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Dana White plans to give GSP his space
Long time UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC), shocked the MMA world last week when he vacated his belt and announced his hiatus from the sport. “Rush” did leave fans with a small glimmer of hope that he may one day return to the octagon, but UFC president Dana White says he […]
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Johny Hendricks ‘Grateful’ For GSP’s Quick Decision On Title
“I was very stoked when I was told about the fight. It’s pretty amazing that Zuffa and Mr. White are giving me another shot at it. It’s very humbling, and I’m not going to let this one slip by. There are some things we could change on the last one, but we are going to […]
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BJPENN.COM Quick Hits: Is Georges St. Pierre the Greatest Champion of All Time?
The crew here at BJPENN.COM is back to bring you another edition of ‘Quick Hits’ whether you like it or not. ‘Quick Hits’ made its debut last week and it brought the idea of an MMA themed ‘Pardon the Interruption’ to life. It may be text based and we may not have Tony Reali correcting […]
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George St. Pierre removed from BJPENN.com official rankings
By Evan Stoumbelis Less than a week ago the MMA community tuned in as Georges St. Pierre made his official announcement regarding his future in MMA. Georges announced via a UFC conference call with media that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence from MMA, but may one day return. The 6 year […]
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VIDEO | GSP Caught Partying In Miami Night Club
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, is taking no time to settle into his new life outside the cage. Last week we learned that Georges would be leaving his title behind so that he can take care of his hectic personal life and that much needed time off apparently includes an exciting nightlife in the […]
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UFC Boss Confident GSP Will Return To Fighting
Last Friday the MMA World was caught by surprise when the long reigning UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, announced that he was vacating his world title. During his recent stint on the UFC on FOX 9 post-fight show, UFC President, Dana White touched on the situation and promised MMA fans that GSP will return. “He […]
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Condit vs. Ellenberger 2? Jake Says ‘He’s In’
Back in 2009, top UFC welterweight, Jake Ellenberger made his UFC debut against a rising Carlos Condit. The result? A split-decision defeat for Jake. With the recent welterweight shift caused by the title relinquishing Georges St-Pierre, the UFC is scrambling to put back together the top-tier of their 170 pound division. In that picture is […]
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White: Nick Diaz Turned Down Carlos Condit Fight, Wants Hendricks/Lawler Winner
Former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz is no stranger to controversial headlines. With the retirement of mega-star Georges St. Pierre, the UFC welterweight division’s stacked deck of cards has been shuffled. The fate of the UFC Welterweight Championship has been decided as Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler will duke it out for the vacated belt […]
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GSP Announces His Indefinite Leave Of Absence (Audio Replay)
Yesterday the UFC held a special media conference call to announce the future of their former welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre. If you missed BJPENN.COM’s live broadcast of the event than you missed GSP’s remarks regarding his future as a fighter. You can relive yesterday’s historic moment by clicking play above.
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Georges St. Pierre leaves as he entered, with class and respect
Earlier today, long time UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) announced that he was vacating his title to take some much needed time off. His words: ” I’ve been fighting for a very long time at a high level, it’s a lot of pressure, a lot of criticism,” St-Pierre stated. ”I […]
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LIVE ON BJPENN.COM: GSP & Dana White Conference Call (11:20 a.m. PT)
UFC President Dana White and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre are hosting a special conference call with the media today to clear the air about the future of GSP. It is unknown at this time what will be discussed on the call, but BJPENN.COM will give fight fans a live stream of the event starting […]
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White Admits To Meltdown Following GSP Fight, Says No Big Announcement Coming Tomorrow
GSP is holding a press-conference tomorrow that the MMA media has billed as an important announcement on the fighting future of the UFC’s welterweight champion. Rumors of retirement, vacation, family issues and more have revolved around the Canadian super-star ever since his split-decision win over Johny Hendricks. With his press-conference set for tomorrow in Canada, […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Kalib Starnes Wins With Brilliant K.O. Via Elbows At WSOF 7 Event
Your browser does not support iframes. The Notorious, former UFC middleweight, Kalib Starnes made his return to big MMA action last weekend and did so with an impressive knock out via elbows from the clinch. Enjoy the highlight.
