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“Mighty Mouse” Appreciative Of UFC’s PR Team — ‘My Flower Is Blossoming’
“Basically me and Dave Sholler sat down and he’s was like “look bro, each time I hear you do interviews you stop and edit yourself. Like, I know who you are as a person and I just felt you’ve hidden yourself.” So when he told me that, then I was like “okay, well I’ll just […]
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WWE Legend: ‘Lesnar Couldn’t Make It, CM Punk Has No Business In The UFC’
WWE legend “The Honky Tonk Man” recently went on a video rant and talked about former WWE wrestler CM Punk’s decision to leave and join the UFC. Needless to say, he wasn’t very supportive. He also didn’t seem to remember how former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar did in the octagon, calling his move to […]
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Aldo Eyeing Quick Win Over Conor McGregor
At UFC 194 we will hopefully get to see featherweight champion Jose Aldo take on interim champ Conor McGregor, finally. It’s not like I can say the talking has already started, because in all actuality it never stopped. This fight has basically been getting promoted since McGregor first started calling out the champ and hasn’t […]
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Weidman: ‘Insecure Luke Rockhold Knows He’ll Lose To Me’
UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is gearing up to defend his belt against Luke Rockhold at UFC 194. There’s been plenty of light back and forth between the two fighters, taking shots at each other here and there. In the recent episode of The MMA Hour, the champ put Rockhold on blast, calling him insecure […]
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Tyron Woodley: ‘Johny Hendricks’ Mistake Led To Loss Of Title Shot’
“I was just trying to ruffle some feathers. I thought there was a chance, but when he kind of eased up on making it sound like it was set in stone, I think that’s where he messed up at.’ “He came and said, ‘I haven’t heard anything yet.’ When you start doing that, you leave […]
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Thomson: ‘UFC Just Couldn’t Match Bellator Deal’
“My understanding is that we have to wear Reebok with the UFC. There’s no other option. Well, you get paid to wear Reebok but you only get paid in their program, whatever their pay scale is. I took my negotiations over to Bellator, where there is no sponsorship tax, so my sponsors can sponsor […]
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Stud Show Radio Ep. #86 Ft. Joseph Benavidez
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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Demian Maia’s Chasing Major UFC Record
UFC submission ace Demian Maia is on a mission. The welterweight currently has seven submission finishes in the UFC. The record? Eleven. Currently there are only three fighters ahead of Maia on the list. Nate Diaz (8) Frank Mir (8) Royce Gracie (11) Maia told MMAJunkie that he’s looking to pursue that goal and be […]
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UFC Mega Star Ronda Rousey Gets The Larry King Treatment
Before her fight with Bethe Correia at UFC 190, UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey sat down with Larry King and talked about all kinds of topics. From her book, to movies and of course her career as one the biggest MMA fighters ever. Check it out! UFC Fighters Give Us Their Favorite BJ Penn Moment! […]
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Michael Johnson: ‘My Life Took A 180’ After Controversial Loss To Beneil Dariush
UFC lightweight Michael Johnson suffered a split decision loss to Beneil Dariush, courtesy of some head scratching scoring from the judges. It is hard, not impossible, but extremely hard to find someone who can say with a straight face that Johnson did not win that fight. UFC president Dana White even expressed his outrage immediately […]
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Ronda Rousey Makes Top Charitable Athletes List — Here’s Why!
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Tito’s Promise? ‘I’ll never talk about Cyborg vs. Rousey again’
Tito Ortiz won’t talk about Cyborg vs. Rousey anymore. Well, what are we supposed to do with ourselves now? The former UFC champion and upcoming Bellator title challenger, Ortiz, recently took to Twitter and announced to the masses that he will no longer be standing on rooftops and yelling out ‘Rousey’s scared!’ So he didn’t […]
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Lesnar: ‘UFC and WWE Are The Same Racket, WWE’s Just Better At It’
Former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE star Brock Lesnar recently appeared on ESPN and discussed the differences and similarities between pro wrestling and the UFC. Along with saying that WWE’s Vince McMahon is a better promoter than Dana White, Lesnar also pointed out that they’re both basically attempting to sell the same product. “Of […]
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Boxing Legend Shane Mosley Embarrassed By UFC’s Stance On Women
Now it looks like the achievements of UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey are going to be causing change in the boxing world, or at least that’s the thought behind this recent decision from boxing legend Shane Mosley. Mosley recently announced, via a press release, that he will be adding a women’s boxing bout to […]
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Hendricks: ‘Who Cares What GSP Thinks’
Who cares what former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre thinks? Not Johny Hendricks. Hendricks, also a former champ and past opponent of GSP, recently talked to Submission Radio about Carlos Condit getting the next title shot and some interesting points to make. GSP came out recently and said that Condit was his hardest fight and […]
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Joe B. All For Punishing Cheaters… With His Fists
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Brock Lesnar Fires Back At Dana White: ‘McMahon Is A Better Promoter Than Dana’
Former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar recently appeared on ESPN and talked about UFC president Dana White’s comments, where he called wrestling fake. Lesnar fired back and said that WWE’s Vince McMahon is a better promoter than White. Check it out! UFC Fighters Give Us Their Favorite BJ Penn Moment! What’s […]
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‘Lil Heathen’ Calls Out ‘The Answer’ –– Stephens vs. Edgar?
