BJ Penn kicks out Spike TV production crew for 'Primetime Live'

looks like the next installment is all about GSP then.

Yep.. the production for UFC Primetime is tight. I love it.. but I see how BJ why BJ is getting tight.. at the UFC. The way it’s getting edited is showing more BJ as a super talented..the prodigy of our time.. that likes to hit up a resort during a training camp for one of the biggest MMA fights in Martial Arts History. When his Brother tried to front to Dana about what BJ was doing did look bad. It is what it is…

Hahahahaha only Penn man, only Penn.
Although I guess all you GSP dudes are gonna say nah this is bogus, Spike wouldn’t lie, Penn is just a spoiled brat.

So … the footage with Penn on vacation in Kona are all special effects?

Its prolly going to be shown on the show so and it will just build the anticipation to the next show and the fight. Its a good way to boost ratings even more. He was prolly mad but he knows its all about how to sell the show and fight.

BJ didn’t look too good in the first episode I thought…

I guess this shows Penn is a quitter. Instead of trying to work harder and come off as a hard worker, he bitched out and quit. Way to go BJ!

I guess this shows Penn is a quitter. Instead of trying to work harder and come off as a hard worker, he cried about it and quit. Way to go BJ!

These cameramen really aren’t at fault. It’s the producers and editors that BJ should blame. But in any case, I guess as a fighter, he really doesn’t know this stuff, hehe!

Conspiracy theory: I think Dana has a hand in how BJ was portrayed because he thinks he was slacking.

LOL at BJ whining.

The cameras showed that he was taking a 5 day vacation, which actually happenned.

The cameras showed his brother lying to Dana about the vacation, which actually happenned.

The cameras showed Penn calling GSP a quitter. I’d love to know how that is out of context.

The show portrayed Penn as an insanely talented fighter who hasn’t always been dedicated, which BJ and his brother admitted.

You are all being played. This is all for ratings. BJ knows what he is doing when it comes to promoting his own fights, so does Dana.

The closer this fight gets the more I think GSP is going to beat the $h!t out of BJ. Could be completely wrong. We all know Georges is going to come in fantastic shape and intent on beating the snot out of BJ and shutting him up once and for all.

BJ — The episode shows you taking a vacation during a training camp. It also shows GSP not taking a vacation during training camp. Your bro also lied for you while you were on said vacation. People formed their opinions based on something that you actually did which was documented on video. Get over it, man. Shutting down the production is not going to make people think you’re a better man.

Let’s add some perspective to this…Dana is trying to sell a product, the BJ/GSP fight. BJ is trying to sell a product, himself as a fighter and most importantly (for this discussion) Spike is trying to sell a television show.

Television shows sell (attract viewers) when they are interesting or the viewer is emotional invested. Congrats, Spike you have edited the first show in such a way that people are pissed with either Dana or BJ. You have know created controversy. Controversy sells, job well done.

Dana, you have also helped to create some controversy with the call to JD. BJ looks like an ass to the casual viewer. Human nature dictates that we want to see the guy acting like an ass, get beat. We also watch train wrecks, etc., we just don’t admit to it.

BJ, I believe you are genuinely pissed about how the show was edited. However, throwing out the camera crew is a brilliant strategic move. Again, this creates controversy. The average/casual viewer doesn’t know this tidbit of information, yet. However, Spike will tease this prior to the show tonight and people will watch to see a poor defenseless camera crew thrown out by a pissed off mixed martial artist.

 Win, win, and win. BJ and Spike will kiss and make up (or attorneys will get involved) in time for BJ to be included in the third and final installment.

LOL @ open24hrz Honestly when Dana White showed up, it was like a “fresh of breath air”.

stupid i wouldnt be surprised to see bj try and leave, after he fulfills his contract

EGO COMBAT

Frank Mir v BJ Penn

 winner?

