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Coach Ludwig Predicting A Team Alpha Male Sweep At UFC on FOX 9 This Weekend
Team Alpha Male is showing out this weekend in Sacramento, California. In their hometown, four of the world-renowned team’s fighters will be competing on UFC on FOX 9. Joseph Benavidez is competing in the main event for the UFC flyweight title, Urijah Faber fights for a contender slot against Michael McDonald in the co-main event, […]
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VIDEO | Sonnen Blasts Rashad Evans For Leaving $20 Tip On $700 Dinner Bill
Chael Sonnen keeps it real with Mike Hill. Find out why Chael no longer has beef with LeBron James and hear the story about the one fan who laid a big shot on Chael.
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VIDEO | Frank Mir & Jon Jones Fight Outside Russian After-Party
Having both attended the Legends Fight show in Russia, UFC fighters Frank Mir and Jon Jones both took to the show’s after-party to engage in some good old-fashioned fun in the streets. In the video we see the two teammates sparring for fun, in public, after what we can only assume to be a fun […]
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White Nixes Hunt vs. Bigfoot Rematch Talk
Many have called last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 33 main event the best heavyweight fight of all-time, including UFC boss Dana White. However, that accolade will not be enough to guarantee the two participants an immediate rematch to settle their five-round draw. The UFC boss took to an interview on Canadian Television to clear the […]
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Australian Police Commissioner Likens UFC To Caged Animals And Crime Scenes
How many times will uninformed public officials mis-label MMA as a ‘no-rules’ barbaric contest? I don’t have the answer to that, but I do know, it’s happened again, recently on Australian soil. New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione took to ‘The Australian‘ to discuss the growing sport of Mixed Martial Arts and the impact […]
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PHOTO | X-Ray Of Ryan Bader’s Broken Hand Suffered Against Perosh
Last weekend we saw, TUF Season 8 winner, Ryan Bader return to form during the UFC Fight Night Fight Night 33 main card. Sometime during his dominating three-round bout against Anthony Perosh, Bader broke his hand. The UFC light-heavyweight fighter sent out the image (below) of the fracture that, according to reports, will require surgery […]
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‘Mighty Mouse’ Fighting For Security: ‘I Never Want To Work Again’
“I want my son and my wife to have a good life and never have to worry about anything. I wasn’t handed anything in this sport, I’ve never had any easy fights and I’ve just been working hard to get where I am. I’m not going to set my goal to beat Anderson Silva’s title […]
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VIDEO | Chad Mendes Looks To Make HIstory With 5th Straight UFC K.O.
Both Chad Mendes and Joseph Benavidez are fighting this weekend and both fighters are looking for KOs. For Mendes, if he succeeds, he will hold the UFC record for the most consecutive wins by knock out.
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Remembering the life and career of Shane Del Rosario
It’s a strange thing, finding out that someone who you don’t know personally, but know from the media has passed away. It’s almost like you’re not sure if you should grieve and be upset. You weren’t family, you weren’t friends; but still you feel that sense of sadness and pain. What should we do? There […]
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The MMA World Reacts To The Tragic Passing Of Shane Del Rosario
Yesterday, BJPENN.COM was the first to report on the tragic passing of UFC heavyweight fighter, Shane Del Rosario. Today we have a group of twitter posts from popular MMA Figures expressing their condolences for the loss the MMA world just suffered. Shane Del Rosario passed away after two-weeks of hospitalization, fighting through the final days […]
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Rankings Update: Diaz Knocks Maynard Down, Shogun/Hunt Rise Up & More
By Evan Stoumbelis This past weekend fans were fortunate enough to see Hunt vs. Bigfoot as the headline of the UFC Brisbane card. Mark “Super Samoan” Hunt and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva fought a great 5 round battle to a decision which ended in a draw. Also on the card we saw PRIDE FC legend Mauricio […]
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Munoz Admits Not Being Mentally Prepared To Fight A Friend, Cost Him Win Against Machida
“Now that I did it (fight a friend), been there, done that, now I know what I need to work on. It’s not so much physical, it’s all mental. It was very difficult for me to fight somebody that I was training with just two weeks before. It was very difficult for me to just […]
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Conor McGregor: ‘Has-Been Diego Sanchez Belongs In Bellator’
“The guy (Diego Sanchez) is a has-been.He should be in Bellator with the rest of the has-beens. There’s no doubt about it. Let’s go back way back to where it really started. In the leadup to my Max Holloway fight in Boston, when I was doing all my media campaign and my media workout and […]
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Georges St-Pierre will announce future plans at Friday press conference
Is this the end? Well fight fans, it appears we will all know one way or the other whether UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, plans on retiring or not. According to TVA Sports, Pierre will hold a press conference in Quebec on Friday (Dec. 13). It’s reported that the champ will address his plans for […]
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Shane Del Rosario Passes Away Following Nearly Two-Week Battle
