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Jose Aldo
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Aldo opens up on loss to McGregor, looking forward to inevitable rematch

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Jose Aldo was undoubtably and understandably devastated by his 13 second KO loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 194. After a world tour leading up to UFC 189, and then many more months of buildup leading to UFC 194, Aldo certainly felt the pressure going into the fight. In a recent interview with Combate, Aldo opened up on what the worst part about his loss to McGregor was, and why he is optimistic that a rematch would go differently.

Conor McGregor
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LeBron James inspired by Conor McGregor quote

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

While Conor McGregor is an extremely polarizing figure in the world of MMA, there’s no doubt that when McGregor speaks about his motivation to be the best in the world, he is inspiring. One of McGregor’s recent quotes even has NBA superstar LeBron James motivated this season!

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HIGHLIGHTS! McGregor talking mad smack at UFC 197 Press Conference

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Wednesday afternoon UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, featherweight champion Conor McGregor, women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate all joined UFC President Dana White for the UFC 197 Press Conference. In addition, the fighters came face to face for staredowns for the first time.

Dublin, Ireland's Conor McGregor
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McGregor wants welterweight championship by the end of 2016

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

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PHOTOS | UFC 197 Press Conference staredowns

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Earlier today in Las Vegas the UFC hosted the first UFC 197 press conference ahead of the highly anticipated March 5th event. On hand for the event was UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, and Miesha Tate.

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Rafael dos Anjos says he will make Conor McGregor quit and send him back to Aldo to 'finish him for good'

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

One of the most historic fights in UFC history is coming upon us as Conor McGregor will look to become the first fighter to simultaneously hold two championship titles in two different weight classes. McGregor has a tough task ahead of him in the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. Dos Anjos spoke with MMA Fighting recently about his outspoken opponent and the former featherweight king Jose Aldo.

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Exclusive Video | Max Holloway discusses the return of BJ Penn, and 'UFC Hawaii' card

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

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Kenny Florian surprisingly has this to say about Dominick Cruz's post-fight insult

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

“Kenny Florian, stop copying and pasting man.” Those were the words from Dominick Cruz in his post-fight interview in the Octagon after taking the UFC bantamweight belt from T.J. Dillashaw. The verbal jab from Cruz was regarding Kenny Florian’s recent case of plagiarism on a fight breakdown he did on the FOX Sports website, which got him suspended from the media company.

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PHOTO | The return of Matt Mitrione's eye

Russell Ess - January 20, 2016

Matt Mitrione’s eye looks to be healing and looking much better than it did immediately after the fight with Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston on Sunday. Mitrione posted a photo update after the fight and another at the doctor getting his swollen eye drained. Mitrione found out through doctors that he suffered a broken orbital floor in his controversial fight with Browne where Mitrione suffered two accidental eye pokes, which he feels hindered his abilities to fight to the best of his potential.

Matt Brown
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Matt Brown verbally destroys Artem Lobov on Twitter

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

UFC welterweight Matt Brown has earned a reputation for being one of the toughest fighters on the UFC roster. During his stint on The Ultimate Fighter season 7 Forrest Griffin even went as far as to state “If Chuck Norris was a human being and not an evil alien robot he would be Matt Brown.”

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Intimidation by Verbalization - Trash Talking : UFC , BOXING , MMA - COMBAT SPORTS -

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/XEUsAoTg3Fk?list=PLYcz9c2MN1um-V_UcJFGr04AFqlZB8RIy Attempting to intimidate someone verbally in any scenario is one thing, to do it in the largest stage with all eyes on you before you step inside a cage to fight someone is a completely different level.

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WATCH! Mike Tyson EA Sports UFC 2 gameplay footage

bjpenndotcom - January 20, 2016

Early Wednesday morning it was announced that Mike Tyson was the mystery character for EA Sports UFC 2. EA Sports broke the news on Instagram, which included a photo of ‘Iron’ Mike in the game.