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Nate Diaz: ‘I don’t get paid enough to make 155 all year’
“I lost to Thomson and Anthony Pettis is the champ. They’re supposed to be the hot (expletive) right now. Those guys are the guys to beat and on top of it. I was ready to go to 170 pounds. I’m over making weight and all this. I don’t feel I get paid good enough to […]
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With Card Shifts Dutra vs. Kunimoto Added To UFC Singapore In January
UFC officials have added a welterrweight bout to the UFC Fight Night 34 event set to go down on January 4th. With the removal of Jake Ellenberger from the night’s main event and the call to put Hyun Gyu Lim in his slot opposite Tarec Saffiedine, the UFC brass is calling up UFC newcomer Luiz […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Returns Tonight With Antonio ‘Bigfoot’Silva (5:00 P.M. PT)
BJPENN.COM Radio returns tonight with Brazilian big-man, Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva. Hosts George Mathews (@GMathewsMMA) and Pedro Carrasco (@LATLPedro) will discuss ‘Bigfoot’s upcoming fight against fellow ATT teammate, Mark hunt. ‘UFC Fight Night 33: Bigfoot vs. Hunt’ is set to go down On December 7th from Brisbane Australia. In addition to Silva’s guest slot, the team […]
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Nate Diaz Defends Throwing In Towel: ‘They Don’t Pay Us Enough To Take A$$ Whoopings like This’
It wasn’t that long ago Nate Diaz was stopped with strikes for the first time in his professional career. Josh Thomson landed a perfectly timed headkick and the Diaz corner threw in the towel in the midst of Nate’s recovery. During this week’s media events the younger Diaz discussed his recent loss, throwing in the […]
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Coach: Anthony Pettis Won’t Fight For 8 More Months
“The injury occurred in the title fight in Milwaukee against Benson Henderson. Anthony checked a low kick and the kick slid up and popped his knee. He did some rehab and recovery after the fight, and it looked like that was going to be enough and he was on pace to recover. Unfortunately he took […]
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QUICK TWITT | Diego Sanchez Asks White’s Permission To Smash McGregor
Some things never get old, such is the case of the ongoing feud between Diego Sanchez and Conor McGregor. The two UFC fighters have been going at it for months on twitter and this rivalry is bound to turn into a real like scuffle at some point. Recently the former UFC lightweight title challenger, Diego […]
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VIDEO | TUF 18 Finale: Gray Maynard Pre-Fight Interview
Gray Maynard on what he’s bringing to the table in his third bout against the “dangerous but beatable” Nate Diaz.
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UFC Heavyweight Del Rosario Hospitalized After Catastrophic Cardiovascular Collapse
Top heavyweight prospect, Shane Del Rosario is in the hospital today after suffering from a near fatal heart attack Tuesday morning. The Strikeforce import was recently announced injured and out of his UFC 168 contest against Guto Inocente with a rib injury. Now things have gotten worse. Jason House of Iridum Sports released the following […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Fighter Pulls Off Incredible Flying Spin Kick into Armbar Finish
Recently Irish MMA Fighter Carl McNally pulled off an amazing stoppage victory over a very game, Ross McCorriston. The result is a highlight reel, flying spin kick into a perfectly executed armbar finish. Enjoy! Want to see more free MMA Fights? Tune into BJPENN.COM’s very own ‘Just Scrap’ MMA Promotion’s event replay page.
