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Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

How do you think former world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist George Foreman would have fared in the world of mixed martial arts back in his prime? The knockout Hall of Fame legend who won the world heavyweight championship twice is regarded as one of boxing’s greats. Foreman revealed in a tweet that he feels he could have gone far in MMA if the sport was prevalent in his heyday. A fan recently asked Foreman, “@georgeforeman Sure you are asked this a bit…but if MMA was around in your time, is it something you would’ve been interested in pursuing?”

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

If there is one thing that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos can talk about more than Conor McGregor, it is his own native language. The Brazilian who has been getting flack from McGregor for moving from Brazil and living in the United States to train, had a moment where he won the exchange of words over the outspoken Irish showman during the UFC 197 Press Conference. McGregor said, ““I see a man who, although he is Brazilian, does not represent the Brazilian people like he should. He brings the name of Brazil down. So I will bring the name of Brazil back up once again. Viva la Brasilia!”

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

http://dai.ly/x3j7g8r It’s pretty simple. Don’t mess with Joe Rogan.

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

This marks Ronda Rousey’s first appearance in a production since losing to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

On UFC President Dana White’s ‘Lookin For A Fight’ series he discovered 1-0 amateur fighter Mickey Gall, who was chomping at the bit to fight CM Punk. Dana White revealed that if Gall defeats his opponent Mike Jackson at UFC 196, he would fight CM Punk at UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

Face offs @thenotoriousmma vs @rdosanjosmma #ufc197 @ufc A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Jan 20, 2016 at 1:59pm PST

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

[ooyala code=”VjdXRiMDE6W5k6r21WKR_5Z8jm1wUAeQ” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] At UFC 197 Holly Holm will look to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship for the first time as she fights Miesha Tate in the co-main event of the highly anticipated event.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

https://youtu.be/nZ8tbiTxVe4 After his ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ win over TJ Dillashaw this past Sunday, where Dominick Cruz reclaimed his UFC bantamweight championship, he found himself being called out by none other than his nemesis Urijah Faber.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

Chris Weidman was hoping for an immediate rematch against Luke Rockhold, however Jacare Souza was hoping to get a fight against the former champ. With news of Yoel Romero failing a USADA drug test, his #1 contender status was revoked. Now, given that, Chris Weidman is fully expecting an immediate rematch against champion Luke Rockhold. MMAMania has the transcription from Ariel Helwani speaking on UFC Tonight:

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

Miesha “Cupcake” Tate showed up in style at the UFC 197 Press Conference on Wednesday. Before her face off with the UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, Tate and Holm answered questions from the media. Tate who was thinking about retirement after getting snubbed of a title shot is now content with facing a brand new challenge for the title against a great champion Holly Holm. Fans of “Cupcake” that tuned into the Press Conference were likely hoping to see more of Tate and Holm but a lot of the attention from the media was on UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. When Tate and Holm stood up and went face to face, fans were gawking over the outfit Tate was wearing for the event.

Russell Ess - January 21, 2016

On Wednesday, the championship fighters competing at UFC 197 appeared for a press conference to talk about their upcoming bouts on March 5. In attendance were UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, her opponent Miesha Tate and lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos along with the featherweight champion challenging for the lightweight title, Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

While Conor McGregor is an extremely polarizing figure in the world of MMA, there’s no doubt that when McGregor speaks about his motivation to be the best in the world, he is inspiring. One of McGregor’s recent quotes even has NBA superstar LeBron James motivated this season!

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Wednesday afternoon UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, featherweight champion Conor McGregor, women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate all joined UFC President Dana White for the UFC 197 Press Conference. In addition, the fighters came face to face for staredowns for the first time.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Shortly after it was announced that Conor McGregor would be moving up to lightweight to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight strap at UFC 197 on March 5th, it was revealed that McGregor could even go up to welterweight to challenge Robbie Lawler for his welterweight championship. At the UFC 197 press conference Wednesday afternoon McGregor once again brought up the possibility of fighting at welterweight, further adding to the hype surrounding ‘Notorious’ fighting in a 3rd weight class.

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

One of the most historic fights in UFC history is coming upon us as Conor McGregor will look to become the first fighter to simultaneously hold two championship titles in two different weight classes. McGregor has a tough task ahead of him in the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. Dos Anjos spoke with MMA Fighting recently about his outspoken opponent and the former featherweight king Jose Aldo.

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

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