Category: Exclusive MMA Interviews

  • Fedor Covers All The Hot Topics –– Talks Rousey, Mayweather And Favorite Fighter

    Fedor Covers All The Hot Topics –– Talks Rousey, Mayweather And Favorite Fighter

    Fedor Emelianenko, the man, the myth, the legend, was in attendance at Bellator MMA’s ‘Dynamite’ media day. ‘The Last Emperor’ was there as a guest and a part of the Fan Fest, along with other legends like Randy Couture, Royce Gracie, Frank Shamrock and Sakuraba. Fedor talked to the media, including BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage, […]

  • Kendall Grove: ‘If Tito Plays His Game He’ll Win The Title’

    Kendall Grove: ‘If Tito Plays His Game He’ll Win The Title’

    Bellator MMA middleweight Kendall Grove won’t be fighting at ‘Dynamite’ this Saturday, but instead will take on Joey Beltran on next week’s Bellator 143 card. Grove did however help Tito Ortiz train for his title fight against Liam McGeary, which will go down in the main event this Saturday. Ahead of Tito’s fight, Grove spoke […]

  • Paul Daley’s Business Plan –- Win Title, Take Out Koscheck!

    Paul Daley’s Business Plan –- Win Title, Take Out Koscheck!

    As soon as it was announced that Bellator MMA had signed former UFC welterweight Josh Koscheck the only fight anyone could talk about was a rematch between him and Paul Daley. Their first fight is of course a memorable one, mostly just for what happened after the final bell. In that fight Daley came up […]

  • ‘King Mo’ Goes Off On Ortiz: ‘He’s A Clown, F*ck Tito!’

    ‘King Mo’ Goes Off On Ortiz: ‘He’s A Clown, F*ck Tito!’

    Bellator MMA light heavyweights Tito Ortiz and ‘King Mo’ Lawal really don’t care for each other. The two have gone back and forth before and during Thursday’s Bellator ‘Dynamite’ media event, it was no different. While talking to BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage, Lawal went off on Ortiz, calling him a clown and saying ‘f*ck him.’ […]

  • Phil Davis On Accepting Tournament Offer –– ‘I Don’t Know How To Say No’

    Phil Davis On Accepting Tournament Offer –– ‘I Don’t Know How To Say No’

    Light heavyweight fighter Phil Davis is set to make his Bellator MMA debut on the promotions biggest card yet, this Saturday’s ‘Dynamite’ event. Davis will be one of four fighters competing in the one-night tournament to determine the next title challenger. In his first fight he will be facing former champ Emanuel Newton. If he […]

  • “Every Good Man Has A Good Woman” — Ortiz Talks Dream Relationship With Amber Nichloe

    “Every Good Man Has A Good Woman” — Ortiz Talks Dream Relationship With Amber Nichloe

    Before he enters the Bellator cage on Saturday to challenge for the light heavyweight title, MMA legend Tito Ortiz spoke with the media, including BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage. Ortiz talked about a wide range of topics, as usual at a media event, and one of those was his relationship with Amber Nichole Miller. Tito talked […]

  • Thomson On Bellator’s Future –– ‘Rome Wasn’t Built In One Day’

    Thomson On Bellator’s Future –– ‘Rome Wasn’t Built In One Day’

    American Kickboxing Academy’s Josh ‘The Punk’ Thomson is all set to make his Bellator MMA debut in San Jose, CA, at the historic ‘Dynamite’ event, which will feature both MMA fights and GLORY kickboxing in one venue, with the cage and ring right next to each other. Thomson will be fighting in front of a […]

  • “Semtex”: ‘I’ll always have love for fighters like Ronda Rousey’

    “Semtex”: ‘I’ll always have love for fighters like Ronda Rousey’

    Bellator MMA’s Paul Daley is preparing for his fight on Saturday night, at the gigantic ‘Dynamite’ event going down in San Jose, CA. Daley will be competing in a kickboxing match, against Fernando Gonzalez, inside the GLORY ring. Ahead of the scrap, ‘Samtex’ spoke with BJPENN.COM.’s Layzie The Savage about some of the hottest topics […]

  • Emanuel Newton Doesn’t Need A Nutritionist –– Cutting Weight’s ‘All Mental’

    Emanuel Newton Doesn’t Need A Nutritionist –– Cutting Weight’s ‘All Mental’

    Bellator MMA’s Emanuel Newton is set to fight former UFC fighter Phil Davis in the first round of the four-man, one-night tournament, going down at the big ‘Dynamite’ event this Saturday. Newton was the former light heavyweight champion before losing to current champ Liam McGeary back in Feb. Now he’s ready to get back to […]

  • ‘King Mo’ Lawal: ‘Pro Wrestling’s Where It’s At!’

