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BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Sports betters will be pleased to know that the first official odds are out on the UFC’s pending featherweight title fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Fighters from this weekend’s UFC on FOX 14 event squared-off for camera’s at today’s media event in Sweden. Enjoy!

Chris Taylor - January 21, 2015

All of the drug tests on UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones have come back clean, this according to Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) executive director Bob Bennett who told MMAFighting.com the news on Tuesday: All of the UFC light heavyweight champion’s drug tests have come back clean, Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) executive director Bob Bennett told MMAFighting.com on Tuesday.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Alexander Gustafsson’s first person account of one of the greatest fights of 2013. From the moment Gustafsson arrives in Canada, through his epic five round battle with Jon Jones, experience the light heavyweight challenger’s exclusive account of UFC 165.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Earlier today we learned that former UFC heavyweight fighter Dave “Pee Wee” Herman was arrested on a slew of charges.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Conor McGregor has topped out the “UFC Fight Night Boston” disclosed payroll with a whopping $170,000 payday for his second round win over Dennis Siver. The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission sent out the figures Wednesday.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

“I was very surprised that he tested positive for cocaine. I mean cocaine is such a destructive drug and such a nasty addiction that people can get into. I’ve not seen it amongst a lot of athletes and certainly not guys that are good at MMA. It’s such a bad drug that I’m shocked that someone who’s that good of an athlete and is able to perform at that level is doing it.”

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Khabib Nurmagomedov have agreed to fight at UFC 187.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

“I think at the time Georges St. Pierre was the champion and I told people, and a lot of people laughed at me about that, but I said Robbie Lawler is the worst possible match up for George St. Pierre. Robbie will absolutely wreck him. And now obviously we didn’t get to find out about that match up because Georges has stepped away for a while, or maybe for good, we don’t know. But Robbie is a bad match up for almost anybody because of his skill set and how dangerous he is and how hard he hits. Georges was a guy that was very good at the transition game, very good at making people think they’re in a boxing match and hitting takedowns when people least expect it. [He was] very good at holding people down, very good at controlling people, and pretty dang good with his jab and setting stuff up off of that jab. But Robbie is a much more refined striker than Georges is. He hits much harder and Georges certainly would not be able to hold Rob down and ride out a decision. It just wouldn’t happen. So given those two things, it would not be a good match up for Georges period.”

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

In the lead up to last weekend’s UFC Fight Night Boston event UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta called Conor McGregor the Irish Muhammad Ali. Forbes Magazine doesn’t approve.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

Former UFC welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre has returned to gymnastics.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

The last man to beat Conor McGregor has recently signed to the UFC and he’s ready to repeat history, if need be.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is drilling with the former lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard.

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - January 21, 2015

BJPENN.COM News - January 20, 2015

UFC Road to the Octagon: Gustafsson vs Johnson brings you inside the lives of six of the world’s top fighters readying to battle in Stockholm, Sweden for what is being hailed as the greatest UFC card ever held in Europe. Starring in the main event is hometown hero, Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson. From Las Vegas, to San Diego, to MMA crazed Stockholm, witness Gustafsson at the height of his fame as he prepares to headline the UFC’s second ever stadium show. His opponent Anthony “Rumble” Johnson trains in the Florida heat, with former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. For both knockout artists, a title shot looms large on the horizon.

BJPENN.COM News - January 20, 2015

“I feel like this is still a very marketable fight based on how good of a champion he was and fighter he was the last decade. I feel like that’s the fight everyone wants to see. It didn’t get to happen in Sacramento, so there is even more build up now. It sucks that my last three training camps have been for Renan Barao, getting ready for the same guy, but it’s also a blessing as well. I know what Barao is going to do and I’ve been training for him for a long time. I get to continue where I left off and surprise him, as well. I’ll show him some things I’ve added to my game. I plan on finishing him a whole lot faster than I did the first time and get this guy behind me and put him on the back burner. I’m tired of hearing this guy’s name and I feel like I am just his kryptonite. I am going to demolish him this fight.”

BJPENN.COM News - January 20, 2015

UFC and Strikeforce veteran Cung Le has retired from Mixed Martial Arts.