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Phil Davis’ ‘Panic Switch’ Went Off After Last Second Change In Tourney Final
Former UFC light heavyweight and current Bellator MMA fighter Phil Davis made quite the debut this past weekend at the massive ‘Dynamite’ event. Davis was one of four fighters in the one-night tournament. Davis took out former champ Emanuel Newton in the first fight, advancing to the final. In the other first round fight, ‘King […]
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Urijah Faber: ‘This Is The Last Time I’ll Talk About Duane Ludwig’
Urijah Faber is ready to put all of this Duane Ludwig nonsense behind him. The Team Alpha Male fighter appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Stud Show Radio and said that it would be the last time he talks about all of. Faber explained how it felt good to finally get it all off his chest. […]
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Joe Warren warns Bellator 143 opponent L.C. Davis: ‘Get ready for an a** beating!’
“The Baddest Man on the Planet” Joe Warren has his sights set on what he feels is rightfully his: The Bellator Bantamweight Championship. First, Warren will have to make his way through former WEC fighter L.C. Davis this Friday in the main-event of Bellator 143 in Hidalgo, Texas. Long before names like Josh Thomson, Phil […]
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BJJ’s Gabi Garcia Will Make MMA Debut At NYE Show In Japan
BJJ practitioner and competitor Gabi Garcia is set to make her MMA debut. Most fans probably know Garcia from her appearance on TUF Brazil, where he acted as a coach on Wanderlei Silva’s team. The thing that caught fan’s eyes during the show was the size of Garcia. She towered over Silva and at the […]
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Kendall Grove On Diaz Suspension: ‘It’s Basically A Death Sentence’
Former UFC fighter and TUF alum, Kendall Grove, now fights for Bellator MMA and will go against Joey Beltran this Friday at Bellator 143. Ahead of that fight Grove talked about the hottest topic in MMA, the controversial five year suspension handed to Nick Diaz by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Grove said that essentially […]
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Joe Warren: ‘The Desire To Win Is Still There’
Former Bellator bantamweight champion Joe Warren lost his title to Marcus Galvao in March, when he verbally tapped to a knee bar in the second round. Now he’s set to return to action this weekend against L.C. Davis in the main event of Bellator 143. Ahead of that scrap Warren talked to MMAFighting and said […]
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Fedor Hangs With Pole Dancing Instructor
Fedor Emelianenko was in the house at this past Saturday’s Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event in San Jose, California and apparently took photos with everyone in the arena. I mean, it’s not everyday you run into an MMA legend like Fedor, so of course you’re going to ask to take a picture. One of the photos making […]
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Josh Thomson: Bellator Feels Like Family, UFC Not So Much
Former UFC lightweight and Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson made his promotional debut for Bellator MMA this past Saturday in front of his home crowd. It was a winning effort and afterwards Thomson had nothing but great things to say about his new boss and new promotion, which he considers to be like a family, something […]
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Former Pride Boss: ‘Fedor’s Opponent Will Mean Something For Future Of MMA’
At this past Saturday’s Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event it was announced that Fedor Emelianenko will be headlining an event in Japan, put one by the former boss of PRIDE FC, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, on New Years Eve. The card will air on Spike TV. It seemed like the popular thought was that he’d finally sign with the […]
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Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Salary Report: Tito Ortiz Earns $300K Payday While Other’s Make $1,750
This past weekend, at Bellator ‘Dynamite’, fans who tuned in were treated to fireworks, Crazy Pride lady, kickboxing and MMA. We also saw a one-night light heavyweight tournament, featuring four of the promotions best 205’ers. Former UFC fighter Phil Davis ended up winning the whole thing and will now face the champ, Liam McGeary, next. […]
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Fedor: I’m Very Happy To Come Back And To Fight In Japan
There was a strange feeling in the air when Bellator said they wold have a major announcement during their live broadcast this past Saturday. With Fedor Emelianenko in attendance many wondered if it had anything to do with him, even though both him and Bellator president Scott Coker had said he will not be signing […]
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Paul Daley A Two-Sport Champion? –– ‘If They Give Me The Chance I’ll Do It’
Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley fought in the GLORY kickboxing ring this past Saturday at ‘Dynamite.’ He took on Fernando Gomez, who put up a tough fight but ultimately lost to Daley via unanimous decision. Daley is already in line for a shot at Bellator’s welterweight title but recently said he’d be more than willing […]
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Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Medical Report: Nine Fighters Face Possible 6 Month Suspensions
This past Saturday we finally got to see what Bellator’s ‘Dynamite’ event would actually look like. There were a lot of questions leading into the cross promoted event, featuring both MMA fights in a cage and GLORY kickboxing matches in a ring. The night also featured an old school one-night tournament in which former UFC […]
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Bellator ‘Dynamite’ Breaks Records But Disappoints With Low Ratings
So there’s some good news and some not so good news when it comes to Bellator’s ‘Dynamite’ event this past Saturday. The event, which featured GLORY kickboxing and MMA action also had a four-man, one-night light heavyweight tournament, debuts of Josh Thomson and Phil Davis, and a main event between champ Liam McGeary and Tito […]
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In First Bellator Fight Thomson Made 7 Times More In Sponsor Pay Than With Reebok
Former UFC lightweight Josh Thomson made his Bellator debut this past Saturday at the ‘Dynamite’ event and won, submitting Mike Bronzoulis in the third round. Thomson has had nothing but great things to say about his new home and apparently, according to MMAFighting, he also faired much better with sponsorship money than he would have […]
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Cyborg’s Doing Whatever It Takes To Make Weight –– Even Pole Dancing!
