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BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

https://youtu.be/ukVRuSGn7AQ?t=1h39m32s Phil “CM Punk” Brooks signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship rubbed a lot of fighters in all the wrong ways. The fact that the octagon would be hosting Punk’s first MMA fight when he had zero experience upon his signing enraged veterans who “paid their dues” to make it to the prestigious promotion.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

https://youtu.be/ukVRuSGn7AQ?t=1h8m45s After Robert “Stitch” Duran was unceremoniously released from the Ultimate Fighting Championship for remarks he made against major sponsor Reebok, the fight world erupted. Fans and fighters alike were up in arms about how he was released, but some people don’t understand the significance of having such an elite cutman in your corner.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

“My ideal opponent would be Rafael dos Anjos— somebody who did that to me, that’s something I want back. Ideally, that’s the fight I want. Who makes sense to get me there? You’ve got Khabib [Nurmagomedov] out there with an injury, and I think he’s coming back soon. Nate Diaz and me never had a good exchange of words, so Diaz is out there. Anybody who’s going to get me my shot back at Dos Anjos. I’m pushing for this year. I’m pushing for a December return.‘Cowboy’ and Dos Anjos are on a card, and if one of them gets injured I’d be ready to step in.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

UFC 194 is shaping up to be the card of the year as a potential title-eliminator bout has been added to the main card. For the second time in 2015, it looks like Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Yoel Romero have agreed to fight! Let’s just hope it actually happens this time. Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the news on Monday evening.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

UFC 191 took another hit this week as bantamweight Liz Carmouche has been forced to be pulled from the card due to an injury. Raquel Pennington is now in search of a new opponent and has not been pulled from the card, MMA Junkie reports.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

“It’s always bad to change opponents on short notice. I prepared for almost four months for Rick Story, then the fight was postponed, then it was postponed again and now this last minute change, only two weeks away from the fight, it hurts my training camp. But we are professionals, we are always ready. The UFC asked us to remain in the card and we couldn’t leave them hanging. Even though we didn’t have much time we were able to study him. He prefers striking over grappling so it changes everything, but it’s no big deal because I’m always ready. In my eyes, I think this is a more favorable fight for me.”

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

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BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

Super fights were the topic of conversation throughout 2013 and 2014. With names like Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz floating around, super fights could have been a dime-a-dozen. After the debacle that was UFC 183, there was one super-fight above the rest that the fans wanted to see no matter how stacked their own divisions were: Chris Weidman vs. Jon Jones.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2015

[ooyala code=”hlbDBmdjq3fALJXCXXMYQGBzWL39rYLd” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”640″ height=”360″ auto=”true”] A flyweight bout between Joseph Benavidez and Ali Bagautinov is the latest addition to October’s UFC 192 event in Houston.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2015

A women’s strawweight bout between Rose Namajunas and Angela Hill is the latest addition to October’s UFC 192 event in Houston.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

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BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

After what felt like months of Alistair Overeem and Junior dos Santos calling each other out in various interviews and on social media, we may finally get to see these two clash in the octagon.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

In one of the most action packed fights, two heavyweights collided as Andrei Arlovski and Travis Browne met in the Octagon at UFC 187. Arlovski takes on Frank Mir in the co-main event of UFC 191, September 5th, on Pay-Per-View.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

Raphael Assuncao sits among the elite in the UFC’s stacked bantamweight division but is being forced watch the action from the sidelines due to an injury he suffered in 2014.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

[ooyala code=”F5bDBmdjqOxabPO_PhqqzLgvNojN4CFg” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”640″ height=”360″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Shaquille O’Neal may tower over Nate Diaz at seven feet-one inch tall, but this is a sport where size isn’t everything! It is no secret that Shaq is an avid Ultimate Fighting Championship fan and he recently got to step on the mats with one of the most popular fighters in the octagon today. Diaz showed Shaq a thing or two about how it’s done on the mats, and Shaq shared this CRAZY faceoff picture.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

Before WEC merged with UFC in 2010, smaller fighters always had the stigma that they could not consistently provide exciting fights. The fact that WEC became such a commodity that UFC eventually absorbed it proved the theory to be a myth as fighters like Jose Aldo, Dominick Cruz, and Urijah Faber have put on some of the most exciting fights in recent memory.

BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

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BJPENN.COM News - August 17, 2015

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