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“It puts me in a spot, because medically, I do need testosterone. I have to look at this carefully, but they made no bones about it: It’s out. We all have to deal with that, whether we like it or not. The best way to describe is that it is a completely terrible, horrible feeling. This is a medicine and it’s medicine I need to live normally on a day-to-day basis. People say it is a performance enhancer, and there are a lot of things guys can take to enhance performance. But testosterone is more than a performance enhancer for me. It is a life enhancer. My life is better. My attitude is better. I have more energy. I need less sleep. It makes me feel better in many different regards. It makes me a better husband and a better neighbor and a better pet owner. I understand the abuse, but this is a medicine that helps people with a problem.”

BJPENN.COM News - March 5, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 5, 2014

“Let’s get this straight. Me and Michael Johnson were never really friends. We were just training partners. Let’s straighten that out right there. We never hung out, we never shot marbles together, we didn’t go out and eat dinner or nothing like that. I only saw him at the gym, and after that, I went my way and he went his way. I never really cared for him as a person. I think he’s a good fighter, but as a person, when you move your friend out here and then throw your friend under the bus and get him get him kicked off the team. I think that’s [expletive] as a friend. How could you call yourself a friend?… I think he’s just one of those guys who grew up scared of people and then learned how to fight somewhere along the way. I can look right through that kid. He ain’t no gangster, that’s for sure.” “If I had to say who got the better of each other, about 80 percent of the time I knew I got the best of him. I got more experience, I’m the better fighter, I’m the stronger fighter, I’m the faster fighter, and I got knockout power. Mike’s been rallying up some wins lately, but I’m any fighter’s … kryptonite. Nobody wants to fight me. In the back of his mind, he’s probably, like, ‘Damn, I really have to fight Melvin Guillard?’”

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By Evan Stoumbelis

BJPENN.COM News - March 5, 2014

BJPENN.COM News - March 5, 2014

bjpenndotcom - March 4, 2014

Hey remember when the Nevada State Athletic Commission banned TRT and everyone went nuts? Yes, the internet exploded with reactions and news stories about other commissions following the ruling and the UFC saying that they were also banning TRT. Then we had the big news that Vitor Belfort was no longer fighting for the title against Chris Weidman; man, it was a firestorm of testosterone packed news stories. Now ladies and gentleman, I bring you another one.

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BJPENN.COM News - March 4, 2014

It’s probably true, call me crazy if you want, but Ronda Rousey probably has a decent shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an MMA fight.

BJPENN.COM News - March 4, 2014

“I don’t know, hopefully he gets the title shot. The thing with [Vitor] having to pull out — or the fact that he had to be pulled out — was that he wouldn’t have been able to pass the inspection with the new rules. Because it takes at least 12 weeks for [TRT] to be out of your system. He didn’t have that. So he wouldn’t have been able to within the rules and regulations of it. I don’t think he needs to compete with TRT. [Vitor]’s a great fighter, great athlete, he doesn’t need any. I see so many people, they say such negative and nasty things about him and there’s been people that can make him the face of TRT, like there wasn’t so many other fighters who’ve done it, and [who still do] it.” “I don’t really think it’s fair for people to put that on him and make it seem like he’s a cheater when he was only doing what was in the rules to do. I hope he does get a chance to fight for the belt, and I hope he does get a chance to show people that him winning those fights had nothing to do with the TRT, it was just his ability and hard work.” During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, former UFC light-heavyweight champion, ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans touched on his teammates recent struggles both professionally and with the media.

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Former UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, is making the road to recovery look easy. We’ve been documenting the former champ’s recovery since the begging (See that here), and what we have here is just the latest in Anderson’s miraculous recovery from that nasty leg break at UFC 168.

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BJPENN.COM News - March 4, 2014

UFC lightweight champion, Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis, changed the game when he faced Benson Henderson for the WEC world title.

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“Well, he said himself he’s a lot more humble now, so, I don’t know. Maybe (I did humble him), I don’t know. I think I have (changed his cocky mentality) and next time we fight, I’m just not going to change him, but take his belt, too. He’s fighting Teixeira, I’m fighting Jimi, so lets see what happens. After I beat Jimi, I want to fight him again. Let’s see what happens, the future will tell. I think he beats Teixeira. Texieira is tough guy, tough fighter, but I think Jones is too technical and has much more weapons to use than Teixeira, He will win a decision.”

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Trailer for upcoming Conor McGregor documentary as we get go behind the scenes in the build up to American UFC debut.

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“I hope that that can happen (a fight with Rousey). I really look forward to fighting her. I definitely feel like my MMA career is on a fast track, which I think is great. I figure if you’re not going to challenge yourself, then why be in here? If you don’t want to be the best, then why are you doing this? So for me I want to be the best. I want to fight the best and I want to challenge myself. Hopefully I’m taking the right steps to get there. Really my job is to learn here in practice, so that I can get better and feel better and confident for a fight against Ronda.” Undefeated MMA prospect and professional boxing champion, Holly Holm, recently talked to Ben Fowlkes and Rick Lee about her rise up the female MMA ranks.

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“It’s a black spot in my career, the UFC. UFC treated me like a king. UFC fans treated me like a king. I just failed, you know? Why? It’s hard to say. New fighters are coming. But, I will always believe, I will always believe, maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right; but I will always believe my bad UFC career started with injuries. I’ve told this story so many times, so, sometimes I just feel stupid to tell it again and sometimes people will just not understand the way I think. There is an old wise (tale) that says, ‘winners will always find a solution and losers will always find an excuse.’ So, I don’t want to sound like a loser who is finding some excuse. But the fact is, after my last fight in PRIDE and before my first fight in UFC, I had foot surgery. It was a broken foot. I had a broken foot after the PRIDE Grand Prix final. A fragment of the bone was floating in my foot. So, after surgery, it took me two and a half months away from training. I wasn’t able to do kicking or running. I was riding a bicycle, push ups and sit ups, but I wasn’t able to train in MMA. I had my first fight and I won it, but I felt really bad. I knew it wasn’t me. After that, I lost to Gonzaga with a terrible high kick. I was surprised and shocked by the cage. At the end of the day it was my second time in the cage and Gonzaga destroyed me with elbows on the ground. So, after we stood up, I didn’t have a double vision, I had three times vision. I saw three guys and he really beat me up badly and throw a high kick that I didn’t even notice. After that, I broke my leg, I broke my knee so I had a fourth knee injury. I would say it’s bad luck or maybe it’s not. In my previous career, I didn’t have any kind of injury so maybe I should consider myself lucky at the end of the day. In the UFC days, injury after injury. Then, before my last fight in UFC with Roy Nelson, I broke my arm. Not my bone, buy ligament broke in half completely. Pat Barry was there in training. I was sparring with Pat and I throw a right hook. I punched him to the head, but at the same time I felt a terrible pain. You could feel a hole in my bicep. The same night I went to the hospital and doctor said in two days I had to do surgery, but that was out of the question. In this case I was supposed to cancel the fight. I was preparing six months for that fight. I was crazy and I took my chances. Now I know that maybe I shouldn’t do that and do things different. But, at the end of the day, to me, I couldn’t wait another six months, maybe more. I just decided to go for the fight ad right after the fight go for the surgery. But, I don’t feel sorry. That’s the name of the game. It’s not a shame to go down, it’s a shame not to stand up. I’m fighter, I’m a warrior and that’s my job. That’s my love and I enjoy it.”

BJPENN.COM News - March 4, 2014

In Brazil, ‘Carnival’ is a pretty big deal. Full of festivities, feasts and an epicly large parade to prepare for lent, the forty day period before easter.