Category: MMA News

  • BOXING RUMOR: Mayweather vs. Broner in 2016?

    BOXING RUMOR: Mayweather vs. Broner in 2016?

    I’m pretty sure these rumors of a Floyd Mayweather return will never end. First, he was coming back to rematch Manny Pacquiao and now he could be in talks to fight Adrien Broner in 2016. Again, this is essentially a rumor, with not a ton of information to back it, just a writer claiming to […]

  • Report: Joe Warren Tests Positive For Marijuana Following Bellator 143

    Report: Joe Warren Tests Positive For Marijuana Following Bellator 143

    It looks like former Bellator bantamweight and featherweight champion Joe Warren tested positive for marijuana following his win over LC Davis at Bellator 143. That’s according to a report from themmareport.com. The report says that Warren failed his post fight drug test, barely going over the allowed marijuana metabolite limit. In fact his level was […]

  • Faber On TJ’s ”Big Boy Decision”: ‘He Wants To Train Here Still, But That’s Not Happening’

    Faber On TJ’s ”Big Boy Decision”: ‘He Wants To Train Here Still, But That’s Not Happening’

    On Thursday’s episode of Stud Show Radio UFC’s Urijah Faber stopped by and opened up about the whole TJ Dillashaw situation, talking in depth about how everything went down. For those who don’t know, the UFC bantamweight champion has left his training home of Team Alpha Male, and opted to train in Colorado under the […]

  • One Championship 32 Full Results Thread

    One Championship 32 Full Results Thread

    ONE Championship 32 went down October 9th at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and featured a middleweight title main event. Perhaps the biggest moment from the event happened in the co-main event when Irina Mazepa defeated Ann Osman by KO. It was a little controversial because moments before the KO shot landed […]

  • WHOA! Mazepa Grabs One FC Cage, Then Brutally KO’s Opponent

    WHOA! Mazepa Grabs One FC Cage, Then Brutally KO’s Opponent

    Check out this clip above, of a fight that went down earlier during the ONE Championship 32 event. Female fighters Irena Mazepa and Ann Osman went to war and it was Osman who found herself unconscious by the end of it. At one point Osman was about to get a takedown, until Mazepa clearly grabbed […]

  • WATCH! Nick Diaz Responds To Cher’s Support

    WATCH! Nick Diaz Responds To Cher’s Support

    Last week music icon Cher sent out a tweet, to her millions of fans, showing her support for UFC fighter Nick Diaz, who was handed a controversial five year suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Cher is just one of many who have come forward and publicly shown they’re on team #FreeNickDiaz. TMZ Sports […]

  • Holy Sh*t! Female Fighter Dresses Up As Hot Dog, Enters Ring Girl Comp!

    Holy Sh*t! Female Fighter Dresses Up As Hot Dog, Enters Ring Girl Comp!

    Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger entered a ring girl competition, but unfortunately she came up short and didn’t win. It might have something to do with the fact that she wore a hot dog costume and jeans. Yes, it would appear that dressing as a giant hot dog isn’t exactly what they’re looking for […]

  • Pacquiao: ‘God told me Mayweather was going to win’

    Pacquiao: ‘God told me Mayweather was going to win’

    According to Manny Pacquiao, he knew a month before the fight that he was going to lose to Floyd Mayweather. How? Because God told him. Pacquiao recently told Karen Davila of “Headstart” on the ABS-CBN News Channel that he dreamt about the fight a month before and saw that he would lose a decision. Pac-Man […]

  • Free Nick Diaz — Sign The Petition Now!

    Free Nick Diaz — Sign The Petition Now!

    Alright guys, we’re now on the home stretch and need a final big push to get this thing going. Nick Diaz’s official White House Petition has only a week left to meet its goal and only needs 27,286 more signatures. It’s currently at an astounding 72,714 signatures, that’s crazy! But, we need more. So, if […]

  • Rafael dos Anjos: ‘No way a guy like Cerrone takes my belt’

    Rafael dos Anjos: ‘No way a guy like Cerrone takes my belt’

    [ooyala code=”52NXV2dzpKLgaCcRGvPH7-PX10nNLqjn” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] In a new interview with BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos talks Reebok, his legacy, and the upcoming title fight against Donald Cerrone. Worth your time… Enjoy!

