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BJPENN.COM News - June 5, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - June 5, 2013

Heavyweight Boxing legend and avid UFC fan, Mike Tyson, dropped by UFC Tonight to go through an intense round of Octo-Questions with Ariel Helwani. Tyson talked candidly about Dana White, UFC vs Boxing and even the notorious ear-biting incident with Evander Holyfield.

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.

BJPENN.COM News - June 4, 2013

BJPENN.COM News - June 4, 2013

Back in 2008 the UFC’s heavyweight division was left without its champion, Randy Couture, due to a lengthy contract dispute. At UFC 81 Tim Sylve and Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera fought for the UFC’s interim heavyweight title.

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.

BJPENN.COM News - June 4, 2013

UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, has made a career out of taking his opponents down repeatedly to earn victories and climb to the highest seat in Mixed Martial Arts. In this video you get to see the evolution of his takedown game.

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Chris Taylor - June 4, 2013

Despite reports on Monday that Chael Sonnen (27-13-1 MMA, 6-6 UFC) would be stepping in for the injured Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) against Shogun Rua (21-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 161, that fight will not be happening.

Chris Taylor - June 3, 2013

Dubbed the ‘Korean Zombie’, Chan Sung Jung (13-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is one of the fastest rising stars in the UFC. His popularity can be attributed to his fight style, which involves Chan constantly moving forward and always looking to finish the fight. Jung has won “fight of the year” and “submission of the year” awards for his battles with Leonard Garcia, but it wasn’t until he defeated Dustin Poirier in May of 2012, that he truly solidified himself as a legitimate threat to Jose Aldo’s featherweight belt. After submitting Poirier, Jung decided to undergo shoulder surgery in July to correct an issue that had been plaguing  him for quite some time. I had the chance to talk with ‘KZ’ about his injury, his upcoming bout with Ricardo Lamas at UFC 162 and much more: Chris: Hey Chan thanks again for taking the time to talk with us here at bjpenn.com, first off how is your shoulder doing? I know you had surgery on it back in July of 2012, is it back to feeling 100% now?

Chris Taylor - June 3, 2013

Yesterday evening, Chael Sonnen (27-13-1 MMA, 6-6 UFC) took to his Twitter account to issue a challenge to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (21-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC). Chael Sonnen @sonnench:

BJPENN.COM News - June 3, 2013

Cat Zingano documents the recovery process from the injury that forced her out of a TUF coaching slot and title shot against Ronda Rousey.

BJPENN.COM News - June 3, 2013

Brown belt absolute final. Jackson won gold in heavy, Keenan won gold in medium heavy. The winner takes it by one advantage.

BJPENN.COM News - June 3, 2013

Chris Taylor - June 3, 2013

BloodyElbow’s Steph Daniels recently did a wide-ranging interview with John Alessio, which included the topic of the decline of Xtreme Couture. When asked “Are you doing anything special to beef up your wrestling? Have you made any camp changes or brought in specific people to help you out?” John Alessio responded with the following:

Chris Taylor - June 2, 2013

Rumors have been swirling around the internet today that Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with “Shogun” Rua (21-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) at UFC 161, which is less than two weeks away. The rematch between Shogun and Lil Nog was supposed to serve as the evenings co-main event. All of this after the original main event between UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao (30-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and challenger Eddie Wineland (20-8-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) was scrapped due to a foot injury suffered by Barao.

bjpenndotcom - June 2, 2013

Join us this week on BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio as Anton Skoro and Denny Hodge jump back in the booth and bring you 4 of the top personalities in the sport of MMA. We have a man recently removed from his UFC Title shot, our second guest is no stranger to the show or to the Bellator microphone. Second hour we have the man who sat on the couch with his hand in his pants and taught us 25-40 year old men, what a man was, and wrapping up the show is a top level Black Belt in BJJ ready to break down the Metamoris 2. While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed.