Nick Diaz took B.J. Penn to a brutal decision at UFC 137, winning what Penn said during his post-fight interview was The Prodigy’s last dance in the Octagon. “This was probably the last time you’ll see me in here. I can’t keep performing at the top level,” Penn said. “I’ve got a daughter and another daughter on the way. I …
The tragic loss of Kearn Nedd’s life has had a profound effect on the GTA and the martial arts community at large. Thanks to everyone for their sentiments. Yesterday we received an email from a kind observer who linked us to B.J. Penn’s Twitter page, where the UFC star had tweeted word of Kearn’s story. Thanks to Kelsey for the …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVPTg0_QkcY?rel=0&w=640&h=510] Timeline: 0:33 – Kyle Noke’s top control and RNC (rear naked choke) 2:05 – Zhang Tiequan’s arm trap and guillotine 5:52 – Jon Fitch’s RNC defense after getting back taken 8:40 – B.J. Penn’s re-mount attempt 9:05 – Fitch’s turn back to guard 9:45 – What Penn could have done to properly re-mount
Earlier this year Jon Fitch declared that “the closed guard is dead,” following Nate Marquardt’s unexpected loss to wrestler Chael Sonnen. No less than ground-wizard Shinya Aoki backed up the claim. This is the basic closed guard (with gi) in BJJ: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJ5noSl3Rs&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] More recently, USA Today interviewed Fitch following the announcement of his upcoming match with B.J. Penn, and Fitch got …
Congrats to Frank Margues for getting recognized now as a purple belt under BJ Penn. Frank spent the whole summer with BJ and will be continuing his training under the legend. We look forward to watching Frank grow and excel and we also look forward to BJ’s return to the Kombat Arts. Hint, hint-Jd