A dynamite UFC 125 card scheduled for New Year’s Day in Las Vegas is currently without a co-main event as UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was forced to withdraw from his title defense against Josh Grispi. Heavy.com first reported that a compacted vertebrae was causing tingling in Aldo’s arms and Aldo’s trainer, Andre “Dede” Pederneiras, [...]

BJ Penn, UFC 125

After losing his title to Frankie Edgar, and the subsequent rematch, BJ Penn is left asking what is next. What weight class should he fight in, should he change fight camps, and what should he do if he cannot beat the champion in either weight class that he can reasonably make? Once looking indestructible and [...]

BJ Penn, FRANKIE EDGAR, UFC 118

Back in March I did an interview with UFC lightweight Jim Miller previewing UFC 111 in Newark, N.J. Frankie Edgar, a fellow Jersey Boy, who was to challenge B.J. Penn the following month for the UFC lightweight championship. Penn had not lost a fight as a lightweight since 2002 (Jens Pulver, UFC 35). His last [...]

BJ Penn, FRANKIE EDGAR, UFC 118

I interviewed Frankie Edgar for a piece I did for FightMagazine.com prior to UFC 111 that spotlighted New Jersey-based fighters competing on their turf. Edgar, a resident of Toms River, is right now the most famous MMA competitor from the Garden State. He’s 11-1 with wins over Tyson Griffin, Sean Sherk, Spencer Fisher, Hermes Franca [...]

BJ Penn, Prodigy

We figured since we covered Rampage Jackson’s latest MMA commercial with Nike earlier this week that it was only fitting to take a look at some of the other MMA commercials or at least commercials featuring our favorite MMA fighters. Most of these commercials do take place overseas, where MMA fighters have more of a [...]

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