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UFC Cancels Tonight’s UFC 144 Press Conf. Stream | WatchThis Awesome 17 Minutes Of Miami Hustle Instead (MMA Video)

Pedro Carrasco — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:54:56 +0000

So I was just informed by UFC officials that the UFC 144 pre-fight press conference live stream has been cancelled due to technical issues. We will however offer up a full archive of the event once it is available. Instead of the live broadcast which was scheduled to start in just 10 minutes, I am [...]

UFC Adds A Trio Of Bouts to UFC 146 In Las Vegas

Pedro Carrasco — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:59:55 +0000

BJPENN.COM just learned that the UFC has added three additional bouts to the upcoming UFC 146 event headed to Las Vegas. Gabriel Gonzaga will take on undefeated Strikeforce import Shane Del Rosario, “The Ultimate Fighter” winner Diego Brandao will face off with Darren Elkins in his first post-reality show bout and new UFC signee Glover [...]

Nick Diaz Will Fight Again Says Teammate Jake Shields

Pedro Carrasco — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:59:08 +0000

“He’s calmed down; I think he’s gonna fight again. I think it’s just, you know, he’s been a little burned out. They’ve been fighting him like crazy, keeping him busy. I think he just needs a little break. Unfortunately, he’ll probably be suspended for a little while, but the time off will make him love [...]

Bristol Marunde In For Brunson Against Jacare On March 3

Pedro Carrasco — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:55:05 +0000

Yesterday we released a breaking story revealed by Strikeforce executive Scott Coker. The March 3 Strikeforce event slated for Columbus, Ohio took a hit to its roster when Derek Brunson was unable to pass Ohio medical exams and was subsequently removed from his bout against Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. The Strikeforce match making department went straight [...]

Watch Tonight’s UFC 144 Pre-Fight Press Conference Live On BJPENN.COM (11 PM E.T.)

Pedro Carrasco — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:42:10 +0000

Due to the time difference between the states and Japan the UFC 144 pre-fight press conference will be going on tonight at 11 PM ET. We are still streaming the event live on BJPENN.COM so be sure to tune back here at 11:00 for the event in its entirety. We will also host a replay [...]

First Official Steps Against Nick Diaz Taken By NSAC | Temporary Suspension Issued

Pedro Carrasco — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:16 +0000

A meeting held today in the State of Nevada by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) started the process in determining the licensing fate of UFC welterweight fighter Nick Diaz. During the hearing the NSAC confirmed what we already knew and that is that they are officially taking action against Diaz for failing his UFC [...]

Dana White Responds To Mayweather Camp | You Shut The Fu** Up!

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:07:52 +0000

If you have somehow been under a rock and missed the biggest bit of controversy coming out of the last two days then allow me to update you. First Floyd Mayweather came out with some racial comments towards Asians. (See them here) Then Dana White came out and blasted Floyd for being a racist (See [...]

UFC 144 Fighters Get Comical At Open Workouts (Video)

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:48:35 +0000

UFC 144 is set to go down on February 26 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. As of current date, the event is expected to be headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Benson Henderson. The event marks the UFC’s first ever return to Japan since UFC [...]

Video Highlights From Yesterday’s UFC 144 Open Work Out Event

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:24:32 +0000

UFC 144′s Quinton “Rampage” Jackson looking to Knockout Bader for Japanese fans

Joshua Carey — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:12:56 +0000

By: Joshua Carey Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has returned to Japan for the first time since PRIDE 31 in 2006. Jackson, who spent five-years fighting in the country during his tenure under the aforementioned PRIDE banner meets Ryan Bader in the co-headliner at UFC 144’s pay-per-view inside Saitama Super Arena. With a professional career that spans [...]

Video | Countdown To UFC 144 (Full Episode)

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:48:45 +0000

144 Countdown Pt 1 by MMAHighKick UFC 144 is set to go down on February 26 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. As of current date, the event is expected to be headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Benson Henderson. The event marks the UFC’s first [...]

America vs. Brazil Rivalry In MMA? | According To Big Nog’s Conspiracy, Brazilians Are Better, But Can’t Get A Fair Shake

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:20:34 +0000

“Americans have a rivalry with Brazilians, that is obvious. And why is that? It’s because the UFC has three hundred fighters under contract, and from those three hundred fighters we are fifty. The Brazilians are fifty, and we have more belts than they do.” “So from three hundred we are fifty, and with those fifty [...]

Dan Hardy Returning Against Duane Ludwig At UFC 146

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:51:41 +0000

A very exciting welterweight matchup has been booked for the UFC 146 card set for Las Vegas. Both Dan Hardy and Duane Ludwig have agreed to face each other in welterweight clash. UFC 146 is set to take place on in May’s UFC 146 event set to take place in Las Vegas Nevada’s MGM Grand [...]

