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 134: Silva vs. Okami Compustrike review

Last Saturday, the main event for UFC 134 between Anderson Silva & Yushin Okami for the UFC Middleweight title was an epic display of pure domination. Whatever gameplan Okami had prior to the fight went out the window and he didn’t stand a chance against Ando. Together with our friends at Compustrike, let’s take a closer look at the stats from UFC 134’s main event.
Anderson Silva landed 43/57 (75%) strikes the whole fight compared to Yushin Okami’s 18/50 (36%). 29 of

Strikeforce Fedor vs. Henderson Recap: The Emperor falls, Tate wins

Long time fans from all corners of the globe have patiently waited for the main event between Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson. The Last Emperor came to the fight in the best shape of his life and seemed very ready for the heavy hands of Dangerous Dan. As soon as the bell rang, the two living legends squared off in the six sided cage, and right off the bat swung for the fences. After a very heavy and powerful exchange with both fighters tasting leather, the two engaged in a clinch battle against the

Jon Fitch speaks out: "I'm irritated, I'm pissed off. I'm tired of being ignored."

“I get no respect, I tell ya.”
-Rodney Dangerfield, Comedian 1921-2004
In his nine-year career, UFC veteran and welterweight contender Jon Fitch just seems to not be able to catch a break despite being 13-1-1 in his UFC career with his only loss against current champion Georges St-Pierre. The division one NCAA wrestler from Purdue University may not have the most crowd pleasing style in MMA, but it works and it gets him the most important thing of all which of course are victories. In a very stacked