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UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold Preliminary Card Play-By-Play
bjpenndotcom - May 18, 2013

Chael Sonnen: Vitor Belfort Nearly Unstoppable.
BJPENN.COM News - May 18, 2013
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Video: Sonnen & Florian Preview Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold
BJPENN.COM News - May 18, 2013
UFC on FX 8 is set for this evening in Brazil. The UFC on FUEL TV crew took the time yesterday to break down the main card and cast their predictions.

UFC Releases Official Statement Regarding Pat Healy's Failed Drug Test
BJPENN.COM News - May 18, 2013
Pat “Bam Bam” Healy has had some unfortunate luck this week. If failing a publicly disclosed drug test wasn’t enough, the Strikeforce import got his UFC debut victory overturned to a no-contest, lost his Submission of the Night bonus and his Fight of the Night bonus AND received a suspension from the New Jersey Commission which will amount to three-months from his UFC 159 bout.

Nate Diaz Suspended 90 Days, Fined $20,000 For Tweets About Bryan Caraway
bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2013
The disciplinarians at the UFC are keeping busy this month. After taking away Pat Healy’s UFC 159 post-fight bonus money for a failed drug test, the UFC awarded Bryan Caraway Healy’s $65,000 Submission of the Night bonus.

Exclusive | Part 2: Ian McCall on Chuck Liddell and more
BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2013
By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan)

Exclusive | Ian McCall: I offered to fight Frankie Edgar
BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2013
By Evan Stoumbelis (@MMAEvan)

UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold Weigh-In Results - Main Event Fighters Get Into Heated Scuffle
BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2013
UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold goes down tomorrow night on FX from the Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. All but one fighter made their contracted weight this afternoon, but the main event fighters stole the show when an immediate scuffle ensued once Belfort approached Rockhold.

Watch Today's UFC on FX 8 Weigh-Ins Live on BJPENN.COM (3:00 p.m. ET)
BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2013

VIDEO | Joe Rogan's Brock Lesnar Skit (NSFW 18+)
BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2013
For those who do not know, Joe Rogan is more than just your typical UFC commentator. He is also a talented comedian and garners large crowds wherever he sets up shop.

Quick Twitt | Kenny Florian Joins The Great Weed Debate
BJPENN.COM News - May 17, 2013
We hardly make it through a week without a fighter getting suspended for the use of Marijuana. As the cannabis movement stretches across the country, more and more people are seeking legal use of a once illegal narcotic.

BJPenn.com's FIST-ta-CUFF Radio Show 190: Ralek Gracie, Gareth Joseph, Cody McKenzie, Brendan Schaub Live Sunday May 19th, 7:30 PM PST
bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2013
While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed.

Dana White Irate Over Diaz Tweet: Threatens Fine, Suspension Or Termination Of Contract
BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2013
The Butterfly Effect:In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions, where a small change at one place in a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state. Pat Healy hits a joint, Nate Diaz faces suspension, fines and or release from the UFC.

BJPENN.COM RADIO 5/15/13 REPLAY: TRUJILLO, SILVA, SHERK & MILLER
BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2013
Last night BJPENN.COM RADIO returned with another top notch panel of guests. UFC lightweight fighter Abel Trujillo joined the crew to discuss his UFC 160 match up against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

VIDEO | Ellenberger Picks Belfort Over Rockhold
BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2013
From our good friend Rick J Lee: Jake Ellenberger Breaks down a middleweight bout between the MMA veteran Vitor Belfort and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion and promotional newcomer Luke Rockhold

PHOTO | JDS Official UFC 160 Nike Walkout T's
BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2013
Mover over Jon Jones. Former UFC heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos, will be sporting these fresh T’s on the way to the Octagon at UFC 160 next weekend!

'Bigfoot' Silva: 'The first punch that I really land, he’s going to go down."
BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2013
“I think the main thing is in our first fight I was nervous and I was anxious,” Silva said. “And I have replaced those emotions now. Now I’m calm and I’m driven. I really want this. Comparing my style of fighting to Cain’s style of fighting, I would have to be born again to become faster than Cain Velasquez. I’ve got 30 pounds on him. He’s going to be faster than me. So I need to work with what I have, and what I have is very, very heavy hands. “So, I’m going to need to keep my hands healthy and heavy to go in there and I’m sure that the first punch that I really land, he’s going to go down.”

Caraway Throws Salt On Wound: Happy To Take Healy's Bonus, Hates Marijuana
BJPENN.COM News - May 16, 2013
The same guy who went on twitter threatening, UFC female champion, Ronda Rousey with physical violence is back throwing out more classless comments for the world to pick up on. Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something to be said for being humble in times when you are rewarded for something you didn’t really deserve.