Mayweather Camp Responds To Dana White | “Shut The Fu** Up, Keep Taking Advantage Of Your Own Fighters”

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:23:47 +0000

“He needs to shut the [expletive] up and mind his own business, stay in his own lane and keep on taking advantage of the UFC fighters, while underpaying them. If he keeps on running his mouth, we may decide to give a free seminar to all of the UFC fighters on how the pay-per-view revenue [...]

UFC 144 Pre Fight Interviews | Shields, Bader, Okami & More (Video)

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:49 +0000

UFC 144 Pre-Fight Interview | Frankie Edgar | Benson Has No Holes

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:58:39 +0000

UFC 144 Pre-Fight Interview | Benson Henderson | Ready To Beat Edgar Up For 25-Minutes

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:51:17 +0000

UFC 144 Pre-Fight Interview | Cheick Kongo | Wants Frank Mir Rematch

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:36:51 +0000

On the heels of his UFC 144 fight with Mark Hunt Cheick Kongo discusses his desire to rematch former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Mir and Kongo originally faced off at UFC 107 back in 2009 where it took Frank just over a minute to drop and choke Kongo Unconscious. Read More: Rampage Jackson (News), [...]

UFC 144 Pre-Fight Interview | Rampage Jackson | Joe Rogan Does Nut Ride BJJ Fighters

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:20:12 +0000

In this pre-fight interview conducted by mmafighting.com former UFC light-heavyweight champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson explains his prior remarks about Joe Rogan and counters Joe Rogans response. He also discusses what fighting in Japan means to him and what he thinks of his upcoming opponent Ryan Bader. Read More: Rampage Jackson (News), Joe Rogan (News), [...]

Photo Gallery | UFC 144 Fighter’s Around Japan

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:05:26 +0000

For the first time in the ZUFFA owned UFC era the UFC is in Japan. Japan is commonly considered as the birth place for Mixed Martial Arts and many cannot wait for this show to go down on Saturday. Continue on to the next page for some candid shots of the fighters while in “The [...]

Condit Doesn’t Want A Rematch, Says Ellenberger

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:10 +0000

“I think the fans do want it, but at the same time, I don’t know if that’s what the UFC wants or not. I really don’t. If it was up to me, then yeah, we’d probably be fighting in May or June, but I don’t know if that’s what the UFC wants. I think they [...]

UFC 144 Video | Bader Not Looking To Stand And Trade With Rampage

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:27:11 +0000

“I’m going to be smart about it. I’m not just going to go out there and trade punches with Rampage. I’m not afraid to go out there and strike with him, but I’m going to mix up every bit of my MMA training. I’m going to use some wrestling, I’m going to use some kicks, [...]

UFC President | “Yes Floyd, You’re Racist” (Video)

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:52:36 +0000

Yesterday we leaked a quote from Dana White calling boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather a racist and today we have the video we referenced in the quote. Check it out… Read More: Dana White (News), UFC, Mixed Martial Arts

Cheick Kongo on fighting a PRIDE hero; Rampage on why Cheick is a bully (Video)

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:10:48 +0000

UFC Fighters Cheick Kongo And Rampage Jackson Talk About UFC 144 With HDNet’s InsideMMA. Read More: Rampage Jackson (News), Cheick Kongo (News), UFC 144

Breaking | Nate Marquardt Back With ZUFFA | Signed To Strikeforce

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:12:40 +0000

Just announced on the UFC’s weekly news show “UFC Tonight”, Nate Marquardt has been signed by Strikeforce and the promotion hopes to debut him against Tryon Woodley for the vacant Strikeforce welterweight title. Nate Marquardt was fired by the UFC when he failed to disclose his use of Tesosterone Replacement Therapy and as a result [...]

UFC President Fires Off At Floyd Mayweather For Being A “Racist”

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:45:34 +0000

“First of all, what [he] said, I think, was racist. He’s made a couple of racist comments. And yes, you’re racist with the stuff you’ve said. … You dummy. Don’t worry about what all these other guys are doing, and shooting your big mouth off on Twitter. … And I know I speak for millions [...]

Video | Rogan Responds To Rampage | I Can’t Protect Everyone’s Feelings

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:01:35 +0000

http://youtu.be/50PYQurRtU4 “Rampage Jackson’s mad at me. I was watching and he was calling me fake ass. He was saying that all I want him to do his throw low kicks and the reason he doesn’t throw low kicks is because he was fighting a wrestler ‘you dumbass.’ Look, man, I love Rampage. I don’t mean [...]

