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BJPenn.com's FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 194: Veronica LoCurto, AJ Matthews, James Krause, & Ryan Martinez

bjpenndotcom - June 22, 2013

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed.

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Rampage Jackson Discusses Potential Move To Heavyweight

BJPENN.COM News - June 21, 2013

Nearly two weeks ago we told you Rampage Jackson was toying with the idea of moving to the heavyweight division.

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BJPenn.com's FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 194: Veronica LoCurto, AJ Matthews, James Krause, & Ryan Martinez

bjpenndotcom - June 21, 2013

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed.

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BJPenn.com's FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 194: Veronica LoCurto, AJ Matthews, James Krause, & Ryan Martinez

bjpenndotcom - June 20, 2013

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed.

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Paul Daley vs. Lukasz Chlewicki to headline Cage Warriors 57

BJPENN.COM News - June 11, 2013

By Evan Stoumbelis – @MMAEvan

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Rampage Jackson On Reason For UFC Departure: Dana White Talked $#!t Behind My Back

BJPENN.COM News - June 11, 2013

“I doubt he’ll (Dana White) miss me at all. I’m pretty sure I was a thorn in UFC’s side for awhile. I did everything in my power to fix the relationship. Honestly, I was wrong doing “The A-Team” movie because I was scheduled to fight Rashad in Memphis. That was a hard decision for me. I know I messed up by doing that. That’s why I didn’t pull out of that fight in Japan (February 26, 2012, against Ryan Bader) when I was injured. I wanted to show Dana that I still got his back and I thought I could beat Bader even with an injury. So I thought I was going to try to fix this relationship, but then that made it worse. Because Dana was saying face to face that everything was cool, but then talked shit behind my back for not making weight and said a few things in the press. That was the straw the broke the camel’s back. That’s when I knew there was no repairing that relationship and that’s the day I decided to say I am going to leave the UFC.”

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This Sunday No Episode Of BJPenn.com's FIST-ta-CUFF Radio

bjpenndotcom - June 8, 2013

Yeah you read that right, FIST-ta-CUFF Radio will not be broadcasting a live episode this Sunday. The fellas from the show will be out in L.A. covering the whole Metamoris experience and bringing back some interviews you won’t want to miss with some of the biggest names in the sport. The show will return to it’s normal time on Sunday June 16, 2013 at 7:30 PM PST. Stay tuned to BJPenn.com for all of the interviews the FIST-ta-CUFF crew will be doing and listen to all of the last few weeks episodes with some huge names in the sport and the most Metamoris coverage you will find on the web.

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Bellator Lets Officially Registered Domain Expire

bjpenndotcom - June 6, 2013

With all the recent news coming from Bellator FC, such as signing former UFC light-heavyweight champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, you would think that the company wouldn’t let something like this happen at a time where traffic could be at it’s peak. But, here we are with a blank ‘GoDaddy.com’ page that informs us that the domain ‘Bellator.com’ has expired as of June 5th.

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Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson Discloses Details on TNA, Movies, and 4-Part Reality Show

bjpenndotcom - June 6, 2013

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has gone through what appears to be his own fountain of youth, revitalizing a career that he had stated was on its way out. A new deal with Bellator FC has opened up a number of doors for the 34-year old former UFC light-heavyweight champ and Rampage fully intends on opening every single one. Unhappy with his career in the UFC, Rampage was extremely vocal about leaving the promotion to take charge of his own well-being. In an interview with a MMA news outlet Jackson disclosed details on the new deal that could mean big things for Jackson, Bellator, Spike, TNA, and the world of MMA.

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Rampage: Bellator Gets It, UFC Didn't

BJPENN.COM News - June 6, 2013

“I’m very excited to be a part of this family. You have no idea. This is something I’ve been dreaming about and waiting for years. I’ve been fighting for 12 years. I have a promoter that ‘gets it.’ He’s like one of the fighters. We put our life on the line and we entertain the fans. Sometimes, in the past with promoters, I just felt like I wasn’t appreciated. But, you guys get it. I’ve always wanted to be a pro wrestler. That’s why I got started in this, that’s why I started wrestling in high school. That’s why I used to fight the way I used to fight when I was younger, I used to slam people, power bombs and stuff like that. My dream has come true. I get to go to TNA and do some pro wrestling. I felt I could do this, be in front of cameras and not be shy. Like the “A-Team” movie, I want to be an action guy, I want to be a big kid and you guys are making my dreams come true. It makes me feel like all the hard work and all the things I did to my body in the past is all paying off now. I lost a lot of love for MMA when I was in the UFC. Honestly they just killed it, they drained it, but this new deal got me so excited and instantly brought the love back. It’s hard to explain the way I feel now. I’m happy to be a part of the team.”

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PHOTO | First Image of Rampage Jackson Wearing Bellator Gear

BJPENN.COM News - June 4, 2013

As announced today former UFC light-heavyweight champion, Rampage Jackson, has inked a historic deal with the Bellator promotion. In an official release, they sent out the first picture of the former UFC star adorned in Bellator attire.

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TNA Wrestling & Reality Series Also Included In Rampage Jackson's Bellator Deal

BJPENN.COM News - June 4, 2013

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, the mixed martial arts icon and action-movie star has agreed to a monumental, multi-year partnership with Bellator MMA, TNA Wrestling and Spike TV as it was jointly announced today by Bjorn Rebney, Bellator CEO, Kevin Kay, Spike TV President, and Dixie Carter, TNA Wrestling President. The landmark partnership includes Jackson competing in Bellator MMA, along with joining the superstars of TNA’s “Impact Wrestling,” which includes fellow Bellator fighter “King Mo” Lawal. Spike TV will also create a special reality series featuring Rampage that will lead into his debut with Bellator, as well as other entertainment initiatives.