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Stefan Struve Back To Full Training Schedule, Expects UFC Return In 2014
In August Stefan Struve was diagnosed with a potential career ending heart condition. A rare, enlarged heart caused by a leaking aortic valve threatened the UFC heavyweight fighters career. We’ve been following the story, which has included a very negative outlook from UFC President Dana White, but recently Struve announced he was back in the […]
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Kennedy Thinks Bisping Will ‘Chicken Out’ Of Fighting Him
“I’m sure he’s going to try and duck me. A year and a half ago when Zuffa bought Strikeforce and just the prospect of me being able to fight him, I was like ‘Yes! This is awesome!’ I’m looking forward to fighting Michael Bisping. And he’s like, ‘who’s this Tim Kennedy bloke? When that guy […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Japanese superstar Takanori Gomi hopes his historic striking power will win this bout with Nate Diaz. Returning to lightweight, Diaz is well aware that if he is to hand the former PRIDE champion a loss, he will have to be on top of his game.
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Gray Maynard vs. Dennis Siver
Gray Maynard expected to coast to an easy victory in the first round of this lightweight bout with Dennis Siver, but the Germany-based Russian rebounded and showed incredible heart in a bout that would earn both men Fight of the Night bonuses.
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VIDEO | Eddie Alvarez Discusses Violent Knockout Game Plaguing American Streets
Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez issues a statement regarding the new game plaguing American streets. American youth’s have been terrorizing the streets of the northern east coast with a vicious game that has young men roaming around looking for innocent victims to punch into unconsciousness.
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POLL RESULTS: Should The UFC Sign Ben Askren?
With the world’s top free agent set to sit down with the UFC this afternoon, the MMA world has been wondering if Ben Askren will get signed to MMA’s leading promotion. When Bellator gave their welterweight champion an unconditional release from the promotion, UFC President Dana White expressed zero interest in the acquisition. However, his […]
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‘GLORY 12 New York’ Main Card Results: Giorgio Petrosyan Loses For First Time In 6 Years
The ‘GLORY 12 New York’ event goes down tonight from the sold-out Madison Square Garden Theater in New York! The main card is headlined by middleweights Joe Schilling and Wayne Barrett, and also features Giorgio Petrosyan who will be fighting on American soil for the first time in his career! He will be facing Andy […]
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Weekend Poll | Should The UFC Sign Ben Askren?
Undefeated welterweight fighter and recently released Bellator champion, Ben Askren finds himself in an odd state of career limbo as of late. Having expressed his desires to fight for the UFC, when finally released from his Bellator obligations, the UFC boss, Dana White said he had no interest. Still, Askren and company are set have a […]
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VIDEO | Lyoto Machida’s Brother Wins MMA Return With Brutal K.O.
After a lengthy layoff from competition, Chinzo Machida made his way back to the cage during last night’s RFA 11 event on AXS TV. The older brother of Lyoto made a huge statement with one of the nastiest flying knee K.O.’s in MMA History
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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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Rich Franklin says his next fight will be his last
It’s been a little over a year since former UFC middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin (29-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC) last saw action inside the octagon. Franklin’s last fight served as the headlining bout of the UFC’s debut in China and saw him pitted against former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le. Unfortunately for “Ace,” Le was […]
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#60 BJPENN.COM RADIO REPLAY
BJPENN.COM Radio returned tonight with German fighter Benjamin Brinsa. Benjamin Brinsa is the former UFC welterweight who has alleged ties to the Neo Nazi’s in Germany. The undefeated German prospect was released from the UFC before making his debut with the promotion and we discussed these allegations with him for the first time in-depth since […]
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QUICK TWITT | Sonnen: ‘Anthony Pettis Would Smash GSP’
UFC mouthpiece Chael Sonnen is a loyal,outspoken ambassador, not only for his employer, but also for his management team MMA Inc. Part of that same MMA Inc. roster is UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. The two fighters bonded when Wanderlei Silva tried to jump Sonnen at a public signing. It was then that, Anthony Pettis […]
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VIDEO | Randy Couture Chokes Out Chris Angel
Criss Angel BeLIEve Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture shows us that he still has what it takes to choke a man out during his recent sit down with magician, Chris Angel.
