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Russell Ess - January 13, 2016

It was a breath of fresh air after the Nevada State Athletic Commission came to a settlement on Nick Diaz’s suspension and fine on Tuesday. The commission who previously had a five-year suspension and $165,000 fine slapped on Diaz for testing positive for Marijuana in the state for the third time reduced the penalties on Tuesday. Diaz’s reduced suspension will allow him to compete again in August 2016 and his fine was reduced to $100,000.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Yesterday it was revealed that Yoel Romero had failed an out-of-competition drug test. In addition the UFC released a statement yesterday in the wake of the announcement. Now, Jacare Souza is looking to capitalize on Romero’s failed drug test and put himself in a position to challenge Luke Rockhold for the UFC middleweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Back in 2013 Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson put on one of the greatest fights in UFC history at UFC 165 when the pair fought to a controversial decision that saw Jones retain the UFC light heavyweight championship. Prior to that however, the pair were featured as guests of honor at Legend Fight Show, where Alexander Emelianenko fought Bob Sapp.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Since it was announced that Conor McGregor would be moving up to lightweight at UFC 197 to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight title, there’s been quite a bit of concern as to when, or if, Frankie Edgar would get his title shot. Edgar was told after his 1st round KO win over Chad Mendes, that he was the next contender at featherweight, however since then all signs have pointed to him being passed up once again.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Conor McGregor just booked his fist fight at lightweight against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197 on March 5th. The fight will not only be McGregor’s first at lightweight, it will be for the lightweight championship. While most champions who move up a division to pursue another championship belt have to vacate the title, that isn’t the case for ‘The Notorious’.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Nick Diaz is the kind of guy that just flat out gives it to you straight.   In this quick video Diaz doesn’t “sugar coat” it.  Featherweight champ Conor McGregor responds in the only way he know how.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Sunday night’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ main event between Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw for the UFC bantamweight championship is arguably the single most highly anticipated bantamweight fight in the history of the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/e7tdmIi8H0Y Going into TJ Dillashaw’s fight with Dominick Cruz on Sunday at ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ many are wondering how Dillashaw will look in his first fight since officially moving his training camp to Colorado.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/D0RvBzaQrFw Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey is making headlines regardless if she’ll be taking an extended break from MMA. Rousey knows how to ‘keep busy’ so getting too far out of fight shape doesn’t appear to be an issue for Rousey and her camp.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Yesterday news broke that Nick Diaz and the Nevada State Athletic Commission had reached a settlement in regards to his 5 year suspension for marijuana.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/8oSc1cAd_iU Looks Like Jon “Bones” Jones is back in some serious training looking good at 230 lbs.   Jones hasn’t been on Twitter giving the champ Daniel Cormier a hard time recently, but rest assure we all know Jones won’t stay quiet for long.

Russell Ess - January 13, 2016

BJ “The Prodigy” Penn has recently said that he was looking to get back in fighting shape and see how he feels in training, and possibly get another fight in the Octagon. Penn spoke with fellow UFC Hall of Fame legend Frank Trigg and mentioned that he would like to take every advantage from all aspects of training to integrate into his game plan if he does in fact make a return. From high elevation training to any new revolutionary training regiment, Penn wants to be as best prepared for a return fight in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

While fight fans have been hopeful that we would get to see a Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rematch at UFC 200, it appears the odds have decreased significantly with this recent bit of information. It’s no secret that Rousey planned to film several movies before returning to the Octagon, however UFC President Dana White revealed to Yahoo Sports Kevin Iole that the filming of the ‘Roadhouse’ remake has been pushed back, lowering Rousey’s chances of fighting at UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

News surfaced late Tuesday afternoon that top ranked UFC middleweight Yoel Romero potentially failed an out of competition drug test. While details at the moment are quite scarce, the UFC released a statement via UFC.com.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

[ooyala code=”N3N2c1MDE6OykWv9wQTP9bmQ2W3a83yP” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] At first glance it looks like UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold’s elbow is seriously swollen from an injury. However in this exclusive video courtesy of LayzieTheSavage we see that it’s actually just an excessive amount of fluid that needs draining.

Russell Ess - January 12, 2016

Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has only one fight on his mind, which is a UFC featherweight title bout with champion Conor McGregor. Edgar recently spoke on the MMA Hour about why he thinks he ultimately will be let down by the UFC (transcribed by MMA Fighting):