Could a UFC featherweight fight between Jeremy Stephens and Frankie Edgar be on the horizon? If ‘Lil Heathen’ had his way there would be. The hard hitting featherweight took to social media, as a lot of fighters do these days, and very respectfully issued a call out to top ranked 145er Frankie Edgar. Edgar has […]
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Manny Gamburyan Takes Shots At ‘Mr. Tate’
UFC bantamweight Manny Gamburyan wants to fight Bryan Caraway. Unfortunately, Caraway is apparently not interested in the matchup. The beef between the two started back at TUF 18 when his teammate Ronda Rousey coached opposite of Caraway’s girlfriend Miesha Tate. Gamburyan wants the fight and has been very vocal about it, but Caraway has yet to […]
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UFC Fighter Allegedly Urinates In Bar And Fights Security
Blame it on the alcohol guys. UFC fighter Antonio Braga Neto recently had a mishap in a bar and now intends on suing the establishment. So what happened? Allegedly the UFC middleweight had a little bit too much to drink while in a bar and urinated on the floor. He was then thrown out by […]
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State Approves 2-vs-2 MMA Fights
People continue to look for new and inventive ways to evolve the sport of MMA. Bringing back tournaments, and doing things like Bellator’s Dynamite event which will feature a cage and a Glory kickboxing ring in one arena seem like fun ideas that could breathe some life into the sometimes stale Saturday fight cards. Having […]
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Schaub And Jon Anik Debate Fighter Pay –– Things Get A Little Intense
Fighter pay, it’s been debated for probably as long as the sport has been around. Should fighters make more, or are they earning what they deserve? When UFC commentator Jon Anik and UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub recently discussed the topic things stayed cordial, but did get a tad bit heated when trying to make their […]
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Henry Cejudo vs. Jussier Formiga set for UFC Fight Night 78
A key flyweight bout between rising contenders Henry Cejudo and Jussier Formiga is the latest addition to November’s UFC Fight Night 78 event in Mexico. UFC officials announced the booking yesterday evening. Former Olympic wrestling gold medal winner, Henry Cejudo (9-0 MMA), will be looking to stretch his undefeated mixed martial arts record to 10-0 […]
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FACT! — Ronda ArouseMe A Pride Era MMA Fan Girl
UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is fine with the fact that there’s a porn parody film coming out with the lead character being ‘Ronda ArouseMe’. The star of the film, Kleio Valentien, recently talked to Submission Radio about the film and revealed that she’s actually a big fan of Pride and used to watch MMA […]
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Latest UFC Fighter-To-Fighter Callouts And Tweet Beefs
Fighter Twitter feuds. They’re becoming more and more prevalent in today’s MMA world. Fighters will go on Twitter and call out a fighter, or several fighters, then wait to see who bites. Once a response is given the back and forth usually starts. Each fighter will give their reasons for wanting to fight and their […]
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“It’s hard not to root against CM Punk as a fighter”
UFC made several decisions toward the end of 2014 that left fans and fighters of the sport scratching their head, one of which being the signing of former WWE Superstar Phil “CM Punk” Brooks. Punk doesn’t have a single professional fight to his name, yet his fame from professional wrestling allowed him to sign with […]
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We Don’t Know Why Iaquinta Is Now A Comic Named Don Alejandro, But It’s Hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=eDib5H4jiiw Unless you speak Spanish you will have no idea what’s going on in this video, but it’s still worth watching to see UFC lightweight Al Iaquinta transform himself into some sort of actor named Don Alejandro. Just check it out and try to figure out why he’s chasing some guy all over the place. […]
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Jon Jones Still Up To No Good?
It’s been a while since we’ve had any updates on former UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones. Since the incident where he allegedly hit a pregnant driver with his car and the subsequent indefinite suspension from the UFC Jones has gone underground so to speak. He hasn’t posted anything on any sort of social media and […]