Freddie Roach has worked with Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, GSP and is widely acknowledged as one of the best striking trainers in MMA and one of the greatest boxing trainers of all time.
Here, he talks Fedor, Bob Arum and what it takes to transition from a career in boxing to a career in MMA.
“Boxing...
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship released the official preview trailer for UFC 112: Invincible in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva faces the Jiu-Jitsu ace Demian Maia, and “The Prodigy” BJ Penn will go to war against Frankie “The Answer” Edgar.
The event takes place on April 10th, in an outdoor stadium.
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BJ Penn Shares His BJJ Secrets
BJ Penn, the clear class of the UFC lightweight division, is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner of Anglo-Irish and Korean roots and currently the UFC Lightweight Champion.
Back in 2000, Penn became the first American-born winner of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship at the black-belt level. Penn is a former UFC Welterweight...
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Anderson Silva said this week, “I’m not impressed by GSP or BJ Penn.”
One of the MMA fighters always in the mix when the “best pound-for-pound” fighters are discussed, Silva is generally ranked near the top.
It appears he thinks he is at the top of the list, and any discussion of other fighters joining him...
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I’m happy with Henderson going to Strikeforce, I’m very happy with it, couldn’t be happier with it. Like I said, I pushed him to do that. I started taking s–t off the table and that made him make his decision to go with them. It’s over between me and Dan. I’m not sitting in...
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Dana White Wants BJ Penn To Fight At Welterweight - FightLine.com - FightLine.comDana White Wants BJ Penn To Fight At WelterweightFightLine.comApparently White thinks that lightweight champion BJ Penn is close to clearing out the lightweight division and, with a win over Frankie Edgar at UFC 112, ...Toms River's Frankie Edgar understands his opportunity in...
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is just plain pissed off about what Frank Mir has had to say lately, and he wants a shot at making Mir eat his words.
Nogueira wants to see the UFC scrap a heavyweight matchup between Frank Mir and Cheick Kongo slated for UFC 107 .
Nogueira defeated Randy Couture at UFC 102...
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Kenny Florian put up a hell of a fight at UFC 101 against a rejuvenated BJ Penn.
Florian came out of the cage with his dignity intact even if he didn’t come out with “BJ’s Belt,” but he did come away without something he brought with him – his hat.
As Florian made his entrance Saturday...
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Man, you need this:
The Octagon Girl Cam
It’s one thing to watch the fights during UFC 101 from Philadelphia tomorrow night – and they’ll be excellent fights – but there’s always a little down time.
No more…
Now you can check out the Octagon Girls doing what it is that they do between rounds.
It’s can’t miss TeeVee.
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