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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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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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Vitor Belfort expects to fight for the title in Brazil
By Evan Stoumbelis Vitor Belfort has been on a series of wins recently, going 5-1 since his KO loss to Anderson Silva in 2011 at UFC 126. His only loss since then coming from Jon Jones at UFC 152. In 2013 he defeated Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold, and most recently Dan Henderson. All 3 of […]
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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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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 […]
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Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins set for UFC on FOX 10 in Chicago
Prior to his UFC 167 bout with Evan Dunham, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone had stated that his intention was to move down a weight class (to the UFC’s featherweight division,) following the contest. However, that apparently will not be the case. As it was announced today that Donald Cerrone (21-6 MMA, 8-3 UFC) will meet Adriano […]
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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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VIDEO | ‘UFC 167: GSP vs. Hendricks’ Phantom Cam Highlights
FOX signature Phantom Cam captures all the unbelievable action of UFC 167 in super-slow motion.
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VIDEO | TMZ Catches GSP: ‘I’m stepping out of the fight game, will still train for myself’
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre was caught by the paps at TMZ. In the video he denies all the rumors about his personal life, but tells the camera guy he is stepping away from the fighting game. Did I hear that right?
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To Prove A Point TUF Coach Rousey Shed 17 Pounds In 1 Day
This season of the UFC”s ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality show has been highlighted by two-fighters who missed their contracted weight. These actions resulted in two disqualifications and two fighters being ejected from the TUF competition. As part of her coaching duties, UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey felt the need to show her fighters that cutting […]
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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 | Dana White Has A New Boxing Reality TV Show (Trailer)
Going back to his roots, UFC President Dana White has produced a new Boston based reality show surrounding the sport of Boxing. Above is the trailer. Check it out!
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VIDEO | The UFC’s Three Kings Of The K.O.
There have been hundreds of Knockouts inside the UFC’s Octagon, but three men stand above the rest when it comes to the K.O. victory. Find out who in the video above.
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QUICK TWITT | Rousey Women Fireback At Fans For Backlash
Ronda Rousey and her mother (pictured) are apparently growing tired of the constant public backlash spawning from Ronda’s TUF coaching stint. Yesterday we featured a clip of Ronda where she once again flashed her favorite finger (the middle one) towards Miesha Tate while proceeding to cuss her out during their TUF 18 coaches challenge. MMA fans […]
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Kelvin Gastelum: I’m working towards being a champ
21-year-old, Kelvin Gastelum (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), was the surprise winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 17,” upsetting tournament favorite, Uriah Hall, in the season’s live finale, thus becoming the show’s middleweight winner. After his victory over Hall, Gastelum promptly dropped to the welterweight division (170 pounds) and earned an impressive first-round submission finish of Brian […]
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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 | Chris Weidman Fired Up Over Legalizing MMA in NY
UFC middleweight champion and proud New Yorker, Chris Weidman took part in a special press-conference yesterday to help fight the fight for MMA legalization in the state of New York.
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Dominick Cruz Responds To Tito Ortiz Twitter Spat
We failed to cover the latest in Tito Ortiz tweets when he called out UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. Mostly because we can’t cover all the crazy that is Tito all the time. However, now that the ‘Dominator’ has addressed it publicly we will catch you guys up. It all started with an interview the […]
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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.