Tate Says Rousey Is Not A Real Fighter, Has Barely Even Thrown A Punch

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:40:48 +0000

“Ronda doesn’t have a lot of experience…She has a lot of bad habits that come from Judo that are going to be hard for her to break because they are instinctual, it’s called Muscle memory. She’s trained it that way so many times but it doesn’t work that well for MMA. As a Mixed Martial [...]

Four UFC on FUEL TV 1 Fighters Received Medical Suspensions

Pedro Carrasco — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:24:24 +0000

UFC on FUEL TV took place last week in Omaha, Nebraska from the Omaha Civic Auditorium. A welterweight clash between Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez was featured in the main event of the evening. It took all three-rounds for Ellenberger to secure victory tonight, but it wasn’t without its complications. After a pretty one-sided first [...]

Quick Twitt | Ronda Rousey Responds To Tate With A Photo Of Her Own

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:38:57 +0000

The above image was sent out from Miesha Tate’s official Twitter account. We featured it here on BJPENN.COM last week when it was released. Now Ronda Rousey took to twitter with her own version of the same Photo. Check it out… Read More: Miesha Tate (News), Ronda Rousey (News), Strikeforce

UFC 144 Fight Preview | Lauzon vs. Pettis (Video)

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:12:22 +0000

UFC Lightweights Joe Lauzon and Anthony Pettis are set to square off during this weekend’s UFC 144 main pay-per-view card. Joe Lauzon (News), Melvin Guillard (News), UFC 144

UFC Boss Pays $1.1 Million For Muhammad Ali Gloves | Bob Arum Proclaims He Loves The UFC

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:35:11 +0000

UFC Head Honcho Lorenzo Fertitta did a good deed recently and got a bit of redemption in the process. In a charity auction geared towards raising money for brain research through the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, Fertitta bid $1.1 million for a pair [...]

Dominick Cruz | Urijah Faber Has No Clue How To Beat My Style

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:49:08 +0000

“At the end of the show, I get to fight Faber and you know, I’ll always fight him better than he’ll fight me. As much as he wants to talk about being the more dangerous fighter, this and that — the dude was on his heels the entire fight. He didn’t wanna come forward. He [...]

Jackson Back On The “Rampage” In Tokyo | UFC 144 Coverage

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:17:19 +0000

Former unified UFC & PRIDE light heavyweight champion ‘Rampage’ Jackson is pumped to finally be fighting again in Japan – where he made his legend – after an absence of exactly six years. Jackson last fought in the Land of the Rising Sun in February 2006, defeating elite judo competitor Yoon Dong-Sik at the PRIDE [...]

Female Star Gina Carano Talks Tate vs. Rousey

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:42:52 +0000

“I completely thought that Marloes Coenen was going to win in that last fight against Miesha, so I was really impressed with Miesha. I think Miesha Tate works really hard and I think a lot of people thought Marloes was going to win that fight, so I think she gained a lot of respect from [...]

Strikeforce Tate vs. Rousey Media Conference Call (Full Audio)

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:27:34 +0000

Strikeforce executive Scott Coker, female champ Miesha Tate, title challenger Ronda Rousey and lightweights K.J. Noons and Josh Thomson took part in today’s media conference call. While on the call the fighters answered questions from the media invited to partake in today’s event and BJPENN.COM has recorded the call for your listening pleasure. To hear [...]

For Benson To Accomplish His Goals He Must Beat Edgar Then Beat Anderson Silva’s Win Record

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:03:10 +0000

“I definitely have long term goals and short term goals, but that has been my goal since I first got into fighting, period: Just to be the best fighter on the planet — no ifs, ands or buts about it. Not one of the best, not top three, top five, whatever — I want to [...]

Jacob Volkmann vs. Paul Sass Set For UFC 146

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:41:54 +0000

The latest addition to the ever growing UFC 146 card is set between two lightweight fighters. Both Jacob Volkmann and Paul Sass have agreed to square off in Las Vegas. UFC 146 is set to take place on in May’s UFC 146 event set to take place in Las Vegas Nevada’s MGM Grand Garden Arena. [...]

Bisping | Having To Fight Rampage At UFC 144 Is A Death Sentence For Bader

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:42:39 +0000

“I’d say [it is a death sentence]. That’s a very tough fight for Ryan Bader. Don’t get me wrong, Bader’s a tough guy and I’ve got a lot of respect for him, he came back from two tough losses impressively. But Rampage is going to be excited to fight in Japan, he’ll be excited to [...]

Jacare Awaits New Opponent | Brunson Forced To Withdraw From Columbus Card

Pedro Carrasco — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:20:30 +0000

As just announced by Strikeforce executive Scott Coker on today’s pre-fight media call, Derek Brunson has been pulled from his bout with Jacare Souza for an inability to pass his pre-fight medical exam. No other details weere given. The March 3rd event is set to go down from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio and [...]