 This is a close call. I’d have to give it to B.J. in a narrow split decision involving licking the blood off of his gloves. But the Mir comment of ten ppl on the planet beating him is hard to ignore I admit.

 But B.J? Seriously dude, you’re worried about a TV crew’s portrayal of you in a prefight show. Le sigh. This guy is the Effing bomb, I just wish he didn’t act like it all the time.

 GSP

yeah but shows like this arent to attract hardcore mma fans….the drama they create is for people who arent real fans….this is their way to create more interest….people are gonna tune in to see “the lazy spoilt” guy get his ass kicked….and fans will tune in because they know how amazing this fight will be….so ufc wins on both counts

BJ is 4-2-1 in his last 7 fights. His last three wins were against sherk 2-1 in last three Stevenson who is 1-2 in his last three and Jens Pulver is 1-5 in his last 6 fights. Combined record for those last three fighters is 4-8. Why do so many of you people think BJ is a god? is it because he thinks so and talks so much shit about being the best that you buy into it?? if thats the case then i hope you guys are also praising Tito as the best fighter of all time. BJ could have been one of the best fighters of all time but he is lazy, doesnt train, he s going to make a thousand excuses when he loses in two weeks and then hopefully he ll retire when florian beats him in 5. This fight will undoubtedly go similarly to the last fight. GSP controlling everything in the fight until BJ gases and will then be pounded out. Please please watch the first fight again for any doubters and watch the fight without any sound. As soon as you watch it without Rogan kissing Penns ass every single minute there is a compliment!! GSP took him down 4-5 times in the 2nd and 3rd rounds he controlled him handily and easily easily one the decision minus the eye gouge that penn gave him in the first. GSP will win this fight, as expected, not a big deal here, hes going to go in there, control penn, beat penn ,get paid, train, beat alves by outwrestling him while BJ loses to Florian and then will beat Silva and be P4P the best in the UFC —Fedor still reigns king of all

That could be old footage of him for all we know!

BJ penn is such a d-bag. I’ll be glad when GSP takes out the garbage.

The Problem is when BJ loses to GSP the first time and loses to Matt Hughes, he throws up the I wasnt training, I wasnt focused but now I am routine, and doesnt want other people to portray him that way. Guaranteed if he loses, he will say “oh I wasnt focused you saw me I was on vacation, but now Im a new fighter” The thing is that BJ has never been as good as people make him out to be, hes always been the same person.

No the cameras were spot on even his family knew he shouldnt have been goin on vacation and h didnt answer danas call in the parking lot…so hes def not as hard a worker as GSP and far more of a quitter Although its not BJs fault he was born with money and uses it so the spoilt thing is out of order

CAnt w8 for GSP to take his ass OUT!

This is a total non issue. No way this will have an impact on the fight. BJ is taking this fight seriously and it’s gonna be a good fight. I think they’re trying to make BJ into a character on this show. He’s the brash bad guy who’s a super talent and thinks he doesn’t have to train hard. I know BJ may have some less than desirable traits surrounding his work ethic, but it’s mostly just tricks of editing. BJ will be prepared and so will GSP. Not that it matters, but I got GSP by decision. If it’s finished early BJ has it, but I don’t see him winning on the score cards and I don’t see GSP finishing him anywhere.

bring back rachelle to do this show and just look good.. whatever so bj penn stands up to dana white about something, wait havent you all been saying someone needed to? yeah you have but now bj is just being dramatic? whatever who cares if he trains or not we’ll find out the 31st how hard he worked

BJ " I am going to kill the camera crew, I am ready to die camera crew I hate you".

BJ PENN NUCCCCCAAAAAA…LETS GET IT HOMEY!!!!!! PRODIGY ALL THE WAY

BJ Penn is a total PUSSY!!! He talks shit knowing he can’t back it up… that’s why he took that “vacation” so he’ll have an excuse when GSP beats his ass. He’ll say he was hurt the whole time, but fought anyway because of the pressure… BULLSHIT Penn – you just suck & you need an out.