  • The Fedor

    The Fedor

    Fedor Emelianenko, the man, the myth, the legend. Many are a little disappointed that he’ll likely be fighting a 1-0 fighter in Japan, for the new organization ‘Rizin Fighting Federation.’ Fans have been wanting to see him fight in the UFC for a long time, but it again looks like it won’t be happening. The […]

  • Holy Mother Of Golden Boy — De La Hoya Still Has It! Must Watch!

    Holy Mother Of Golden Boy — De La Hoya Still Has It! Must Watch!

    A video posted by Oscar De La Hoya (@oscardelahoya) on Oct 8, 2015 at 10:25am PDT ‘A little speed bag action. It’s like riding a bike. 🚲👊🏼 #BoxingIsInMyBlood #StayGolden #GoldenBoyBoxing’ According to legendary boxer Oscar De La Hoya, hitting the speed bag is just like riding a bike and it looks like he’s right. The […]

  • BOXING BEAT: Pacquiao’s Promoter Shuts Down Mayweather Rematch Talk

    BOXING BEAT: Pacquiao’s Promoter Shuts Down Mayweather Rematch Talk

    On Thursday a report came out stating that Manny Pacquiao said he was in talks with Floyd Mayweather Jr. about doing a rematch. Of course that spread like wildfire and had everyone wondering if the impossible could actually happen again and these two would step back in the ring together. However, a few things to […]

  • Female Fighter Disses ‘No Boobs’ Cyborg, Will Now Get Her *ss Whooped By Her

    Female Fighter Disses ‘No Boobs’ Cyborg, Will Now Get Her *ss Whooped By Her

    Sometimes people don’t think straight, it happens. That must have been the case when Cindy Dandois decided to take shots at Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg in a recent interview. Dandois fights in the featherweight division as well and for some reason decided to piss off one of the scariest women on this planet […]

  • WOW! Women In Brazil Are Executing The Slam KO!

    WOW! Women In Brazil Are Executing The Slam KO!

    Whenever I think of a slam KO a few images come to mind. You have Rampage’s powerbomb slam KO in PRIDE, then you have Matt Hughes’ slam of Carlos Newton. So, the one above isn’t quite as glorious as those two, but it’s technically still a slam KO, according to the referee who stopped the […]

  • Floyd Mayweather Tops List Of Most Influential Men In Hip Hop

    Floyd Mayweather Tops List Of Most Influential Men In Hip Hop

    Now retired, undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather can add another title to his name. Mayweather, who retired after beating Andre Berto and getting his record to 49-0, took to his Instagram to celebrate being named one of Hip Hop’s most influential men. Yeah, you read that right. ‘The Source’ has named him as one of the […]

  • REPLAY! Stud Show Radio Ft. Urijah Faber

    REPLAY! Stud Show Radio Ft. Urijah Faber

    Thursday’s episode above! Stud Show Radio (formerly Team Alpha Male Radio) is a biweekly MMA podcast that airs Tuesday and Thursday right here on BJPENN.COM. The show features hosts Justin Buchholz and Chris Carlino aka Sir Studboy talking to callers and guests about all the latest stories in MMA and beyond.  Guests from Team Alpha […]

  • On The Road — BJ Penn Visits Kings MMA

    On The Road — BJ Penn Visits Kings MMA

    [ooyala code=”5yNXV2dzobqGWdFaAM7VbahwH-zLKclF” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”500″ height=”400″ auto=”false”] On The Road With BJ Penn is a new BJPENN.COM feature, which follows former UFC two-division champion BJ Penn around the world on adventure. There’s much more to come, so stay tuned to BJPENN.COM.

