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BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2012

“I think it’s good to have goals. For some reason I caught a lot of slack when I said I wanted to break Anderson Silva’s record and people were saying, ‘Oh, you’re ridiculous for thinking that. You can’t beat Anderson Silva’s record. You haven’t defended your belt one time. You’re silly. What are you talking like that for?” It’s like wow guys, you guys are really mad at me for having longterm goals? I want to be the best ever and one of my goals is to break Anderson’s record for title defenses. I’m sorry, I apologize if I offended you somehow, but I do have longterm goals, I like to set my goals high and then go out and get them done. If you want to be a Mundial champion, if you want to be a black belt and win the Pan-Ams, you want to win the worlds, win the Europeans, then you should bust your butt and train like it,” Henderson said. While a guest on MMA Weekly Radio, UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson went on the record to defend his comments pertaining to beating Anderson Silva’s win streak and title defense records so that he can be considered the greatest of all-time.

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2012

In his third fight of the night at the UA: King of the Mountain welterweight tournament, a 19-year-old and undefeated Nick Diaz would fall to the strikes of Jeremy Jackson in forty-nine seconds. It would mark the only time he would ever be stopped in his career. Ten months later, Diaz would step into the ring in defend his IFC United States welterweight title for the first time against the man who first defeated him. This time, the King of the 209 would get his revenge, and we have the never-before-seen video of this fight from July, 2003. Don’t ask us how we got this footage, because we don’t know. It showed up on our Youtube account watermarked and with a simple message in the notes: ‘this is really rare.’ It’s true, very few people have seen this fight.

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2012

“I don’t have an opponent. But with the two-month delay, hopefully Frank Mir is healed up and ready to go. I haven’t been told I’m fighting for sure, but if they’re promising a stacked card, I’m hoping I’m one of the guys they look at and you put [me] on the card and it becomes a little bit better. This last Strikeforce fight was never a negative to me. It’s what I owe to that organization and Showtime for all they’ve done for me. It wasn’t a negative. But now it’s drifting along, drifting along. I’m ready for it to get done… January’s show is happening. Let’s not lose interest in Strikefore. It’s a great organization.” Check out the full video interview provided by AXS.TV below:

BJPENN.COM News - October 16, 2012

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion, Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, has gotten more the 2 million Youtube views for this Brazilian Head and Shoulders commercial! Check it out!

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

This past weekend the University of Hawaii had their homecoming game and honored during the opening ceremony was our very own BJ Penn. Check out the full video below:

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

This past weekend, MMA Legend, BJ Penn paid the boys on the University of Hawaii football team a visit before their game to offer words of motivation and encouragement. Check out what the former UFC champion had to say in the video clip featured below:

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

As it would seem, “The Count” is not without a heart after all. In this featured video clip Bisping weighs in on the current state of his former foe, Jason “Mayhem” Miller and admits to feeling bad for “The Bully Beatdown” host.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

Anderson Silva put on a performance this past Saturday that only further amplifies his already legendary status. In the UFC 153 main event in Rio, he was able to take Stephan Bonnar out with ease after playing with his opponent for most of the opening frame.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

Anderson Silva has a hero in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. That hero’s name is Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

The wait is over: UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre makes his eagerly anticipated return to the Octagon on Saturday, November 17th in a five-round battle for the undisputed crown. Check out the newly released UFC 154 hype video titled “GSP is back” on page 2.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

“We saw something tonight that you might not f**king ever see again as long as you live. What that guy does — like that spinning back kick where he steps to the side and then steps back — and he just kind of laid in there, took some shots, let him hit him, he was moving his head and then playing with him. And then, the minute he said, ‘I’m done,’ it was done. It’s just unbelievable — nobody does that. Nobody. Nobody in this sport is able to do that. That’s why when I get these guys sometimes who say, ‘I don’t know, Anderson Silva might not be the best …’ Are you out of your fucking mind? Nobody can do what this guy can fucking do. He’s the greatest of all time. And I think he’s the greatest in any combat sport. I’m a huge Mike Tyson fan, and in Tyson’s heyday when he was executing people, and you were just wondering how long it was going to be before he knocked someone out — he had that power and mean-ness that people were afraid of. Anderson Silva just does amazing things that nobody else can do…. I’m telling you right now: Watch every fight that he has, enjoy every moment that he’s here because when he’s gone you’re going to fucking regret it. You’re going to wish you watched more. It’s like [Michael] Jordan — even the games he played that didn’t mean a lot — he still did a lot of great shit. Anderson Silva is the guy who you want to watch when he’s fighting because you’re going to see some shit you’ve never seen before in your life.” UFC president Dana White has nothing but kind words for his middleweight champion and Brazilian superstar, Anderson Silva.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

“I want to fight whoever wants to fight. I want to fight ‘Rampage’ if he comes in top shape. I don’t want to fight him if he’s not motivated to fight. I want to fight guys like [Fabio Maldonado], guys who want to fight and make careers in the UFC. Quinton’s got too much money already! He’s been talking all this time that I disrespected him — I never disrespected Quinton Jackson. That’s my idol. That guy was incredible. And now he tells me that I disrespected him? I didn’t disrespect him at all, but I’m not afraid of any man, either, you know? (Full video interview on next page)” The highly touted Glover Teixeira tells the UFC on FUEL TV crew that he wants to fight former UFC light-heavyweight champion, Rampage Jackson.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

Following Saturday’s UFC 153 post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White talked about a variety of different topics with select media. To watch the UFC boss discuss what’s next for guys like Alistair Overeem, Anderson Silva and Jon Fitch hop to page 2.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

UFC 153 played host to another near perfect performance from the man dubbed the “pound-for-pound king.” If you missed the latest from Anderson Silva as he went in front of a sold out HSBC Arena and easily dispatched Stephan Bonnar than you owe it to yourself to check out the video on page 2.

BJPENN.COM News - October 15, 2012

Last weekend’s UFC 153 was full of spectacular finishes. On the pay-per-view portion of the fight card only one of six bouts went the distance and it was awarded “Fight of the Night” honors. If you missed the UFC resturn trip to Rio turn the page and check out the full video highlight package.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

Hawaii’s “Just Scrap” Fight promotion is set to return to Maui for the third straight time next month with “Just Scrap Maui III” set for November 9.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

Former Bellator lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, put an exclamation point on his time with the Bellator promotion last night when he stepped inside the cage on his final contracted bout against Patricky “Pitbull” Freire. It took the top lightweight a little bit of time, but he was able to hit the mark with a right high-kick to the face that put his opponent down and left him unconscious.

BJPENN.COM News - October 13, 2012

Yesterday the world of MMA took yet another blow. Strikeforce officials took to the media circuit yesterday to announce it would be cancelling its second straight show scheduled to air on Showtime.