You are a pussy who has no honor & deserves no respect. You talked shit about Sherk before that fight & then tried to say “no hard feelings” and that it was all just to hype the fight – I’m not buying it.

BJ Penn is an over-hyped punk who needs to have someone teach him manners since obviously that bitch of a mom didn’t know how to do it – probabloy cause she was too busy servicing the boys at Hilo for beer money when she didn’t even drink.

BJ Penn can’t stop GSP from destreoying him & when it happens the myth of the “Prodigy” will be exposed & people will see Penn as the punk bitch he has always been!!

bj is such a spoiled punk…he doesnt even deserve a title shot at 170,,,after gsp kills him 3rd round tko fat bj will b havein heart attack by then

then we can all pray ken-flo taps him out

Bj Penn should worry more about training rather then just shooting his mouth off and insulting people. cant even talk with out shooting his mouth about others not once have you seen GSP insult anybody one is a spoiled brat the other has class . but that bj for ya .

Bj’s been training since July people, this show is stupid. Bj’s just hyping this fight, what’s he supposed to say when some asks him a question like “what are you going to be thinking when you see George on the other side of the octagon” uh jee I hope I have a good fight. If you don’t have that killer instinct you’re in the wrong sport.

ok I just saw the second episode and I believe Spike tried really hard to make up for the first episode and showed BJ’s humble side .. I guess the third episode is on… regardless this is gonna be a killer show.

the most irritating aspect of this fight is that bj penn has done absolutlely nothing to deserve a title shot in the incredibly stacked welterweight division. sure hes the undisputed lightweight king(until florian beats him), but there is a weak arguement for bj to get a shot at the welterweight crown as well. i do agree these two should fight 100%, but i think its unecessary to have one of the two fighters belts on the line. a “superfight” would have sufficed. perhaps at a catchweight. the reason for this arguement is simplt that bj penn, love him or hate him, doesnt really deserve such a distinction among all the other contenders in the WW division,. correct me if im wrong, but i believe bj penn was chased out of the WW div. penn lost to both gsp and hughes before leaving for LHW. thats not overly impressive IMO. when u take into account that hughes has only beaten chris lytle since he beat bj, it becomes even less impressive. IMO gsp has faced much stiffer competition since the first fight, and bj penn while dominating has faced a much less stacked and smaller division of contenders. penn has beaten quality guys in his career, but latlely hes been preying on a smaller weightclass. the main point is that well im as excited as anyone for this fight, it just doesnt make sense for penn to get a shot. im pretty dam sure gsp wins this one convincingly, but i also think u should have at least a one fight win streak in the weight class b4 u can even be considered. for example, a # WW contender match with thiago alves and penn. i could actually see alves taking that one prett easily. after a long post my point is that penn isnt deserving whatsoever, and its going to shown painfully clear on superbowl weekend.

Stupid spoiled brat.

I gotta say, both fighters are 2 of the best EVER, GSP is like a machine, he works hard on adding to his game every day. However, I think some fighters like Silva, Torres and BJ are just naturally gifted fighters. GSP has more to his game Id say, he is more athletic, better wrestling, stronger, more explosive and bigger than BJ. But BJ definatley has better striking, submissions, and takedown defense than anyone GSP has faced. I mean I’ve rarely seen a well conditioned BJ Penn get taken to the ground and kept there for any amount of time, he just hops across the ring on one leg!! And lets not forget, he has fought against light, welter, middle, AND heavyweight and held his own. Whatever you might think of him he IS a natural born fighter. GSP is unreal at times, he out-wrestles wrestlers, out-strikes strikers, and from what Ive heard his brazilian JJ is up there with the best nowadays. He’s just an unbelievable professional athlete. He isn’t a fighter in the same bracket as BJ though in that he won’t go to war with a dangerous opponent if he can avoid it, he’d work the takedowns and submit or get the decision. I dnt think either fighter will get beaten up, BJs never been beaten up and neither really has GSP, theyve been beaten sure, but not like wot silva done to franklin or anything like that. I reckon submission, straight KO, or maybe decision. Too close to call who though.

