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BJPENN.COM News - June 26, 2012

By Evan Stoumbelis Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has his sights set on becoming the David Beckham of Mixed Martial Arts.  The 36 year old Los Angeles Galaxy star player has a whopping salary of £160million, and earns around £26million from sponsorships. (The Sun)  St. Pierre only earns £5million for headlining a PPV fight.  St. Pierre said “My goal one day is to be the David Beckham of MMA but I still have a lot to do to reach that point. Mr Beckham is a great role model and I aspire to do the same.”  GSP suffered an ACL tear in December while training for a fight with now-suspended fighter Nick Diaz.  Georges has his sights set on a November comeback against interim Welterweight Champ Carlos Condit at UFC 154

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bjpenndotcom - June 23, 2012

It all starts now… 3 months out… June 22nd – Sept 22nd

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bjpenndotcom - June 17, 2012

By Jonathan Kirschner “This is the biggest fight of my career. I’m going to be the big underdog. I always am the underdog. Everyone writes me off. Here’s this guy, he looks overweight, he’s got a stomach; that’s fine with me. I’m confident in myself. This upcoming fight is a huge fight for me. To be going against a guy fifth in the world and going to Brazil to fight him in his hometown, this could really kick my career into high gear.”

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2012

Rich Franklin discusses Wanderlei Silva‘s fighting style as he prepares to have a rematch with ‘The Axe Murderer’ at UFC 147 in the main event. In his pre-fight interview, Franklin breaks down what its like to fight Wanderlei and what he needs to do to put Silva away.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2012

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2012

Joe Rogan hosts The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

bjpenndotcom - June 13, 2012

Wanderlei Silva talks his upcoming rematch with Rich Franklin in the main event of UFC 147. This will be a rematch to the UFC 99 main event in Cologne, Germany. Wanderlei looks extremely confident coming into this fight. Wanderlei has brought Lyoto Machida into his camp to improve on his stand-up game.

BJPENN.COM News - June 12, 2012

By Evan Stoumbelis Last Friday Johnson vs McCall II headlined UFC on FX 3, where fans saw Demetrious Johnson defeat Ian McCall via unanimous decision. Johnson now moves on to fight Joseph Benavidez to become the first ever UFC Flyweight champion. Unfortunately, after seeing a slight climb in viewers during UFC on FX 2, numbers dropped by 300,000 for UFC on FX 3. The prelims, which aired on Fuel TV also suffered a drop in viewers, with 29,000 less people tuning in. As I watched the event I noticed it was lacking in the star-power aspect, which is understandable given that the UFC is holding 20 events in 22 weeks. Below is the compiled ratings for all 3 UFC on FX shows as well as the prelims hosted on Fuel TV.

bjpenndotcom - June 12, 2012

Mark Munoz talks about current UFC contenders including himself, and why Hector Lombard shouldn’t get a shot at the title any time soon.

BJPENN.COM News - June 11, 2012

By Evan Stoumbelis Urijah Faber talked with reporters today about what it has been like dealing with all the changes to his title fight. Originally Faber was slated to face longtime rival Dominick Cruz at UFC 148 on July 7th in Las Vegas, but Cruz had to drop out with an ACL tear; Now Faber will be facing Renan Barao in Calgary at UFC 149 on July 21st. The reason behind the date switch, Jose Aldo dropping out of the UFC 149 main event against Eric Koch due to a knee injury.

bjpenndotcom - June 9, 2012

By Jonathan Kirschner

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - June 4, 2012

By Evan Stoumbelis After winning gold at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Ronda Rousey was called out by none other than suspended Strikeforce fighter Cris Cyborg. Cyborg took to Twitter, posting an alleged photoshopped image of Gina Carano looking bloody and bruised. Following that post, Cyborg tweeted Rousey saying “You’re next Rousey: you have a d*ck, you d*ck” Cyborg is currently serving a year-long suspension after testing positive for PED’s earlier this year.

bjpenndotcom - June 1, 2012

The trailer for “UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II” was released just hours ago, and it gives the rematch even more of a “big fight feel” than it already had.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2012

Fedor Emelianenko is seen here in a new ad for Mercedes Benz with his trademark smirk for the entirety of his screen time.

BJPENN.COM News - May 30, 2012

By Evan Stoumbelis Matt “The Immortal” Brown is stepping in for fellow TUF competitorMatt Riddle to face Luis Ramos at UFC on FX 4 on June 22nd. Brown, who is coming off a decision victory to Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 145, announced the bout over Facebook earlier today. In my opinion, Brown isn’t going to make a title run, I just can’t see him squaring off against Condit for the title. That being said, he is easily one of my favorite fighters, and his very exciting style of fighting that he has deemed “technical brawling” keeps fans on the edge of their seats. This fight on June 22nd is sure to be no different.