B.J. Penn doesn?t want to make it personal against Nick Diaz

In last week's UFC 137 switcheroo, B.J. Penn ended up facing Nick Diaz instead of Carlos Condit. Because of that, the producers of "Countdown," the show that airs to hype up UFC cards, had to work with Penn again to make the show suitable for the new line-up.

Penn says that the UFC asked him to say Diaz's name and "I'm going to beat Nick Diaz," something Penn found a problem with.

A few things to mention here:

1. Countdown's role is to hype up fights. Of course they want Penn to say something about his opponent. That will help sell pay-per-views, which is a good goal for everyone, right?

2. Penn has threatened to lick blood off his opponents. He has trash-talked before every fight, except for when he fought his friend Matt Hughes. Now he's worried about saying, "I'm going to beat Nick Diaz?" C'mon, son.

3. He says that he is worried that Diaz will be edited to look like a bad guy. Really, B.J.? This video was not edited, and Diaz still didn't come out looking that hot.

If Penn doesn't want to talk trash, that's fine. But that's not what he was asked to do. He was asked to say he was going to win the fight. Is that really all that bad?

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Motomatters.com: Preziosi Not For Turning

From MotoMatters.com’s transcript of the Q&A session with Preziosi: We are exploring different solutions, though I don’t think material is the key point. But for sure, shapes, stiffness, distribution of the stiffness through the length are concepts that we want to explore in order to build up knowledge. The clearest indication yet that Ducati are [...]

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Barnett moves to Strikeforce GP finals with submission win

CINCINNATI -- Josh Barnett earned a berth in the finals of Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix with a first-round submission of Sergei Kharitonov on Saturday night.

The fight started with fireworks, as both fighters landed damaging jabs until Barnett took Kharitonov to the ground. He took full mount, and pressured Kharitonov with short elbows and hammer fists. Kharitonov tried to respond with strikes from the bottom and by rolling away, but Barnett continued to smother. In the final minute, he transitioned to an arm triangle, and Kharitonov had no choice but to tap at 4:28.

Now, Barnett will move on to face Daniel Cormier, who scored a massive upset over Antonio Silva tonight, in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix finals. No date or location is set for that event. From there, the consequences of winning this tournament are less clear. Strikeforce's heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem signed with the UFC and will fight Brock Lesnar on Dec. 30. Strikeforce has not given many clear signals on what will happen next for the fighter who wins this once-prestigious tournament.

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Video: Behind the Scenes with the BRD RedShift

Dropping us an email from across The Bay, the guys at BRD sent us this cool video by Sam Erickson, which follows the BRD team as they got ready to launch the BRD RedShift electric supermotard. Following the San Francisco company over July & August, we get a glimpse of the finally design and assembly of the Redshift, along with the bike’s launch in San Francisco (bonus points if you can spot my face during ...

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Koscheck already starting Hughes prefight hype saying a ?man would step up to take the fight?

Two hours had gone by since Josh Koscheck agreed to face Matt Hughes on short notice in Denver at UFC 135. That's all it took for the brash welterweight to roll out his first bit of mild trash talk.

"I'm a big-name fighter, so he can take that and run with it," Koscheck told USA Today. "I put it out there. I told UFC I'd do it, and if Matt Hughes is man enough, he'll step up and do it."

Diego Sanchez is off the card at UFC 135 because of a broken hand, so the UFC turned to Koscheck. The 31-year-old hasn't fought since having his orbital bone broken back in December against Georges St-Pierre. Koscheck versus Hughes (45-8, 18-6 UFC) has always been a dream fight for some fans. The brutal honesty spewed by Koscheck should be classic before this tilt on Sept. 24. Koscheck (15-5, 13-5 UFC) has been asking for a fight against the former UFC welterweight champ for years.

"It's a fight that I've been wanting for a long time. Now we've just got to wait and see if Matt Hughes will accept the fight. So we're waiting on him," Koscheck said. "I told them that I'm game and I'm in shape. I've been training so I'm ready to fight."

Koscheck was rumored to be considering a fight at 185 pounds in November at UFC 139 in San Jose.

"To be honest with you, the reason why I contemplated 185 is because everybody at 170 with a bigger name is tied up, and I don't want to just fight anybody. I want to fight big-name fights," said Koscheck.

Now he's got his big-name opponent. Let's hope Hughes accepts. The 38-year-old MMA legend has never ducked an opponent, we can't imagine he would here either.

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