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Five UFC 94 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Twelve Drug Tested
Feb 2, 2009 - 10:44 pm ET | 17 Comments
Five UFC 94 Fighters Issued Medical Suspensions, Twelve Drug Tested

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to five UFC 94 participants, including BJ Penn, for various injuries suffered in their bouts Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The medical suspensions were:

BJ Penn (defeated by Georges St-Pierre via fourth-round TKO) suspended until March 18th with no contact until March 3rd [...]

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Penn Files Complaint Over Vaseline on St-Pierre’s Back
Feb 1, 2009 - 3:57 am ET | 107 Comments
Penn Files Complaint Over Vaseline on St-Pierre’s Back

BJ Penn has filed a complaint with the Nevada State Athletic Commission after Vaseline was applied to Georges St-Pierre’s back between the second and third rounds of their UFC 94 headliner.
During a post-fight appearance on ESPN’s MMA Live St-Pierre explained that one of his trainers applied Vaseline to his face between the first and second [...]

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UFC 94 Results: St-Pierre Dominates Penn, Machida Stops Silva
Feb 1, 2009 - 1:52 am ET | 80 Comments
UFC 94 Results: St-Pierre Dominates Penn, Machida Stops Silva

On a card dominated by uneventful decisions, UFC 94’s top two bouts delivered as Georges St-Pierre dominated BJ Penn on the ground en route to a fourth-round TKO victory while top light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida used his awkward style to remain undefeated by scoring a first-round knockout of the previously unbeaten Thiago Silva.
A sell [...]

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UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 Weigh-In Results
Jan 30, 2009 - 6:55 pm ET | 24 Comments
UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 Weigh-In Results

Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn, and 18 other fighters successfully weighed in this evening in Las Vegas to make their UFC 94 matchups official.
St-Pierre (170) and Penn (168) clash for the UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 94, which also boasts Lyoto Machida (206) vs. Thiago Silva (206), Karo Parisyan (170) vs. Dong [...]

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“UFC Primetime” Featuring Penn and St-Pierre Premieres on January 14th
Dec 3, 2008 - 12:18 pm ET | 40 Comments
“UFC Primetime” Featuring Penn and St-Pierre Premieres on January 14th

Spike TV will debut a new, three-part series entitled “UFC Primetime” on January 14th focusing on the upcoming superfight between UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre scheduled for January 31st at UFC 94 in Las Vegas.
“UFC Primetime delivers an unprecedented portrait of the lives of two of mixed martial arts’ [...]

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UFC Officially Announces UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2
Nov 13, 2008 - 4:30 pm ET | 72 Comments

The UFC has officially announced UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2, which features the highly anticipated rematch between welterweight title-holder Georges St-Pierre and lightweight champion BJ Penn.
In their first meeting in early-2006 St-Pierre topped Penn via split decision to become the top contender in the 170-pound division, and ultimately captured the title, while Penn dropped [...]

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Settling In [GSP Blog]
Nov 12, 2008 - 1:09 pm ET | 30 Comments
Settling In [GSP Blog]

Before going to Brazil, I had a call from one of my friends who told me that Denis Kang won his fight against Marvin Eastman by TKO in the first minute of the fight. It made me a feel good because it brings a good vibe to the team, and like Tseng Tsu says [...]

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On The Move [GSP Blog]
Oct 27, 2008 - 10:56 am ET | 37 Comments
On The Move [GSP Blog]

Two weeks ago I was in Montreal a class with Bruno Fernandes, who’s my BJJ from Gracie Barra. He doesn’t live in Montreal anymore, he’s living in Toronto for a year doing a special class that’s only in Toronto (he’s got a PhD as an opthalmalogist). When he comes to Montreal once/month, I always make [...]

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Catching Up from Albuquerque [GSP Blog]
Oct 9, 2008 - 3:45 pm ET | 25 Comments

First I want to thank everybody for their get well wishes — I feel way better right now than I felt when I came back from L.A. It took me 3 days to recuperate and get back 100%. I didn’t take any medication – I just slept better and trained to sweat it out. After [...]

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UFC Not Returning To Montreal Until 2009; GSP vs. Penn Likely For Superbowl Weekend In Vegas
Aug 22, 2008 - 11:30 am ET | 88 Comments

Unfortunately for our neighbors to the north, the UFC will be unable to make it back to the city of Montreal before 2009, according to Yahoo! Sports, who spoke with UFC president Dana White.
Additionally, the much-anticipated rematch between Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn will take place during Super Bowl weekend on January 31st in [...]

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Chuck Liddell vs. Anderson Silva, Forrest Griffin vs. Wanderlei Silva Possible In December
Aug 18, 2008 - 11:00 am ET | 112 Comments

The UFC’s year-end event is typically the promotion’s most-stacked card of the year and this year should be no exception.
In the headline bout of the December 27th event, UFC 92, “The Ultimate Fighter 8″ coaches, interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and former heavyweight champion Frank Mir, are set to square off for the UFC’s [...]

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Georges St-Pierre “Needs Some Rest”, May Not Fight Again in 2008
Aug 14, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 77 Comments

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, who is expected to take on UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn in his next bout, may not return to the octagon this year in favor of taking some time off.
St-Pierre announced his tentative plans in a recent blog post on RDS.ca (translated by Fightline):
Many state that my next opponent should [...]

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UFC 87 Medical Suspensions: St-Pierre, Fitch Among Suspended Fighters
Aug 12, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET | 130 Comments

Georges St-Pierre, Jon Fitch, Dan Evensen, and Ryan Thomas each received precautionary 30 day medical suspensions stemming from their bouts at UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” on August 9th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The state’s mixed martial arts sanctioning body, the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission, confirmed the medical suspensions with MMA Junkie on Monday.
St-Pierre and Fitch were [...]

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Quick Hits: Shogun-Rampage Likely In December, UFC 87 Bonuses, Palaszweski Signs With WEC, and More
Aug 11, 2008 - 11:05 am ET | 76 Comments

– Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are likely to rematch at the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view event on December 27th in Las Vegas. In their first meeting Rua defeated Jackson via first-round KO at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 in April 2005.
– Georges St-Pierre and Jon Fitch were each awarded [...]

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UFC 87 Post-Fight Videos: Florian, Huerta, Lesnar, Fitch, and St-Pierre
Aug 10, 2008 - 6:04 pm ET | 29 Comments

Post-fight videos featuring Brock Lesnar, Jon Fitch, and Georges St-Pierre are after the jump…

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