Wow…Some of the posts on here make me laugh, especially the bad grammar stuff. I understand the grammar to be honest, but the spelling has just got to be checked. I mean, if you don’t know open up a word document type the word and spell check it for crying out loud.

Anyway, my thoughts on the first two shows. A lot of folks complain that BJ was made to look like a bad guy. It was done by design. In every fight there needs to be a good guy and a bad guy. It’s much easier to make BJ look like a bad guy than GSP. Especially with the stuff he was saying. Lots of people talk about editing, but the fact is he did say and do everything that they showed.

Vacation time – I’m not a fighter but maybe he did need the time off. To think he’s lazy and not going to be ready for the fight is straight up RETARDED. He’s been griping about the loss ever since it happened. His ego won’t let him forget it. He’s been obsessing about it for quite a while now. This is his chance at redemption. Personally I bet he took a month off after the Sherk fight talked to Dana and told him he wanted GSP. He’s probably been training since then. Penn is going to come in to the fight in good shape. The only thing is that I think a Penn in great shape is still not on par with GSP’s cardio.

I really think that the second episode was a laying it on a little bit thick about him being a super-dad and family man. I think people forget that we don’t see everything about their training camps as well, some people think BJ’s being lazy and some think GSP is only working with the guys from Greg Jackson’s camp, they aren’t going to show everything.

Anyway, I’ve posted who I think will win the fight about a hundred times so I won’t mention it again, but one thing is for sure…I can’t wait for the fight. Not even real interested in the final episode because they are both quite boring like other posters said. GSP is like a fighting robot that only fights and trains for fights. BJ is a guy that trains, relaxes and talks smack…A LOT of smack.

I used to love BJ, since all this hype about the fight started he has been such a jerk that I have lost some respect for him. He acts like an immature little kid that, I guess thats a by product of never having to be resposible for yourself in your life. Being rich and never having to work or be resposible isnt always a good thing and hope BJ gets the beating of a life time, then he can apoligize to GSP for being such a jerk. Dont forget BJ lovers, he has to gain wieght to move up which will make him a half a step slower, GSP is in the zone at this wieght and will be bigger, faster and stronger than BJ. Who nows maybe BJ is scared cause I have never heard him talk so much shit before. Most of the guys say, that the more shit you talk the less confident you are.

I see a lot of newer fans (I’m not going to say TUF fans) who say that BJ is over-rated. I can even understand a little, because if i’d only been a fan for 2-3 years I may think the same thing.

So I am going to try not being condescending, and am actually going to try explaining to you why he is so highly regarded. I became a die-hard MMA fan about a year before his debut so I think I am in a good position for this.

Firstly, his BJJ game and credentials are as good as anybody in the game. This is why he is called the prodigy, the first US fighter to win the gold in Brazil.

So following his short and sensational career as a BJJ fighter he turned to MMA, and fans were already talking about him – before he had even fought. He was so highly regarded that his debut was in the UFC!

His opponent was Joey Gilbert, a gimme. BJ as expected dominated Gilbert.

Around this time Jens Pulver had just won the LW title, and the UFC was trying to get a superfight for him. So they brought in Din Thomas.

Din Thomas had fought all over the world, he was a known top class fighter and had stopped Jens Pulver previously. Not only that but he gave Caol Uno a hell of a fight in his only loss.

Din’s UFC debut was against Penn. The vast majority of people thought that this was a gimme for Din before his big rematch with Jens, and in truth that was probably Zuffa’s plans.

BJ Penn at only 22, and in only his second MMA fight KO’d Thomas in a couple of minutes. Trust my guys this was sensational at the time – Think Gonzaga-Cro Cop (only to a lesser extent because Thomas didn’t have so many nut-huggers)

The next fight for BJ was probably to punish him for ruining the UFC’s plans

It is hard to remember/believe, but at the time Uno was recognised as a top 3 fighter, and a guy who on his day could beat anybody in the world.

