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BJPENN.COM News - December 11, 2013

“I want my son and my wife to have a good life and never have to worry about anything. I wasn’t handed anything in this sport, I’ve never had any easy fights and I’ve just been working hard to get where I am. I’m not going to set my goal to beat Anderson Silva’s title defense record. My bigger end-game goal is when I’m done fighting, I never have to work again.” In a recent interview with MMAJunkie.com, UFC flyweight champ, Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson, explained his end-game for the fight business.

BJPENN.COM News - December 11, 2013

Both Chad Mendes and Joseph Benavidez are fighting this weekend and both fighters are looking for KOs. For Mendes, if he succeeds, he will hold the UFC record for the most consecutive wins by knock out.

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2013

It’s a strange thing, finding out that someone who you don’t know personally, but know from the media has passed away. It’s almost like you’re not sure if you should grieve and be upset. You weren’t family, you weren’t friends; but still you feel that sense of sadness and pain. What should we do? There really isn’t an answer to that question. We all go through emotions in different ways. You might read an article about a famous actor or in this case a UFC fighter, who has passed, and feel that urge to cry or you could read the same thing and become angry, mad that someone with so much talent and potential was taken away too soon. We are human beings. We admire people and look up to those that we strive to be more like. So go ahead and be human. It’s ok to be upset. The one thing, no matter how close we were to the person, is that we do our best to remember them. That’s how the memory of their lives will never disappear. This article is a small way for us to remember the life and career of Shane Del Rosario. Shane Del Rosario was born September 23, 1983 in Orange County, California. He began to train as a fighter at the age of 17,  at first, only as a hobby. Del Rosario attended college at UC Irvine. He graduated with a degree in Psychology.

BJPENN.COM News - December 10, 2013

Yesterday, BJPENN.COM was the first to report on the tragic passing of UFC heavyweight fighter, Shane Del Rosario. Today we have a group of twitter posts from popular MMA Figures expressing their condolences for the loss the MMA world just suffered.

BJPENN.COM News - December 10, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - December 10, 2013

“The guy (Diego Sanchez) is a has-been.He should be in Bellator with the rest of the has-beens. There’s no doubt about it. Let’s go back way back to where it really started. In the leadup to my Max Holloway fight in Boston, when I was doing all my media campaign and my media workout and all that to do, that has been loser was all over Twitter slinging me and saying ‘who is this guy, Holloway is going to own him,’ tweet after tweet after tweet. And even then, I didn’t acknowledge it. I said, ‘that guy’s not in my path, I don’t give a s— about that guy, let him say what he wants. “I’m thinking OK who’s next, who do I want next?” McGregor sad. I want anyone and everyone in that top 10. I’m doing this interview on the top 10, and they asked me about the top 10 and I give my honest opinion on everyone …. I gave my honest opinion for guys I want to face. Excuse me for wanting to face guys in my top 10. I apologize. And then this has been gets involved once again saying I have no respect.” “So I responded, I call him the fattest, slowest, sloppiest martial artist I’ve ever laid eyes on,” McGregor said. “I told him I’d go to 170, I’d whup his fat ass easy. … He was the one who started about me. I gave my opinion on the Top 10. Nobody else. I had my eyes up on the top 10. I ignored what Diego was saying on the leadup to the Holloway fight. Then I said OK, I’ll push the top 10 aside and I’ll go after Diego Sanchez a little bit.” UFC featherweight, Conor McGregor had some choice words for his career nemesis, Diego Sanchez.

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2013

Is this the end? Well fight fans, it appears we will all know one way or the other whether UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, plans on retiring or not.

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

After nearly two-weeks of hospitalization UFC heavyweight fighter and former kickboxing world champion, Shane Del Rosario has passed away.

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

On Saturday we learned that the UFC on FOX 9 bout between Carlos Condit and Matt Brown had been scratched due to a Brown injury. Condit, through his management, released the following statement on the matter:

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

This week, in the best MMA Poll on-line, we ask fans who would win a fight between Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg.

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

“These two drive me crazy. They drive me crazy. First of all, Roy Jones Jr. is a longtime friend of mine. When I was a 19-year-old kid in the boxing business, Roy Jones was very good to me. So I’m in this position where I feel like Roy wants to fight him, he wants to fight Roy – I feel like I’m in this position to try to make both of these guys happy. But it drives me crazy. I would love Roy Jones Jr. to focus on his next opponent and Anderson to focus on his. We’ll talk about all this stuff. I know Roy’s coming to the fight – we’ll see what happens.”

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

There’s no doubt that Holly Holm is UFC bound, the former world champion boxer comes from a fighting pedigree rarely matched in the sport. The one hold up for Holm appears to be the money on the table as the camp already admitted turning down the UFC’s initial offer.

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

Last Friday Mark Hunt and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva put on a ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate in their UFC Fight Night 33 main event in Brisbane, Australia. The two heavyweight’s collided for five-straight rounds of action packed excitement that saw both fighters get battered, bruised and bloodied in route to a majority draw ruling by the judges.

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

13,000 people took part in last week’s BJPENN.COM poll, asking fans if Ronda Rousey was still worthy of your devotion as a fan. Following her stint on the UFC’s hit reality series, ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, many fans believe that Ronda Rousey is no longer the picture perfect poster child for women’s MMA.

BJPENN.COM News - December 9, 2013

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar received his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt from Ricardo Almeida over the weekend.

bjpenndotcom - December 8, 2013

Originally slated to co-main event UFC Fight Night 35, Ovince St. Preux vs. Thiago Silva has officially been added to UFC 171. UFC 171 is scheduled to take place on March 15, 2014 in Dallas Texas.

bjpenndotcom - December 8, 2013

UFC welterweights Jake Shields and Hector Lombard are set to meet in the octagon at UFC 171 on March 15th, ESPN confirms.

bjpenndotcom - December 7, 2013

It was originally rumored that UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones would defend his title against Glover Teixeira at UFC 170. However, Jones confirmed he was still suffering nagging injuries from his defense against Alexander Gustafsson. The UFC brass went hunting for another headline worthy main-event, and they found what they were looking for.