MMA News

BJPENN.COM News - June 19, 2013

As only he can, UFC announcer Joe Rogan provides his commentary on why Anderson Silva is the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. Silva faces Chris Weidman at UFC 162 to prove his #1 ranking.

BJPENN.COM News - June 19, 2013

“In the first event, what Nick’s trying to do is introduce some rule changes — relative to the rules that many of the fans may be familiar with already — to try to push the action a little more towards the sport as Nick envisions it. “That, first of all, is in a ring versus a cage, not simply because of the dehumanizing element that some fighters have talked about, fighting in a cage, but combat sports have always happened in a ring whether we’re talking boxing, kickboxing. When did we use a cage? It’s only a subset of pro wrestling that uses a cage. Removing the cage, moving to the ring changes things in terms of takedowns, changes things in terms of how you can get up. That’s the first change.

BJPENN.COM News - June 19, 2013

Television Executive, Stephen Espinoza recently tweeted out a behind the scenes photo of Mayweather and Alvarez staring down for the very first time.

BJPENN.COM News - June 19, 2013

“Weidman got good jiu-jitsu and great wrestling, but he needs work with his stand-up. “Every fighter commits mistakes. I just have to look for the right opportunity to capitalize on his mistakes. Everyone has their strong points. Everyone has their weak points.”

BJPENN.COM News - June 18, 2013

Upstart promotion, AriseFC made its debut last Saturday from the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. With a near sold out crowd, the mixed Muay Thai/MMA card delivered fireworks, including the main event between James Terry vs. Mike De La Torre which is featured above.

BJPENN.COM News - June 18, 2013

At the Metamoris 2 event in Los Angeles, California UFC heavyweight fighter, Brendan Schaub failed to deliver on any real level of entertainment or competitiveness. As a result, Ralek Gracie, made the video entered above explaining some rule changes to their events.

bjpenndotcom - June 18, 2013

Josh Burkman took revenge last Friday as he dispatched perennial UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch in just 41-seconds.

BJPENN.COM News - June 18, 2013

UFC 161 took place last weekend from Winnipeg, Canada. In the main event Rashad Evans was able to squeak out a decision over Dan Henderson.

BJPENN.COM News - June 18, 2013

From Cat’s Youtube: After surgery Cat’s knee had a ton of fluid in it. She went in a couple of times to have it drained to relief the pressure and pain it was causing.

Chris Taylor - June 17, 2013

Anthony “Showtime” Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), recently dropped from the UFC’s lightweight ranks to the featherweight division for a shot at 145-pound champion Jose Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC).

BJPENN.COM News - June 17, 2013

Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg preview the upcoming Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman fight taking place at UFC 162 in Las Vegas.

BJPENN.COM News - June 17, 2013

UFC Heavyweight fighter, Pat Barry lost his fifth UFC fight last weekend and is likely on the chopping block. However, despite the loss, Pat Barry has other issues to worry about and he documents them in this video blog.

bjpenndotcom - June 16, 2013

Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is back after taking a break to grab some interviews at Metamoris and we had to bring you a special show after being gone a week. RFA 8 is going down June 21st at the historic The Rave / Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, but before that happens 3 of the biggest names are stopping by.

BJPENN.COM News - June 15, 2013

Dan Henderson talked with UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani after the weigh in for UFC 161 and he has one thing on his mind. Finishing Rashad Evans in dramatic fashion. Will Hendo get the job done? Ariel Helwani: Dan, some people have suggest that Rashad Evans has lost a step, do you agree?

BJPENN.COM News - June 15, 2013

UFC President Dana White goes over tonight’s UFC 161 event and discusses other relevant topics within the MMA World. With fighters such as Jon Fitch and Rampage Jackson speaking out against the organization the UFC boss used his time with Ariel Helwani to address those issues and say his peace.

BJPENN.COM News - June 15, 2013

At the third World Series of Fighting event on June 14, welterweight fighter Josh Burkman choked out Jon Fitch in their highly anticipated rematch fight. After regaining consciousness, Fitch left the cage in what appeared to be a moment of passion, but he returned to hear the official decision be read and to answer some questions in a post-fight interview.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2013

FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is back after taking a break to grab some interviews at Metamoris and we had to bring you a special show after being gone a week. RFA 8 is going down June 21st at the historic The Rave / Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and will be televised live and nationwideon AXS TV starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, but before that happens 3 of the biggest names are stopping by.

Chris Taylor - June 14, 2013

When Antinio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-8-1 MMA, 5-4 UFC) tapped out to Fabricio Werdum (17-5-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) at the UFC on FUEL TV 10 event earlier this month, many fans thought that “Big Nog” had tapped too quickly, possibly over cautious due to the arm break he suffered at the hands and hips of Frank Mir at UFC 140.