 178 Ultimate Media Day today which will be attended by Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier, Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, who will all be fighting on the card on September 27th.

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

UFC middleweight Luke Rockhold posted the following video on his Instagram of him kicking a water bottle off a Budweiser exec’s head. Check it out: Kicking bottles off @Budweiser executives from around the world. Budweiser convention in LA no pressure. A lill lower and we lose our @ufc main sponsor lol thanks @philmrw for assistance

BJPENN.COM News - August 4, 2014

Michael Bisping has always been on the cusp of a title shot, but has never been able to win that one more fight and separate himself from the pack to earn a title shot. Bisping, who has hop scotched wins and losses going back to his win over Jason Mayhem Miller in 2011 is currently coming off a loss to Tim Kennedy, and will be stepping in to face Cung Le on August 23rd.

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

“No, right now nobody’s talking to anybody. I mean, Dana made it very clear that Nate should be happy with what he has and he doesn’t see any reason to even discuss it, he’s not really as popular as I guess we believe he is, and that was that, we just kind of stopped there. So right now no, nobody’s talking to anybody. Dana said Nate had the lowest rated fight in FOX history which is not true, that was Demetrious Johnson… I don’t hold grudges, it’s whatever. Dana probably holds grudges, he probably doesn’t really like me very much but what can I do? Nothing I can do about it. This thing, it wasn’t supposed to be played out in the media. I mean, we tried to have a private conversion a long time ago, and instead of having it, UFC started trashing Nate to media, saying he’s turning down fights, and he’s afraid, and this that and whatever, to which we responded. Now it’s like Jerry Springer. If you’re gonna be out there trashing my guy, then I’m gonna say something. I’m not just gonna be sitting back like ‘oh yeah you know, we’re so blessed to be breathing this air.’ There are fighters out there, you know like ‘Cowboy,’ and he’s all like ‘well you know, they can just sit around and bitch all they want, I’ll just keep fighting every two days and make all the money in the world.’ Why would you want to do that If you can make the same amount of money fighting three times a year? I mean, do you really enjoy getting punched in the face that much? It’s just like, I don’t know, it doesn’t make any sense.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

The rivalry between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier continues to brew ahead of their UFC 178 showdown next month.

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

NBA All-Star Paul George suffered a terrible leg break last week during NBA action.

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

So apparently heavyweight boxers are better at picking fights than our MMA guys. This is nuts!

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

UFC officials have released the poster for next month’s UFC 178 pay-per-view event.

BJPENN.COM News - August 3, 2014

UFC Funny Man, Joe Rogan discusses the often used, but rarely discussed “Oil Check” in MMA, Wrestling and other grappling forms.