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bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

Nov5.2008 @JoseAldoJunior competes in his 2nd fight with the WEC, & finishes Jonathan Brookins with strikes (TKO) pic.twitter.com/zU5VDyZh3a — MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) November 5, 2015

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

[ooyala code=”1rczlieDrlxcF26rOX44SFMkmr6TIfSS” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Ahead of Ronda Rousey’s highly anticipated UFC 193 bout against Holly Holm on November 14th at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Australia, Rousey’s coach Edmond Tarverdyan spoke with BJPENN.com’s very own LayzieTheSavage to discuss what ‘Rowdy’ need to do in order to win the bout and retain the UFC women’s bantamweight championship.

Russell Ess - November 5, 2015

http://dai.ly/xpn0ca Ten years ago today, in just the second season of The Ultimate Fighter, Rashad Evans became the winner of the heavyweight division of the popular new show. Evans’ defeat of Brad Imes via split decision and Joe Stevenson’s win in the welterweight category for the season against Luke Cummo took the fighters into their storied UFC careers.

Russell Ess - November 5, 2015

Check out this video from back in March of UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor speaking Gaeilge to the media. McGregor who admittedly said that he needs to brush up on speaking the native tongue of Ireland, could understand the language well, but had a bit of trouble putting his words together.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

On episode 240 of UFC Now, hosts Kenny Florian and Michael Bisping name their top 5 fighters under 25 years old!

Russell Ess - November 5, 2015

On Nov. 15, UFC 193 takes place in Melbourne, Australia in the Etihad Stadium. The UFC looks to surpass their live attendance record of 55,000 back at UFC129: St-Pierre v Shields in 2011. According to Fox Sports, the UFC has 53,359 seats in the stands and is setting 15,000 more on the ground level.

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

Pride Fighting legend Igor Vovchanchyn was so bad ass and fun to watch. Here is one of many nasty KO's #DWCOTD pic.twitter.com/SNIN7ktLQJ — Dana White (@danawhite) November 5, 2015

bjpenndotcom - November 5, 2015

Wednesday at the ‘UFC Fight Night 77’ media day Dan Henderson & Vitor Belfort came face to face for a staredown.

Russell Ess - November 5, 2015

Check out this fight from CSFC 12 that took place back in July where Percy Hess takes on Mark Thompson.

bjpenndotcom - November 4, 2015

Everlast is one of the most well-known manufacturers of combat sports equipment and apparel. News broke Wednesday afternoon that ‘#TeamEverlast’ had signed 4 fighters to a sponsorship deal, one of which was TJ Dillashaw.

Russell Ess - November 4, 2015

In response to Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks’ claim of the Pitbull brothers attacking him, Patricio Freire tweeted that Brooks is a liar. The featherweight champion of Bellator who also fights on Friday at Bellator 145 even posted a previous tweet from Brooks in August that foreshadowed an incident brewing. Will Brooks is a liar. He hit Patricky first and came at me, I went after him too and my first punch landed. We were separated.

Russell Ess - November 4, 2015

Just two days from defending his title against Marcin Held, Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks claimed in a tweet that the Pitbull brothers, Patricio and Patricky Freire, jumped him. Patricio is the Bellator featherweight champion and older brother Patricky fights in the same division as champion Will Brooks in the Bellator lightweight division. Patricio also defends his title against Daniel Straus on Friday at Bellator 145.

bjpenndotcom - November 4, 2015

When he’s not knocking out opponents in the Octagon or kicking water bottles off people’s heads, you can find UFC middleweight #1 contender Luke Rockhold on the golf course assaulting annoying golfers, or at least doing so in a funny video for Golf Digest.

bjpenndotcom - November 4, 2015

https://youtu.be/yKHV3KVDess Ahead of Ronda Rousey’s highly anticipated UFC 193 title defense against Holly Holm on November 14th at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Australia, take a look back at Rousey’s most recent title defense.

bjpenndotcom - November 4, 2015

Last month Rousimar Palhares answered to the NSAC for holding a kimura submission after Jake Shields tapped out at WSOF 22. Following the bout Palhares was immediately stripped of the WSOF championship. Palhares was suspended for 2 years for ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’ given that this isn’t the first time he has held a submission after his opponent tapped out.

bjpenndotcom - November 4, 2015

While we can noticeably tell when UFC commentators Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg are excited, this video shows their live reactions to when a fight is finished. Above is their reaction to TJ Dillashaw defeating Renan Barao via TKO in the pair’s first meeting.

Russell Ess - November 4, 2015

Check out this video put together as a tribute to Nick Diaz that shows the support of fellow fighters speaking out on how asinine Diaz’ punishment from the NSAC is. The video also highlights some of Nick’s greatest fights in MMA.

bjpenndotcom - November 3, 2015

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