  • Fedor — ‘Picking My Fighting Home Is Just Business… Still Don’t Like WMMA’

    Fedor — ‘Picking My Fighting Home Is Just Business… Still Don’t Like WMMA’

    [ooyala code=”w4bDdsdzppp9vj-PcRPL9PGrA-ZtlmrF” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Fedor Emelianenko tells BJPENN.COM’s Layzie The Savage that picking one promotion over the other is just business. Enjoy!

  • No Opponent Named At Recent Fedor Press Conference

    No Opponent Named At Recent Fedor Press Conference

    Former PRIDE boss Nobuyui Sakakibara introduced his brand new MMA promotion during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday. The new promotion will be called Rizin Fighting Federation and the two-night event in December will be called the “Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2015”. Nobuyui Sakakibara also announced that the fights will be held at […]

  • New Japan Organization Will Be Called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation’

    New Japan Organization Will Be Called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation’

    Well it’s official. We now know the name of the new MMA organization out of Japan, run by former PRIDE FC boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara. At a recent press conference it was announced that the promotion will be called ‘Rizin Fighting Federation.’ Many expected them to announce Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent at the press conference, but that […]

  • BOXING BEAT: Golovkin Thinks Lemieux’s Power Will Only Get Him So Far

    BOXING BEAT: Golovkin Thinks Lemieux’s Power Will Only Get Him So Far

    On Oct. 17 in their HBO pay-per-view fight at Madison Square Garden in New York, IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux will look to pull off an upset and take out IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. Perhaps Lemieux’s biggest chance to do so is to land with his big power punches, however, ‘GGG,’ thinks that […]

  • BOXING BEAT: Rigondeaux Will Likely Be Stripped Of His Title

    BOXING BEAT: Rigondeaux Will Likely Be Stripped Of His Title

    It seems like there’s a lot of belt stripping these days, both in MMA and boxing. Well it seems likely that we’ll be adding another name to the list, with boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux, who is the WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion. It’s being reported that Rigondeaux is on the verge of being stripped by the WBO […]

  • Despite Fighter’s Request, WSOF Not Looking To Release Palhares

    Despite Fighter’s Request, WSOF Not Looking To Release Palhares

    Even though former WSOF champion Rousimar Palhares asked to be released from the promotion, following his indefinite suspension and being striped of his title due to his actions during his fight with Jake Shields, it looks like he will not be getting his wish. Palhares is currently waiting to appear in front of the Nevada […]

  • WSOF Sets Up 8-man Tournament

    WSOF Sets Up 8-man Tournament

    We just saw Bellator MMA go old school and put on a one-night, four-man tournament at their ‘Dynamite’ event and now it looks like WSOF will be upping the ante. WSOF announced a little while ago that they were working on doing a tournament, but after a change in venue no other details had been […]

  • Fighters React To Fedor’s 1-0 Opponent

    Fighters React To Fedor’s 1-0 Opponent

    On Tuesday it was revealed that the big mystery opponent for Fedor Emelianenko’s return fight would be……….a heavyweight no ones knows, with a 1-0 MMA record. As I’m sure you’d expect a lot of fans and fighters were a little disappointed. After all this time of waiting and wondering where and then who he would […]

  • Jon Fitch: ‘I Broke GSP When We Fought’

    Jon Fitch: ‘I Broke GSP When We Fought’

      “I think that I broke him in that fight. He never fought the same way again. He started fighting very safe, very cautious. He stopped finishing people. I think I got into his head that fight, and that’s why I wanted to fight him again so bad. That first fight I had zero defense […]

  • RIP! BJJ Fighter Dies After Rear-Naked-Choke

    RIP! BJJ Fighter Dies After Rear-Naked-Choke

    Jiu-Jitsu isn’t a sport where you see a lot of deadly injuries. Unlike fighting, boxing and other high impact sports, BJJ doesn’t involve strikes or big throws. However, major injuries do happen and unfortunately Globo is reporting that a 32-year-old jujitsu student in Brazil has died, several days after being choked with a RNC during class. […]