BJ Penn’s destruction of Uno was probably the biggest ‘coming-out party’ in MMA history. He KO’d him in 11 seconds!

As an example could you imagine a 22 year old guy with only 2 fights destroying Gomi in 11 seconds?

That is what it was like.

I liken it to Sokoudjo this year, or Shogun in 2005. A metoric rise to fame like no other.

Uno had beaten Iha, Thomas, Sato twice and he had been overwhelmed in seconds by an in-experienced kid who was supposedly a grappler.

I remember the net at this time, and BJ Penn was probably the most talked about guy in the sport.

His next fight was with Pulver, a close decision loss. However he proved he was more than a match for the champion by having a picture-perfect armbar applied as the round ended.

Even though he lost he proved that he was no flash in the pan.

His next 3 fights were underwhelming, facing Creighton, Serra and Uno in lackluster affairs. The rematch with Uno was so controversial, and I still can not fathom how he didn’t win the title in that fight. This gave fans sympathy for Penn.

At this time Penn was pissed, and vowed to prove that he was the number one guy in the world.

So he went out and on his own money put together a fight with unbeaten Takanori Gomi. You know how these days everybody makes threads “Who’d win Sherk or Kid Yamamoto?” etc

This was the same thing. A dream fight for fans between two guys in different organisations.

Unfortunately Gomi lost a decision to Hansen just over a month before the superfight, which made the fight anti-climatic.

It was still highly anticipated though, and Penn dominated Gomi. In a way which Gomi has never been dominated before or since. This is another easy thing to overlook, but directly after the Penn fight, Gomi signed for Pride and dominated for a couple of years. Just a testament to how good BJ truly is.

Following that Penn returned to the UFC and announced that he was going up in weight to fight Hughes.

Matt Hughes at that time was honestly viewed as Fedor is now. He was the top P4P guy in the world and was seen unbeatable.

Fans worldwide thought this was a huge mistake and there were threads on sherdog with titles such as ‘RIP BJ’ etc

What happened is the equivalent of Chuck Liddell moving to HW and dominating Fedor. It was unfathomable.

Writing this it is really hitting home how easy it is to forget the situations etc, how easy it is to downplay a win a few years later.

BJ lost a lot of fans with his next move – myself included. UFC warned him that as champion he could not fight in other organisations – he ignored them and went to K1.

Bang Ludwig was a rising superstar at the time, he was riding high with wins in his last two fights over Pulver and Sudo. Ludwig-Penn was the fight fans wanted to see, and they got it.

Like man vs boy, Bang was dominated and BJ Penn cemented his status as the P4P king.

In another of those easy to forget things, Rodrido Gracie was viewed as the next great Gracie. He was undefeated and coming off a huge win over Mach Sakurai.

When Penn announced he was moving up to MW to fight him people honest to god thought he was crazy.

He did though, and dominated the next great Gracie.

His next move was to crazy even for him. I remember when it was announced he moving to HW to fight undefeated sensation Machida there were people saying they were going to stop being fans of his because he was too ir-rational.

Fears were confirmed, and Penn lost. However it was a razor-thin decision that could easily have gone his way.

Think about it. Machida has dominated everybody he has fought, including brutal stoppages of Bonnar and Franklin, he is currently considered the biggest prospect in the LHW division. Yet he barely beat a guy fighting at least 50 pounds over his ideal weight. You guys still wanna say that BJ is over-rated?

I will not go into his next 3 fights because I assume that you guys know what happened.

Personally I groan everytime I read that Penn is over-rated. I he an MMA superstar, and one of the elite fighters of all time.

He has beaten 7 fighters who at the time were considered elite, Not only has he beaten them, he has dominated all but one (Serra)

Thomas
Uno
Serra
Ludwig
Gomi
Gracie
Hughes

So please next time you wanna type that Penn is over-rated, remember this post.