Invcita FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is supposedly making the drop to 140 pounds for her next fight in the organization. That would be the first step towards an eventually attempt to make 135 pounds. Right now that looks like it will be the only way she’ll ever get a shot at UFC bantamweight champion […]
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Bellator Champ Pulls Off Hilarious Videobomb During Phil Davis Interview
At this past Saturday’s Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event the light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary successfully defended his belt, submitting MMA vet Tito Ortiz with an inverted triangle. The fight started out with Ortiz getting an early takedown and it looked like it was going to be a classic Tito fight, full of ground and pound and […]
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Fedor Punks Sparring Partner, Starts Showboating –– WATCH NOW!
Here’s a side of Fedor we don’t normally see. Usually it’s just a stoic face looking emotionless and calm no matter what’s going on around him. Is it just me, or does Fedor seem more lively in his return to MMA? He’s smiling more, he’s doing interviews in english and making jokes and now we […]
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Not Again! Fighter Snaps Leg Like A Twig –– Screams In Agony
Man, it seems like this just keeps happening more frequently now. Obviously, the most notable is the injury suffered by former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, from when he fought Chris Weidman the second time. More recently, we saw an M-1 Global fighter suffer a very similar injury and now, we have another one. In […]
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WTF! Boxer Dresses As Batman, Fights Joker And Yells At Klitschko At Press Conference
Sometimes press conferences can get pretty weird. Let’s be honest for the most part they’re pretty boring. A group of people sitting up on a stage, answering questions and talking about whatever they’re supposed to be talking about. So, when things like Conor McGregor taking over the ‘GO BIG’ press conference happen, it spices things […]
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Michael Chandler vs. David Rickels 2 Set For Bellator 145
Bellator added another big fight to their already stacked Bellator 145: Vengeance event. The show will take place on November 6, at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis. On Tuesday the promotion announced that a lightweight rematch between Michael Chandler and David Rickels will take place on the main card of the big event. In […]
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REPLAY! Stud Show Radio Ep. # 96 Ft. Urijah Faber
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 Male appear on […]
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Male Super Fan Drops $2,500 On Designer Bag Just For Manny Pacquiao To Sign It
There are fans and then there are super fans. You know, the kind that would instantly spend $2,500 on a Louis Vuitton bag just so he could get a signature from Manny Paquiao on it. Yup, that’s what one extremely excited fan in Tokyo did when he spotted the boxer walking through the store. Pacquiao […]
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Nick Diaz: “Let the man smoke his weed!”
Last Monday UFC fighter Nick Diaz was handed a five year suspension and a fine of $165,000. The suspension came from the Nevada State Athletic Commission who cited past offenses and what they saw as a lack of respect for the commission as their reasons for giving such a lengthy and controversial suspension. In the […]
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Liam McGeary vs. Phil Davis Title Fight Expected For Early 2016
This past Saturday the combat sports world watched as kickboxing and MMA collided at Bellator ‘Dynamite.’ On the MMA side of things we were treated to an old school one-night tournament featuring the best light heavyweights the promotion had to offer. In the opening fights, Phil Davis took out former champ Emanuel Newton and ‘King […]
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‘King Mo’: ‘I’ll Fight Fedor In Japan’
Bellator’s ‘King Mo’ Lawal was scheduled to fight in the ‘Dynamite’ light heavyweight tournament final this past Saturday, against Phil Davis. That didn’t happen. Mo won his first fight, defeating Linton Vassell, to advance to the final where he would fight for the chance to be the next title challenger. Unfortunately during that first fight […]
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OOPS! Fighter Thanks Wife And Girlfriend During Interview!
Sometimes fighters are exhausted and do their best during post fight interviews to make sense and answer the questions that are being thrown at them. Those post-fight cage interviews sometimes deliver some of the best entertainment of the night. From Ben Rothwell’s creepy laugh, to basically all of Rampage Jackson’s interviews, we always seem to […]
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Anderson Silva Style Leg Break Ends Fight Early –– Graphic Video!
This is something you don’t ever want to see happen to anyone. We all saw it go down with former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva when he fought Chris Weidman the second time. He threw a leg kick, Wiedman checked it and bam, Silva’s leg was snapped and he was on the mat screaming out […]