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bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Back at ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ earlier this year, Matt Mitrione suffered one of the most gruesome eye injuries in the history of combat sports. According to Mitrione, the eye pokes left him unable to see out of the eye, which ultimately resulted in his orbital being cracked from a cross thrown by Browne.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Earlier this week Jon Jones took to Instagram to taunt his nemesis, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. The pair are currently scheduled to fight at UFC 197 on April 24th, however the verbal battle started before the two men were ever scheduled to fight at UFC 178 last year.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/ikI16vTaeoQ Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen may currently be retired from MMA, however Sonnen has continued to be an active figure in the MMA world through his podcast, as well as his analyst role with ESPN.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/1m2Qepxdt4Q We are now just days away from UFC 196 on March 5th.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

We are now just days away from Conor McGregor’s March 5th welterweight showdown against Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196. With the days winding down until the event, the anticipation for the fight is certainly building. In addition, the UFC will hold a press conference on Thursday ahead of the even with Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

We are now officially less than 2 months away from UFC 197, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will square off in their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship. Leading up to the fight, the pair’s rivalry has continued to boil as they both have traded verbal jabs over social media.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Nate and Nick Diaz use a high punch rate on their feet to over whelm their opponents usually for the duration of the bout if it doesn’t hit the ground.  Bas Rutten does not think that will be enough to beat the style of Conor McGregor. The former King Of Pancrase and former UFC Champion Rutten thinks McGregor has the better hands.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Anderson Silva is still upset about the outcome of the five round war with Michael Bisping. Silva’s camp has even requested that the commission review the decision outcome. “The Spider” posted a clip of his knee that landed in the third round and wrote in the caption of his Instagram post: “Isso é um esporte né ? As pessoas queriam que eu tivesse assasinado o meu adversário. This is a sport, isn’t it ? So why do people expected me to kill my opponent?!”

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/2fDrMooP3oI We are now just days away from UFC 196, where Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will finally meet inside the Octagon.

Chris Taylor - March 1, 2016

In this week’s segment of “Tough Guy Tuesday” we feature current American Hockey League player John Scott.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Check out UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor spending some time off from traiing ahead of his welterweight bout with Nate Diaz scheduled for UFC 196 on March 5th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

The Mayweather Boxing Channel brings you their predictions for the main event at UFC 196 on March 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/tJpDAQyqB7g Check out this interview done after the UFC 196 press conference with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. It was an exciting and very entertaining press conference including McGregor and Nate Diaz where Diaz threw some heavy accusations of “The Notorious” being a steroid user.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Going into UFC 196, there are many questions regarding the main event bout between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz. While many are wondering how Conor McGregor will handle fighting an opponent that is taller and has a reach advantage, many are also wondering how Nate Diaz’s cardio will be given that he took the fight on 2 weeks notice.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Check out this video of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor making a fan’s dream come true.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

Following Jose Aldo’s UFC 194 KO loss to Conor McGregor, the former champ stated that he wanted a rematch with Conor McGregor regardless of whether or not the UFC featherweight championship was on the line. Aldo began his campaigning for a rematch with McGregor, however UFC President Dana White pointed out that the first time the UFC booked the bout, Aldo backed out with an injury, then when the fight did happen Aldo lost in 13 seconds.

Russell Ess - March 1, 2016

Jim Ross knows about show business. The WWE legend has over 40 years in the business of professional wrestling and Ross has seen what makes certain individuals shine brighter than the rest. Ross appeared on MMA Junkie Radio recently and spoke about the stars Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz fighting in the main event at UFC 196 on March 5th. “It’s one of those intangible things,” Ross said (transcribed by MMA Junkie). “I had the opportunity to hire a lot of talent for WWE back in the day – some pretty good guys, as a matter of fact. But there’s an intangible ‘it factor’ that you have to feel. It’s a feel thing; you can’t quantify it like, ‘He’s the right height, he fits all the measurables and everything.’ It’s a matter of the ‘it’ thing where you are motivated to listen to what they have to say, you’re anxious to the next thing they say and when they’re fighting you can’t take your eyes off of them and want to be a part of that fight. You want to buy the pay-per-view.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

While we now know that CM Punk will fight Mickey Gall in his UFC debut, we still have yet to find out when the pair will fight. After Gall won his ‘UFC Fight Night 82’ scrap against Mike Jackson last month, it was assumed the pair would fight at UFC 200. Unfortunately, Punk was forced to undergo back surgery, and the bout has been postponed.