Akihiro Gono officially left GRABAKA, the gym he has been together with for a very long time, on the 3rd. Last year Kazuo Misaki left and now Gono follows suit. There doesn’t seem to be any hard feelings between them though. Gono recently trained in the U.S. ... Read More

How come you have been invited to train with BJ Penn? I went to MMA Exposition in Toronto, Canada, and a guy came to talk to me, saying that BJ needed training, said it would be a good thing if I went there to help he on his trainings and I told him I would. I believe it was his brother or his manager that came to talk to me and I gave him my number and said that he could call me, in case he needed, and he did. “Bibiano, we wanted you to come here to help BJ on his training for this next fight he’ll have”. I accepted right on time. As long as I can help somebody, my energy… In fact, the guy doesn’t need me, he needs my energy and my willingness. Everybody has something special, anybody. I said I’d go there, for sure, and I’d help in anything I could and I will.

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