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EXCLUSIVE | Louis Fisette’s Official TUF 18 Episode 13 Blog For BJPENN.COM
Louis “Petit Pain” Fisette (6-1 MMA) is one of the youngest talents in MMA’s rich 135-pound division. The 23 year-old Canadian bantamweight is a contestant on this season of (TUF:18) The Ultimate Fighter: Tate vs. Rousey. Here is what Louis had to say about Week 13 of his ‘TUF’ experience: So we’ve come to the […]
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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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Machida Says Anderson Silva Will Step Aside For His Shot At The Title
“I always say Anderson is on another level. He was the champion for about six or seven years. We even talked about it. He said he already was the champ for a long time, that he wants to remain in the promotion and have super fights. And in case we have to fight, he said […]
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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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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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UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones details recent layoff, Injuries Preventing His Return
UFC light heavyweight champion, Jon “Bones” Jones (19-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC), was rumored to headline both UFC 169 and then UFC 170, opposite #1 contender Glover Teixeira (22-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC). However, due to health reasons, Jones will not return to the octagon until March, as he told MMAJunkie’s Mike Bohn: “The reason why I didn’t […]
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VIDEO | ‘Nick The Tooth’ Talks Growing Up With Dana White
Nick “The Tooth” Gullo talks about his book “Into the Cage”, life-long friendship with UFC president Dana White, and more.
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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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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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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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QUICK TWITT | Teammates Lobby UFC To Sign Ben Askren
Not only do our readers on BJPENN.COM think the UFC should sign top welterweight prospect, Ben Askren, but so do his teammates. The Roufus Sports fight team, which holds many notable fighters on its roster, including UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, has taken to twitter in support of Ben. Ben and company met with UFC officials yesterday afternoon […]
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VIDEO | Dana & Lorenzo Travel Back In Time On Latest Tommy To Hold
The latest Tommy Toe Hold episode is out and ready for you to view. Check out Dan White and Lorenzo Fertitta travel back in time to tell their former selves to buy the UFC and more.
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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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Come celebrate Arianny Celeste’s Birthday Party at Kalapaki Joe’s Poipu November 30
Have you ever fantasized about partying with UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste? If you answered yes, then it’s time to make your fantasy a reality. Arianny will be celebrating her 29th birthday in Hawaii at Kalapaki Joe’s Poipu on November 30, and this is NOT an invitation only event! Yes, you read correctly. Everyone is […]
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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 […]
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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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Nate Diaz: I Beat (Gray Maynard), I’m Gonna Hunt Down Pettis and Thomson and Take Them Out
UFC lightweight contenders Nate Diaz (16-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) and Gray Maynard (11-2-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) will meet for a third time on November 30, when the pair headline ‘The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale’ in Las Vegas. Although the scorecards say that Diaz and Maynard split their first two fights, Nate fully believes that he won both of their previous contests, and says […]
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Vitor Belfort: ‘My best is yet to come’
Vitor Belfort (24-10 MMA, 13-6 UFC) has look absolutely phenomenal in his past three octagon appearances. “The Phenom” has earned 3-straight head kick knockouts over perennial contenders Luke Rockhold, Michael Bisping and most recently Dan Henderson during that stretch. UFC President, Dana White, has stated that his intention is to have Belfort fight the winner […]
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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 […]