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VIDEO | Lorenzo Fertitta Discusses GSP, Dana, MMA in NY & More
Following yesterday’s special press conference in New York, UFC CEO and Chairman, Lorenzo Fertitta discussed the recent UFC 167 fallout, Dana White, the future of GSP and more.
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VIDEO | UFC’s Legalize New York Press Conference From Madison Square Garden
UFC CEO, Lorenzo Fertitta held a special press conference yesterday from the heart of New York City at the new Madison Square Garden to discuss the long overdue legalization of Mixed Martial Arts in New York.
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Broken Pinky Toe Reshapes WSOF 7 Event
The World Series of Fighting 7 light heavyweight showdown between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Mike “MAK” Kyle has been canceled after Kyle suffered a broken toe in training and was forced to withdraw from the contest. The new main event will be a previously announced five-round bout for World Series of Fighting’s inaugural featherweight title […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Returns Tonight With Alleged Neo-Nazi & Released UFC Fighter Benjamin Brinsa
BJPENN.COM Radio returns tonight with German fighter Benjamin Brinsa. The crew looks to find out the truth about the fighters alleged Neo-Nazi affiliation and will present facts that the UFC and MMA fans need to hear. Hosts George Mathews (@GMathewsMMA) and Pedro Carrasco (@LATLPedro) will be joined by Brinsa and his manager, Tim Leidecker, so […]
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Youth MMA Competitions Grossly Misrepresented In Media, Leading Promotor Discusses With BJPENN.COM
Even though it’s the fastest growing sport in the world, and despite airing events on networks like FOX, mixed martial arts is still in its infancy stages. The media and non-fans watch the action from the outside of the realm of understanding and view it as barbaric; a sport that does more damage to the […]
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PHOTO | A Beardless Johny Hendricks
When UFC welterweight contender, Johny Hendricks hit UFC Tonight on FOX Sports 1 last night, something was different. As part of his post-fight ritual, the man many think to have won his main event at UFC 167, shaved off the beard.
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UFC Lightweight Contender T.J. Grant Benched Until Further Notice
UFC lightweight contender T.J. Grant (21-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) just can’t seem to catch a break. After putting together a five-fight win streak, which included a first-round starching of former title challenger Gray Maynard, Grant was awarded a title shot against then champion Benson Henderson, which was supposed to take place at August’s UFC 164 […]
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FREE FIGHT VIDEO | Pat Barry KO’s Shane Del Rosario
On Dec. 7, Pat Barry returns to the cage against Soa Palelei as a featured bout on the UFC Fight Night 33 card in Brisbane, Australia. While we wait for this heavyweight showdown to occur, why not hit play above and take a look back at one of Barry’s more dominant UFC wins.
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VIDEO | Tonight’s ‘Ultimate Fighter: Rousey vs. Tate’ Preview
Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate battle it out in the coaches challenge before Anthony Gutierrez and David Grant fight for a spot in the finale.
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Bellator releases Matt Riddle following second fight withdrawal
Matt Riddle (7-3 MMA) is once again a free agent, as Bellator officials recently announced that the welterweight fighter has been released by the promotion. Riddle was expected to face Nathan Coy on the main card of Bellator 109, which goes down this weekend in Matt’s home state of Pennsylvania. However, due to reasons not […]
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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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UFC Boss Says GSP vs. Hendricks Rematch Should Be Finalized In Two-Weeks
You want a rematch? Dana’s going to give you a rematch! Immediately following GSP’s successful title defense last weekend at UFC 167 the globe erupted in controversy. The UFC Boss believes GSP lost, the challenger proclaimed himself the real champ and the fans, according to our poll, are nearly split down the middle. But Clarity […]
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Mayhem Miller Apologizes to Uriah Hall for his ‘Ghetto’ Behavior
The media seems to only cover Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller when he’s doing something wrong. I actually find it troubling that the banished UFC fighter’s public apology to Uriah HAll has yet to be picked up by anyone other than us here at BJPENN.COM. Sure, Mayhem has done his fair share of damage to his public […]
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POLL RESULTS: Does Vitor Belfort Deserve A Title Shot?
In last week’s BJPENN.COM Poll we asked the fans if Vitor Belfort deserves a title shot following his first round K.O. over Dan Henderson. His only loss at middleweight since returning to the UFC was in a title fight against Anderson Silva. And with his recent dispatching of Bisping, Rockhold and Dan Henderson the fans […]