    ‘King Mo’ Lawal:  ‘Pro Wrestling’s Where It’s At!’

    Bellator MMA light heavyweight ‘King Mo’ Lawal will compete in Saturday night’s four-man, one-night tournament at the giant ‘Dynamite’ event. He’ll meet Linton Vassell in the first fight and if he gets past him then he’ll go up against the winner of Phil Davis vs. Emanuel Newton. Ahead of all that, Lawal spoke with BJPENN.COM’s […]

  • Ortiz Fires Back At ‘King Mo’ –– ‘I’m the star, no one knows who you are’

    Ortiz Fires Back At ‘King Mo’ –– ‘I’m the star, no one knows who you are’

    Legendary MMA fighter Tito Ortiz will once again challenge for a world title on Saturday night when he takes on Bellator’s undefeated light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary in the ‘Dynamite’ main event. Ortiz is coming into the fight with a two fight in streak, over Stephan Bonnar and former middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko. He’ll be […]

  • Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley: ‘UFC’s IV Ban Not Safe For Fighters’ — WATCH NOW!

    Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley: ‘UFC’s IV Ban Not Safe For Fighters’ — WATCH NOW!

    Bellator welterweight Paul Daley will compete at this Saturday’s ‘Dynamite’ event, but it won’t be in an MMA fight. ‘Samtex’ will take on Fernando Gonzalez in a kickboxing match, which is possible due to the unique setup of the historic event. ‘Dynamite’ will hold both MMA and kickboxing bouts throughout the night, with a cage […]

  • How Would Bellator Handle Diaz, And REEBOK? The Boss Breaks His Silence On That And More — WATCH NOW!

    How Would Bellator Handle Diaz, And REEBOK? The Boss Breaks His Silence On That And More — WATCH NOW!

    Ahead of this Saturday’s historic Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event, President Scott Coker spoke with BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage. Coker of course talked about Fedor Emelianenko, but said he hasn’t spoken with him about signing with Bellator, however did mention that after his first few fights back if he still wants to fight then they would revisit […]

  • Newly Signed Bellator Fighter Phil Davis Happy With New Home, Ready For Debut — WATCH NOW!

    Newly Signed Bellator Fighter Phil Davis Happy With New Home, Ready For Debut — WATCH NOW!

    Light heavyweight Phil Davis is set to make his Bellator MMA debut at the biggest event the promotion has ever put together in a tournament the likes of which he’s never been apart of before, and he couldn’t be more excited. The former UFC fighter talked to the media on Thursday, including BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The […]

  • Politics? Who Doesn’t Vote, Who Wants Trump? MMA’s Best Discuss — WATCH NOW!

    Politics? Who Doesn’t Vote, Who Wants Trump? MMA’s Best Discuss — WATCH NOW!

    Bellator ‘Dynamite’ goes down on Saturday night and will be the biggest event in the promotions history, with both MMA fights and GLORY kickboxing fights going on throughout the night. Ahead of the event BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage caught up with a bunch of the night’s fighters and picked their brains on the current presidential […]

  • WATCH! Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Media Day Staredowns

    WATCH! Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Media Day Staredowns

    This Saturday, in San Jose, CA, Bellator will put on a show unlike anything we’ve seen before. At Bellator ‘Dynamite’ we’ll see both a cage and a kickboxing ring next to each other in the same venue. We’ll have GLORY kickboxing matches and Bellator MMA fights going on all night long, leading up to a […]

  • Josh Thomson: ‘It’s Tough’ Being A Clean Athlete In This Sport

    Josh Thomson: ‘It’s Tough’ Being A Clean Athlete In This Sport

    Current Bellator MMA lightweight Josh Thomson will get to make his promotional debut in front of his home crowd when he fights this Saturday at the ‘Dynamite’ event taking place in San Jose, CA. Thomson will fight Mike Bronzoulis in his first Bellator scrap, but before that he spoke with BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage. When […]

  • WATCH! Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Open Media Workouts Highlights

    WATCH! Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Open Media Workouts Highlights

    Before Saturday’s massive Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event, the fighters stepped on the mat and got in some last minute workouts in front of the media. ‘Dynamite’ will feature both MMA fights, in the Bellator cage, and GLORY kickboxing matches, which will take place in the ring. Both of which are located on the same floor, next […]

  • REPLAY! WSOF 23 Weigh-ins (Full Replay)

    REPLAY! WSOF 23 Weigh-ins (Full Replay)