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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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Chinzo Machida: Lyoto Told Me To Throw The Knee
“I was doing well, then I connected the knee and it was over. It was a nice knockout. Everybody’s talking about it. I was focused to get the win. I wasn’t worried to get a knockout or something like that. I went there to do my job, to do my best, and it all happened […]
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Ratings report: Bellator 109 draws strong numbers
Bellator wrapped up it’s ninth season last weekend in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with ‘Bellator 109’ which was headlined by a middleweight title fight that saw Andrew Shlemenko stop Doug “Rhino” Marshall in the first-round to reclaim the middleweight strap. According to a report from MMAFighting’s Dave Meltzer, the event did the third-best numbers of the season […]
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QUICK TWITT | Sanchez and McGregor Throw Down (again) On Twitter But Can’t Agree On Fight Date
A mere 10-pounds separates UFC featherweight Conor McGregor and UFC lightweight Diego Sanchez. And that slight weight disparity will not stop the two from knocking each other into oblivion should the UFC’s matchmaking department decide to book this heated rivalry to an event and venue. Most recently the two rivals took to twitter (again) to […]
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Joe Lauzon Has A Simple Answer To MMA’s Judging Problem
“Boxing is very straight forward – you hit the other guy until he can’t stand. How do you score this though… two guys fighting, we will call them Apollo and Rocky. In one round, Apollo lands a TON of punches and while they are starting to take effect, Rocky stays on his feet. Towards the […]
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VIDEO | Gracie’s Breakdown How to Survive The ‘Kockout Game’ Plaguing American Streets
In this Special Edition Gracie Breakdown, Rener Gracie and Eve Torres share some critical self-defense principles everyone should know in order to defend against the growing trend of vicious unprovoked assaults by cowardly teenagers. Obviously, harsher punishment would reduce the frequency of these deadly assaults, but until that happens, everyone must learn how to break […]
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VIDEO | Before They Fought, Wand & Franklin Met In An Elevator
In June of last year former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin squared off with Wanderlei Silva in the UFC 147 main event. Prior to their bout, they bumped in to each other in a Brazilian elevator and while the confrontation was friendly, it was evident by their body language that neither guy knew what to […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Female Bout Ends in Brutal Headkick K.O.
In today’s Free Fight Video offering we bring you an amazing finish from a regional circuit female athlete who decided a kick to the head would get the job done.
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Rory MacDonald Does Not Think GSP Is Done With Fighting
“I don’t think he’s gone for good. But maybe he needs some time. People have no idea the kind of pressure it is to fight, and I have no idea what kind of pressure it to hold the belt for (six years). Before that he was headlining cards since he was younger than I am […]
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Nevada Rep Explains Why Open Scoring Will Not Work In MMA
With all the recent scoring issues in Mixed Martial Arts, many have looked at an open scoring model to possibly repair today’s ongoing issue of erroneous judges decisions. Much like a basketball or baseball game, open scoring would allow everyone witnessing the contest (in this case, fighting) to visibly see each judges scorecards throughout the […]
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QUICK TWITT | Bisping Compares Kennedy To Jim Carrey’s ‘Background Guy’
The rivalry between Michael Bisping and Tim Kennedy isn’t going to go away anytime soon. The two fighter’s will likely go back and forth like this until the UFC decides to put them in a cage to settle their differences. Until that time happens, be on the look out for more entertaining jabs from ‘The […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone (Full Fight)
Two of the division’s most electrifying lightweights faced off at UFC 141 – watch Nate Diaz unload punches in bunches in this three-round Fight of the Night against Donald Cerrone.
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Shinya Aoki turns down UFC offer, teammate Leandro Brodinho signs
Former Dream champion, Shinya Aoki (34-6 MMA), has reportedly turned down a contract offer from the UFC. According to ‘Evolve MMA’ founder, Chatri Sityodtong, the UFC offered contracts to 3 fighters on the Evolve Fight Team including Shinya Aoki, Eddie Ng and Leandro Brodinho. Here is what the Evolve MMA chairman had to say via […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Crazy 14 Second Double K.O.
Two men enter, but only one leaves! That’s the way a proper fight should be billed. Unless of course you’re these two guys who wasted no time knocking each other out at the same time.
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Cristiano Marcello vs. Joe Proctor Announced for UFC Fight Night 36 | UFC NEWS
Cristiano Marcello (13-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC, *pictured) vs. Joe Proctor (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has been announced for UFC Fight Night 36. UFC Fight Night 36, takes place on Feb. 15 at the Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. UFC officials announced the lightweight fight today. It is currently only the third […]
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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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VIDEO | Nate Diaz Pre-Fight Interview, Says He’s Coming Back For Title Shot
Headliner Nate Diaz outlines his plans to wrap up his trilogy with Gray Maynard with a convincing win, then track down the 155-pound titleholder.
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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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QUICK TWITT | Jessica Eye & Sarah Kaufman Go At It On Twitter
Top female bantamweight fighters, Jessica Eye and Sarah Kaufman already squared off in the cage. The result was a closely contested decision and while Eye was named the victor, according to this recent twitter interaction, there is some unfinished business between the two. @mmasarah honor?honor is to win & lose graciously.ur contemptuous as a person […]