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Watch Tonight’s WSOF 7 Event Live on BJPENN.COM (3P.M. PT)
The World Series Of Fighting promotion returns to action tonight with WSOF 7. WSOF 7 marks the promotions Canadian debut and puts their inaugural featherweight title up for grabs. Starting at 3:00 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. ET viewers can catch the fights right here on BJPENN.COM. International viewers will be able to view tonight’s […]
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WSOF 7 LIVE RESULTS THREAD
Tonight BJPENN.COM will be providing live results of the ‘WSOF 7: Karakhanyan vs. Palmer’ event. We invite our international audience to watch our free live stream of the event in full RIGHT HERE. (U.S. audience must watch the main card on NBC Sports, but can still use THIS LINK to catch our prelims broadcast.) ‘WSOF […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Matt Brown talks upcoming fight with Condit and more
By Evan Stoumbelis Recently I was fortunate enough to interview top welterweight contender Matt “The Immortal” Brown on his upcoming fight with Carlos Condit, GSP vs. Hendricks, how he got his start in the sport and more. As always, Matt’s responses are italicized. How is training for the Condit fight going?: So far so good […]
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Lombard wants Jake Shields bout next, talks GSP and Alien abductions
Former Bellator middleweight champion and current UFC welterweight contender, Hector Lombard (33-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC), recently told Steven Marrocco of MMAJunkie that he’s gunning for a fight with “boring” Jake Shields, this after requests to fight Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann failed to come to fruition: “I think he’s been so boring and me always trying for […]
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POLL RESULTS: Do You Think GSP Should Retire?
In last week’s BJPENN.COM Poll we were still hung up on the GSP vs. Johny Hendricks aftermath. Today we still have no clear indication of what UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre plans for his future are, but we now know what MMA fans think he should do. 32% of you who voted believe he will retire […]
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PHOTO | GSP Back Training At Tri-Star
These days many are trying to get a grasp on the future of UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre. After a week-long rumor mill that put the champ in the midst of baby momma drama, an ailing parent and a pending retirement, GSP is back at his home gym in Montreal, Quebec, Canada teaching Jiu Jitsu […]
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UFC 167 Ratings report: GSP sets PPV record in Quebec
According to a report from MMAFighting’s Dave Meltzer, UFC 167 was a major hit in Georges St. Pierre’s home province of Quebec. Indigo, which handles the pay-per-view in the province, sent out a release stating that UFC 167 had broke the record for the most buys, since it was bought by ‘Videotron’ in 2009. Which […]
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POLL | Do You Think GSP Will Retire
Much has been made over the last week about the future of UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre. From family problems to secret love children, the speculation of GSP’s future has been exhausting to cover. Now that we are more than a week removed from the GSP vs. Hendricks fight and have had time to take […]
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POLL RESULTS | Did GSP Deserve Win Over Hendricks
In last weeks BJPENN.COM poll, we asked fans who you thought won the UFC 167 main event between GSP and Johny Hendricks. After over 16,000 votes we have the answer. While a fair number of people believe that the judges got it right on fight night, 60% of voters felt Hendricks is the rightful welterweight […]
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VIDEO | Hendricks Tells GSP To Give Up The Belt If He Can’t Handle The Stress Of Being Champ
Dude I’ve got three kids. You know what I’m saying? Talk about sleep? Are you kidding me? Everybody’s got problems in life. That’s the way that it is. If you can’t handle the stress of being champion, give it up. We chose to get into that octagon. We chose not to sleep. I don’t know […]
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Kelvin Gastelum: I’m working towards being a champ
21-year-old, Kelvin Gastelum (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), was the surprise winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 17,” upsetting tournament favorite, Uriah Hall, in the season’s live finale, thus becoming the show’s middleweight winner. After his victory over Hall, Gastelum promptly dropped to the welterweight division (170 pounds) and earned an impressive first-round submission finish of Brian […]
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Freddie Roach: GSP wants him in his corner for next fight
Well known boxing trainer, Freddie Roach, spoke with Yahoo Sports about Georges St-Pierre while he was in Macau training Manny Pacquiao. Roach has trained St-Pierre for some time now, working on the champs boxing. Roach says that he was the one who came up with the game plan for St-Pierre’s title fight against Johnny Hendricks. […]
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GSP’s Former Manager Denies Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Rumor
It looks like another rumor surrounding the Georges St-Pierre “time off” mystery has been denied. First there was TMZ reporting that GSP had family health issues and that he got a girl pregnant. Those claims have since been denied by several sources. Does that mean that there is no truth to those? It seems only […]
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Rankings Update: Lawler Moves Up Welterweight Ladder, Five More Important Shifts Following UFC 167
By Evan Stoumbelis This past Saturday UFC fans tuned in to the UFC’s 20th anniversary card: UFC 167: St. Pierre vs. Hendricks. It was an exciting night of fights topped off by one of the most controversial decisions in UFC history that saw welterweight kingpin Georges St. Pierre retain his championship belt in a 5-round […]
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Dana White Blasts GSP and NSAC During UFC 167 Post Fight Press Conference
On Saturday night at UFC 167, Georges St. Pierre successfully defended his UFC Welterweight Championship against challenger Johny Hendricks. At least, the judge’s think he did. The rest of the mixed martial arts community is currently in an uproar claiming that Johny Hendricks did enough to dethrone the champion. Even the UFC President Dana White […]