    World Series of Fighting will bring us another night of what should be exciting fights this Friday night. WSOF 23 goes down in Phoenix, Arizona and will air on NBCSN. The main card will feature not one, but two titles on the line. In the co-main event we’ll get to see who walks away with […]

  • A Confident “King Mo” Ready To Dominate Bellator Tournament

    A Confident “King Mo” Ready To Dominate Bellator Tournament

    Bellator MMA’s ‘King Mo’ Lawal will take part in this Saturday’s one-night, four-man light heavyweight tournament, being held at Bellator’s ‘Dynamite’ event. The tournament will determine the next 205 title challenger and will feature, ‘King Mo’, Phil Davis, Emanuel Newton and Linton Vassell. After the night is over we’ll know which two men will fight […]

  • WATCH! Ortiz Ready To “Defy The Odds” In Upcoming Title Fight

    WATCH! Ortiz Ready To “Defy The Odds” In Upcoming Title Fight

    MMA legend Tito Ortiz will once again fight for a world title. This Saturday at Bellator ‘Dynamite’ ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ will look to capture the light heavyweight title from the current champ, Liam McGeary. Ortiz is currently riding a two fight win streak, with wins over Stephan Bonnar and former Bellator middleweight champion […]

  • Infamous Manager Mike Kogan “Shocked” Over Diaz Fiasco

    Infamous Manager Mike Kogan “Shocked” Over Diaz Fiasco

    Everyone has an opinion on UFC fighter Nick Diaz’s controversial five year suspension, handed down by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The support for Diaz has been impressive to say the least. Just about every fighter has come out and shown that they think it’s ridiculous that he was given such a harsh punishment. Even […]

  • Watch! MMA’S Best React To Nick Diaz 5 Year Suspension

    Watch! MMA’S Best React To Nick Diaz 5 Year Suspension

    On Monday, UFC fighter Nick Diaz was suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for five years and fined $165,000. This all came from a drug test from UFC 183, when Diaz fought Anderson Silva, that came back positive for marijuana. However, Diaz’s legal team, at least from this writer’s perspective, provided very sufficient evidence […]

  • WATCH! Josh Thomson Ready To Perform In Front Of Hometown Crowd

    WATCH! Josh Thomson Ready To Perform In Front Of Hometown Crowd

    Former Strikeforce lightweight champion and UFC fighter Josh Thomson will get to make his Bellator MMA debut in front of his home crowd, in San Jose, CA. He’ll be fighting Mike Bronzoulis at this Saturday’s historic Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event. It will be the first of its kind, featuring both a cage for MMA fights and […]

  • Tour Luke Rockhold’s “Ghetto Palacio” — AKA All Access

    Tour Luke Rockhold’s “Ghetto Palacio” — AKA All Access

    [ooyala code=”d5ZWM3dzpy4reEoiRthRc2bDjdl9M2bd” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] AKA’s Luke Rockhold keeps it humble during his day-to-day routine. While not ideal by most people’s standards, the UFC’s middleweight #1 contender doesn’t mind the roughness of his “Staff only” sanctuary inside AKA Headquarters. Rockhold is set to square off with UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in the […]

  • Rockhold’s Kicks Of Death — Could You Take One? — WATCH!

    Rockhold’s Kicks Of Death — Could You Take One? — WATCH!

    [ooyala code=”I1dHUxdzo6frwCehlCI0MIY0mCWc65UA” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] UFC middleweight and upcoming title challenger Luke Rockhold is preparing for his scheduled fight with champ Chris Weidman, which will take place at UFC 194. Rockhold is undoubtedly one of the best in the division, with a record of 14-2 and an impressive four-fight win streak, which includes […]

  • AKA’s Killers Gather — Cain, D.C., Rockhold, Khabib, More Training Footage — All Access

    AKA’s Killers Gather — Cain, D.C., Rockhold, Khabib, More Training Footage — All Access

    [ooyala code=”J5c3UxdzpDWlYbuxxRyJVVXCUwnYxE3R” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] It takes a lot to be considered a world class team in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, but American Kickboxing Academy is just that. With three title fights coming up and a hungry Russian nursing injuries, the stable in San Jose is about as rich as they […]

  • Cain Velasquez Talks Boxing, Breaks Down Floyd Mayweather’s Game

    Cain Velasquez Talks Boxing, Breaks Down Floyd Mayweather’s Game

    [ooyala code=”BhN2pzdjq4DvLAQssB4FW0UeXja1Ga6P” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”960″ height=”540″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez sits down with BJPENN.COM’S Layzie The Savage to discuss boxing, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s an interesting take from a wrecking machine who prides himself in his own skills as a combat specialist. Cain Velasquez lost his UFC title to Fabricio Werdum […]