He’s back: Dana White announces B.J. Penn’s return to the Octagon

UFC President Dana White recently revealed that former UFC champion B.J. Penn will indeed be returning to the UFC Octagon sometime soon, ending the retirement he announced after losing handily to Nick Diaz last October. While many had speculated Penn would not remain retired long, news had broke that he had declined a fight against Gilbert Milendez for the Strikeforce Lightweight championship. No Penn is ready to return to battle apparently. He commented on the subject at the press conference for UFC on

UFC had hoped for stadium event in Hawaii with B.J. Penn in main event

BJ Penn, a legend in the world of mixed martial arts hails from Hawaii, and yet he has never competed in his home state while under contract with the UFC.  In fact, the UFC has never held an event in Hawaii; something that UFC president Dana White had hoped would change in the not too distant future.
It seems as if the UFC was looking into heading to Hawaii and making a huge go of things, “I was kind of hoping to go to Hawaii again and do a B.J. (Penn) fight at the Aloha Bowl, but B.J. wants to

UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Weigh-In Results from Sydney, Australia

UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Weigh-Ins will take place at the Acer Arena in Sydney Australia on February 26th. The weigh-ins will be streamed and updated live through this post starting 10PM EST.UFC 127 will be headlined by a Welterweight battle between BJ Penn and Jon Fitch, who will fight for a possible shot at the UFC Welterweight title. The event will be headlined by a Middleweight bout between Michael “The Count” Bisping and the hard-hitting veteran Jorge Rivera. Also on the card, George Sotiropoulos will