Posts Tagged ‘BJ Penn’
UFC 127: A Night of Upsets and Disappointments
After much anticipation and expected outcomes, last night’s UFC 127 from Sydney, Australia, turned out to be a night of upsets and disappointments. Upsets are what make the sport of mixed martial arts so great because of its unpredictability. The disappointments come from unfinished business, which we had, in two different forms in both featured bouts last night. Read More
UFC 118: Predictable and Then Not So Much
In what was a highly anticipated fight card, UFC 118 turned out on one hand to be quite predictable, yet on another not so much. The intrigues of the rematch between lightweight champion (155lbs.) Frankie ‘The Answer’ Edgar (13-1, 2 KO’s 3 subs) (pictured at left) and former champ B.J. ‘The Prodigy’ Penn (15-7-1, 6 KO’s 6 subs) proved to be just that, but the outcome was nothing anyone saw coming. Read More
Frankie Edgar Continues Fight for Respect, Penn for Legacy at UFC 118
After scoring one of the biggest MMA upsets in 2010, and winning his first major UFC championship by defeating BJ Penn at “UFC 112”, one would think UFC Lightweight champion, and Toms River, New Jersey native Frankie Edgar would be on top of the world. Read More
MMA’s Mid Year Report Card (part 1)
With all four major U.S. based Mixed Martial Arts promotions taking a break of sorts this month, what a better time to look back on the first half of the year and see how each promotion fared. So far, 2010 has been a memorable year in MMA with some highs and definitely some lows as well; let’s start with the UFC. Read More
Changes Result in Reinvigorated Florian
After reshaping his training staff, Kenny Florian rebounded nicely from his tough loss to lightweight kingpin B.J. Penn in December with a submission of Clay Guida. Watch Video
UFC 101: Kenny Florian gets Second Shot at UFC Gold
If the world’s top mixed martial arts title was a military campaign, 33 year-old Kenny Florian hopes to win the war after losing his first battle. Read More
With UFC 101 on the horizon, Florian answers fan questions
Kenny Florian was the guest of honor for the UFC 100 Q&A session for Fight Club members. Highlights included UFC super-fan Lisa from Hawaii asking Florian if he’d be willing to make a dream come true and have her in his corner for his upcoming lightweight championship fight with B.J. Penn in Philadelphia on Aug. 8. Read More
Penn-Florian at UFC 101 in Philadelphia
UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta took to the Underground Forums over the weekend to answer questions from fans about the UFC’s upcoming plans. Among the news Fertitta confirmed was that UFC 101, originally slated for August 8th in Portland, Oregon, will in fact take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as we reported late last week. ”Philly August 8, working on bj/kflo historic lightweight fight but not quite done yet!,”