There is never an easier time to tell when a fan is uneducated, and when he explains that he doesn’t know why Penn is so respected.

He talked more trash to Sherk than anyone, and they hung out after the fight. Sounds like someone who just tries to hype a fight to me. The thing about the show that pisses me off, they show GSP training martial arts since he was a kid, but nothing about BJ winning the BJJ world championships at such a young age. Looks unbalanced to me.

I’ve read every single one of these blogs and enjoyed reading most of them. The blogger who stands out the most of course is the one and only ((adamg)) .I laughed my ass off reading his posts, not to be disrespectful but with all the exclamation marks and his feistiness, you would think he has a crush on penn. God I hope he has an ambulance on speed dial for jan 31 I can him having a heart attack if bj loses.

Some people keep saying he fought machida at heavyweight weight and just recently I saw the weight was 187 in pride, machida looked horrible in that fight, sluggish nothing like he is today. The fight was so boring I could’nt even watch the whole thing.

Penn is a really emotional and eccentric guy, very talented especially with his hands and his flexablility. I just watched ufc 63 yesterday when he fought hughes, and his sprawl was unreal. I’ll be honest though seeing hughes pounding penns face after trapping his arms was very satisfying, I had to watch it a few times, as I flat out don’t like penn. Just like all the gsp haters must have relished watching serra pound gsp’s face into the mat while gsp couldn’t defend himself.

I think the difference between penns fight and gsp’s fight was penn could’nt stop getting punched in the face because his arms were pinned down but he wasn’t rocked. Gsp’s was completely f**ked up, his equalibrim was gone and wasn’t even blocking the punches, big john should have stopped it earlier. Gsp knew he was finished so he tapped, big deal. I’m sure penn has tapped thousands of times before, any one with a brain knows if they can’t get out of a situation you tap or something going to break or you get rendered unconscious. Penn was’nt even close to being unconscious gsp was, but if a fighter can’t intelligently defend himself the ref has to stop the fight, which big john should have done sooner in gsp’s case.

I found both episodes amusing, I’ve seen ufc edit things before and take things out of context and don’t blame penn for being pissed. Dana is a prick and is just trying to stir the pot, gsp is the good guy, penn is the bad guy. I found it funny how when penn was going to call it quites all of a sudden he’s this family man, and they let penn speak about how the previous episode was making him look bad and misleading. I think they balanced it out nicely as they kind of made gsp’s camp look not so great with jackson no were to be found but I’m pretty damn sure he’s there. I look forward to episode 3 it should be good. To be completely honest I have no idea what to expect in this fight or who wins only that I want gsp to embarrass penn and sent him back to the light weight division with his tail between his legs. :P

Holy shit gorandy that must have taken hours to put that together. Penn is good but he’s clearly no anderson silva. Over rated, maybe only time will tell, his history in the ufc isn’t super impressive to me so far. Being a world champion bjj fighter, kick boxer, wrestler doesn’t mean too much if you can’t trasition them into MMA. Penn is a great fighter but his resume of 13-4 is underwelming. Fact, since gsp last fought penn, penn tried to submit hughes and almost did but ended up losing by tko in the third, apparently he injured his rib before taking huges back which is why hughes beat him in the third round. Since then gsp beat hughes twice once by tko and the second by an arm bar. So right now its 1 hughes 1 penn and its 2 gsp and 1 hughes. Both guys subbed hughes but penn did it the first time buy rocking hughes badly and breaking his hand and gsp did it easily without rocking him first. Just something to think about, like gsp said this is MMA not a bjj contest with a gi on, and he thinks he’s an over all better MMA fighter than penn, we’ll see.

Well, funny how the 1st episode of Spike’s Primetime Live: GSP vs. Penn, turned out to be dead on. I don’t need to say anything about it though. I think all the world knows who and what BJ Penn is and is about.