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BJPENN.COM News - September 17, 2015

Former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson most recently fought for the UFC. Now, in his next fight, he’ll be in the Bellator MMA cage. Thomson fought four times in the UFC but will now test the waters in a new promotion. There was some controversy surrounding his departure from the UFC. The promotion came out and said they released Thomson, while the fighter says that’s simply not the case, he chose to look elsewhere.

BJPENN.COM News - September 17, 2015

ONE Championship’s Ben Askren and Luis Santos will meet each other in the cage once again. Their first fight ended in a No Contest. Now, they’ll run things back and give it another shot when they face off at ‘ONE Championship 34: Pride of Lions’ which goes down on November 13 in Singapore. The welterweight title fight will serve as the event’s headliner. The fight was confirmed by officials, via the Las Vegas Review Journal.

BJPENN.COM News - September 17, 2015

This topic seems to be up for debate. There are fighters and fans who call MMA a sport and believe that it is so. Then there are those who disagree with that terminology and say MMA is entertainment, not a sport. Bellator’s ‘King Mo’ Lawal sides with the latter.

Chris Taylor - September 17, 2015

Bellator middleweight standout Joey Beltran (16-11 MMA) is busy preparing for his September 25 battle with Kendall Grove, which will serve as the co-main event for Bellator 143. “The Mexicutioner” recently sat down with BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor where he discussed a number of topics, including leaving the sport of mixed martial arts on his own terms.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

Bellator light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary will take on Tito Ortiz this Saturday at Bellator: ‘Dynamite.’ Also taking place that night will be a four-man, one-night tournament that will determine the next challenger for the light heavyweight champ. Whether he wins or loses on Saturday night, McGeary really hopes Phil Davis does not win the tournament.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

Joel Tudor and Kelly Slater have two big things in common, they’re known for surfing and for BJJ. The difference is that Tudor is a BJJ black belt, while Slater, who hasn’t put as much time into the sport is a blue belt. Well, according to Tudor, he’s actually not a blue belt and shouldn’t be wearing one. A recent Instagram post showing Slater wearing a blue belt sparked a little bit of anger from Tudor.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

The MMA world is still a buzz regarding Nick Diaz’s five year suspension and $165,000 fine, handed down by the Nevada State Athletic commission on Monday following his hearing for failing a UFC 183 drug test, which came back positive for marijuana. Although, his legal team argued that there were major inconsistencies with the three tests, the commission didn’t really bother with that argument and instead seemed to take offense with the fact that Diaz enacted the fifth amendment during the hearing and said they felt disrespected by the fighter, thus a five year suspension seemed adequate to them. The whole MMA community seems to be behind Diaz, including the biggest star, Ronda Rousey. However, former Bellator champ Joe Warren has a little bit of a different take on the situation. He admits that it’s terrible for Diaz, but also added that if you break the law, you have to deal with it.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

This past Saturday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. rode off into the sunset after beating Andre Berto and said sayonara, retiring like he said he would. Mayweather goes out 49-0 and is the biggest name in boxing and one of the biggest in all of sports. Is he the greatest boxer of all time? That seems to be up for debate.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

Former Strikeforce and UFC lightweight Josh Thomson is now with Bellator MMA and set to make his debut in his new promotion. There was a little controversy when he left the UFC, with the promotion saying they released him, while he insists he made the choice not to resign. Thomson recently spoke with Sherdog and attempted to clear some of that up and gave one of the simple reasons for why he picked Bellator.

Chris Taylor - September 16, 2015

Joey Beltran (16-11 MMA) will square off with Kendall Grove (21-15 MMA) in the co-main event of Bellator 143 later this month in Texas. “The Mexicutioner” recently sat down with BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor where he discussed a number of topics, including potential future opponents.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

Legendary surfer Kelly Slater recently appeared in a photo, wearing a gi and a blue belt. That’s when another surfer, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Joel Tudor chimed in and commented, saying that it wasn’t right for Slater to be wearing a blue belt when he hadn’t earned it.

BJPENN.COM News - September 16, 2015

One of the best things about MMA is that each fighter is unique in his or her own way. No two fighters are completely identical when it comes to personality, background, style etc. Because of this, sometimes we get very unique match-ups in the sport. For example, how about a practicing psychologist vs. a ‘Suicide Girl’ model.

BJPENN.COM News - September 15, 2015

Following a loss to Ryan Bader, former UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis says he was unable to come to terms with the UFC regarding a new contract and ultimately made the choice to sign with Bellator MMA. A move he now credits with reigniting his passion. The light heavyweight is gearing up for this Saturday’s Bellator ‘Dynamite’ event, where he’ll make his debut and be a part of the four man, one-night tournament to determine the next title challenger.

BJPENN.COM News - September 15, 2015

Stud Show Radio (formerly Team Alpha Male Radio) is a biweekly MMA podcast that airs Tuesday and Thursday right here on BJPENN.COM. The show features hosts Justin Buchholz and Chris Carlino aka Sir Studboy talking to callers and guests about all the latest stories in MMA and beyond.  Guests from Team Alpha Male appear on the show regularly, including UFC champion T.J. Dillashaw, Urijah Faber, Joseph Benavidez, Chad Mendes and many, many more.

BJPENN.COM News - September 15, 2015

Watch out MMA fighters, here comes a ten time BJJ World Champion. Marcus Almeida, or “Buchecha” as he’s more commonly known, is ready to make the move over to mixed martial arts and plans to do so asap. Buchecha told Combate that after suffering a knee injury, which kept him out of this years ADCC, he decided that he’d been putting off the move for too long and will now look to start his training as soon as he’s all healed up.

BJPENN.COM News - September 15, 2015

The World Series of Fighting and Team Alpha Male fighter, Lance Palmer, will defend his featherweight title on Dec. 18 in Las Vegas, according to ‘The Party’ himself. Palmer broke the news on Thursday’s episode of Stud Radio, saying that he’s able to give the date and location, but does not know the opponent yet.

Chris Taylor - September 15, 2015

Bellator middleweight fighter Joey Beltran (16-11 MMA) has squared off with some of the sports hardest hitters during his MMA career, including Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Lavar Johnson, Pat Barry, Matt Mitrione and Stipe Miocic just to name a few. “The Mexicutioner” recently sat down with BJPENN.com’s Chris Taylor where he discussed a number of topics, including which opponent hit him the hardest during his MMA career. Here is what Beltran had to say on the subject:

BJPENN.COM News - September 15, 2015

Back in May, Alexander Emelianenko was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and fined approx. $1000 USD. The former MMA fighter was found guilty and convicted of sexual assault, kidnapping (via withholding a passport) and forcing the use “narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances”. He was convicted of doing all this to Polina Stepanova, who was his substitute housekeeper. Now, The Simonovsky Court in Moscow will review his appeal and reconsider his conviction.