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BJPENN.COM News - November 27, 2012

FUEL TV is excited to announce the premiere of TRAINING DAY: THE BLACKZILIANS, onWednesday, November 28 (11:00 PM ET). The FUEL TV original gives viewers an all-access look at the group of elite mixed martial arts fighters that form the Blackzilians team. TRAINING DAY: THE BLACKZILIANS highlights founders and members of the Blackzilians including former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfort, UFC heavyweight Alistar Overeem, and UFC lightweight Michael Johnson in exclusive interviews and following them through their training. In addition, owner Glenn Robinson and coaches Mario Sperry, Henri Hooft, and Babak Nejadmoghaddam are showcased working with the athletes in the South Florida gym.

BJPENN.COM News - November 27, 2012

On this week’s UFC TONIGHT SPECIAL EDITION: RASHAD EVANS FIGHTER’S CUT, FUEL TV gets intimate with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans as he watches two of his most memorable fights and explains his actions and thoughts during the bouts. Starting with his UFC 88 upset against Chuck Liddell and then going into his UFC 92 title fight victory over Forrest Griffin, Evans discusses his feelings going into the Octagon, and then breaks down his approach and reactions to each battle he faced. Along the way, his explanations go from serious to humorous to awe struck as he overcomes the odds in one fight and fulfills his promise in the other.

BJPENN.COM News - November 27, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - November 27, 2012

“I won’t permit it to happen again. I will be attentive to the weight, I will work it well. I won’t have much on me by the end of the year. In the last fight, I thought that it would be better to get heavier in the final stages of training but afterwards I realized that it ended up making me more slow and tired. Now this is going to be a whole new ball game.” Top UFC welterweight fighter Erick Silva talks to FightersOnlyMagazine about the adjustments he plans on making following his first UFC defeat at the hands of Jon Fitch.

BJPENN.COM News - November 27, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn, checks in two weeks before fight night! Song courtesy of Orange Grove – Haffi Fall Down

bjpenndotcom - November 26, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

“While a lot of people believe doping tests work, just like a breathalyzer test you can get away with it by just controlling timing. Most of the steroids user just cycle and get by the tests. It’s almost like other athletes look down on you as an idiot if you don’t do steroids. It’s like non-users are bicyclists while steroid users are racing with motorcycles. But I am one of those “idiots” that don’t use performance enhancers. I would say 90% of UFC fighters use performance enhancers.” The very outspoken Dong Hyun Kim tells Korean media outlet Mfight that he believes 90% of his promotional peers are using performance enhancing drugs.

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

“This fight is the cherry on the sundae. He wants to fight me so he can then retire. I would like to fight him too, but after I fight him and win the fight, what happens next? These days, yeah, there’s a lot of money to be made, but I don’t fight for the money. My motivation is to be the best. Like we said, to be the Wayne Gretzky of my sport. So if I fight him, what happens next? It will be over. So yes, I want the fight, but I want to take it when I decide the time is right, not when he wants the fight to happen. “On top of that, he weighs 234 pounds; I weigh 188. So there’s a big weight difference. I’ve fought guys who were bigger — I’m not scared of him — it’s just that I will take this fight when it makes sense for me. I just came back from an injury, there’s money to be made, there are fights in my weight class, other challenges out there, and if I fight him, I will have to gain weight, while he will have to lose weight, and then afterwards, I won’t be able to come back to my weight class.

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

The world wants Anderson Silva to face on of his divisional neighbors and prove his dominance over other champions. On one side you have Georges St-Pierre and on the other it’s Jon Jones.

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

Michael Bisping has had his eyes set on UFC gold since entering the UFC’s Octagon. He now has a fight scheduled with a former champion and number one contender, Vitor Belfort.

BJPENN.COM News - November 26, 2012

Over the weekend it was learned that Strikeforce middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold, was withdrawing from his scheduled title defense against Lorenz Larkin. This is the second consecutive time the champion has pulled out of the bout.

BJPENN.COM News - November 24, 2012

BJPENN.COM News - November 24, 2012

UFC on FOX 5 has been dubbed as the biggest UFC event to hit FOX TV thus far. Some have gone on to say that the stacked event is likely the UFC’s strongest card of the entire year.

BJPENN.COM News - November 24, 2012

“That’s why I laugh when people say ‘we’ve figured out your left hand.’ My boxing isn’t my strong point. It’s something I’ve only been doing for five years; I’ve only been striking for five years. I’ve done wrestling my whole entire life. So if anybody’s going to say anything, wrestling is my strong point. I feel my jiu-jitsu is better than my hands… I can only get better. Look at how much better I got in just three months of being able to focus on training. I’m still developing as a fighter; I’ve only had 14 fights in my career. I think once I hit 20 fights that’s where I’m going to be at my peak… Always improving, that’s the No. 1 goal of mine.” (Image courtesy The Las Vegas Sun)

BJPENN.COM News - November 24, 2012

Looks like “The Nightmare” turned “The Dream”, Diego Sanchez is set on making his way back down to the UFC’s lightweight division. The Greg Jackson trained fighter went on a great lightweight run in his last divisional appearance but was halted by then champion BJ Penn and decided he’s better suited as a welterweight.

BJPENN.COM News - November 23, 2012

“I respect him completely, he’s one of the guys I respect most in the sport. His outlook and his attitude is great. But I feel like I was embarrassed in that fight. I want to prove to myself and the world that I am the better fighter and I want revenge for the embarrassment I felt that night. Everyone has their own opinion of the fight, but at the end of the day I lost and was embarrassed. It is what it is. I plan to be the world champ.” – UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald via ESPN.