After nearly two-weeks of hospitalization UFC heavyweight fighter and former kickboxing world champion, Shane Del Rosario has passed away. The top prospect suffered from a Catastrophic Cardiovascular Collapse on Tuesday, November 26th and had been clinging to life in an Orange County hospital event since. After two-confusing weeks and several mis-reports of his passing, it […]
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Undefeated UFC prospect Myles “Fury” Jury receives BJJ Black belt
As one of the breakout fighters of 2012-2013, UFC’s Myles “Fury” Jury has put his talents to the test in thirteen professional mixed martial arts bouts, four of which have been tested inside the ultimate proving grounds; the Octagon, and his perfect record has remained intact. Five of his thirteen wins have come by way […]
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Carlos Condit Releases Statement Following Cancellation of Brown Fight
On Saturday we learned that the UFC on FOX 9 bout between Carlos Condit and Matt Brown had been scratched due to a Brown injury. Condit, through his management, released the following statement on the matter: “I was greatly disappointed to hear of Matt Brown’s injury. This was a fight that I was looking forward […]
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POLL | Who Wins Hypothetical Fight Between Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg
This week, in the best MMA Poll on-line, we ask fans who would win a fight between Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg. The two female champions are bitter rivals, but weighty concerns and promotional boundaries are currently preventing this super fight from taking place. My recent talks with Cris prompted me to put this up […]
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Dana White: ‘With UFC 168 Win, Anderson Silva vs. Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Match Will Happen’
“These two drive me crazy. They drive me crazy. First of all, Roy Jones Jr. is a longtime friend of mine. When I was a 19-year-old kid in the boxing business, Roy Jones was very good to me. So I’m in this position where I feel like Roy wants to fight him, he wants to […]
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Female Prospect Holly Holm Wants ‘Six Figures’ To Face Rousey
There’s no doubt that Holly Holm is UFC bound, the former world champion boxer comes from a fighting pedigree rarely matched in the sport. The one hold up for Holm appears to be the money on the table as the camp already admitted turning down the UFC’s initial offer. Now coming off of her latest […]
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VIDEO | Bisping Talks Kennedy, Lombard, Eye Injury & More at UFC Fan Q&A
UFC middleweight contender and troublemaker Michael Bisping takes questions from UFC Fight Club members at UFC Brisbane.
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PHOTO’s | Mark Hunt Breaks Hand In ‘Fight Night 33’ Main Event Against ‘Bigfoot’
Last Friday Mark Hunt and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva put on a ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate in their UFC Fight Night 33 main event in Brisbane, Australia. The two heavyweight’s collided for five-straight rounds of action packed excitement that saw both fighters get battered, bruised and bloodied in route to a majority draw ruling by […]
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POLL RESULTS: Are you still a fan of Ronda Rousey?
13,000 people took part in last week’s BJPENN.COM poll, asking fans if Ronda Rousey was still worthy of your devotion as a fan. Following her stint on the UFC’s hit reality series, ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, many fans believe that Ronda Rousey is no longer the picture perfect poster child for women’s MMA. Internet chatter would […]
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PHOTO | Frankie Edgar Receives BJJ Blackbelt
Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar received his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt from Ricardo Almeida over the weekend. The former champ and current featherweight fighter will now face off with BJ Penn at a yet to be determined place and time in 2014 as part of their TUF season 19 coaching gig.
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UFC 171 Adds Ovince St. Preux vs. Thiago Silva to Lineup
Originally slated to co-main event UFC Fight Night 35, Ovince St. Preux vs. Thiago Silva has officially been added to UFC 171. UFC 171 is scheduled to take place on March 15, 2014 in Dallas Texas. Ovince St. Preux commanded attention while fighting for former employers at Strikeforce. He was victorious in five of his […]
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WSOF Aims to Hold 8-10 Events Next Year, 2 of Which May Air on NBC
World Series of Fighting held their inaugural show in November of 2012 on NBC Sports Network. With established names like Andrei Arlovski and prospects like Tyrone Spong fighting for them, the future looked promising for their promotion. They would go on to hold six events in 2013, crowning their featherweight and welterweight champions in the […]
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Jake Shields vs. Hector Lombard Signed for UFC 171
UFC welterweights Jake Shields and Hector Lombard are set to meet in the octagon at UFC 171 on March 15th, ESPN confirms. Jake Shields has been on an impressive run while in the UFC not having lost a fight since 2011. After winning a split decision against Tyron Woodley, Shields went on to pick up […]
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Daniel Cormier vs. Rashad Evans Set to Headline UFC 170
It was originally rumored that UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones would defend his title against Glover Teixeira at UFC 170. However, Jones confirmed he was still suffering nagging injuries from his defense against Alexander Gustafsson. The UFC brass went hunting for another headline worthy main-event, and they found what they were looking for. Rashad […]