BJ Penn: 'We have to defend the (UFC) lightweight title'

Figured as much coming from someone with the name “Canadianmma” ..

Awesome , after he beats Florian he wont have anybody worthy of a title shot for a year or so.

I didn’t hear the one question I wanted to: Do you think GSP Would have won the fight minus the greasing? If BJ said, “Yes, but we still need to make sure it doesn’t happen anymore,” I’d be back on board with BJ. But my guess is he would say “who knows if he didn’t have that advantage” despite the fact that GSP was wooping ass pre-grease.

I’m sure he’ll say KenFlo had vasaline on the end of his fist and that made the KO more devastating and Kenflo should have had a shower before the match to make it fair.

BJ’s mom will say it should be ruled a “no contest”, his lawyer will find a way to soak him for some more money, his fans will still believe in him….

Hopefully it will be a “normal” fight. Leave the Circus act for britney Spears – PLEASE BJ

I waffle between admiring his skills and being annoyed by his attitude and selfishness. Now he refers to himself as “we”? I’d like to think that’s acknowledging the contributions of his camp, but I doubt it.

You know the old sayin “if it aint broke, don’t fix”? Well its broke bj you need to fix it and get in a better camp. Quit surrounding yourself with people who make excuses for not preparing correctly. Geez I cannot beleive this guy makes my blood boil. Idiot!

i agree – all the other top athletes are training at multiple camps to take their game to the next level – BJ get your ass to coutures gym, team quesst, ATT, something.

Got to agree, I was hoping this latest defeat would change his perspective on training, but I think a lot of this decision making comes from outside influence’s and the people around him; they should at least try bringing a couple new guys in for the training camp. Training with Faber is great, but he’s a 145er; he needs some good LW/WW’s to train with.

Totally agree. Dude needs to get off that island in a really bad way.

Hes beat the shit out of everybody they put in front of him at 155 , why does he need too change camps again?

This is BJ’s biggest problem (As GSP pointed out)…BJ never thinks it’s HE who is at fault for a loss and looks to improve in those areas, he looks at all the other reasons it could possibly be. He lost to GSP because of the grease, he lost to Matt Hughes because of his rib injury, he lost to Machida because he was smaller, etc. Therefore if he’s that delusional to think that it’s all of these outside factors for his losses and not his own doing, he also won’t believe that he needs to change his training camp. In his eyes his training camps are perfect…it’s some other reason he gassed or got caught.

same bro, ever since the huerta fight ive felt ken flo has the style to beat penn

I’m not a fan of BJ’s shenanigans by any means but I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss him. Sure, he was no match for GSP, but who is? At 155 he’s the one to beat. No doubt Florian is capable, but I’d still have to give Penn the edge. The division is stacked and now that Diego is there I suspect it’s going to get much more interesting the rest of 2009. As far as letting the division stagnate, do you think that’s Penn’s doing or the UFC’s? I know they have to sign the dotted line, but I think Dana’s people wanted that fight more than Penn or GSP did…..MONEY!

Dana says somthing and every yahoo MMA wanna be takes it as his own. “yes men” its funny how fans of this sport who just started watching since the the reality show has so many opinions. If you knew MMA or BJJ and have ever been in competion you would not want to be on the side of being cheated. I think everyone should put them selves in the position of being cheating against and that apponent being able to pound you at will with out you being able to control the ground game from your gaurd. You know that the guy will SLIP right through your gaurd and pound you again and again. Its cheating no matter wich way you look at it. If it were you would you have the balls enough to come foward? would you risk the fans saying your just a sore loser? or would you say somthing and put it all on the line, you gotta give the guy credit for doing so. All these other fighters who don’t have the support like BJ does won’t because fighting is all they have. Eggs are all in one basket and they cant say it. BJ is just saying what everone is thinking and all of you who stomp on BJ for being a voice for the sport realy just follow the crowd. Its the 100 monkey effect happening. If you dont know what the 100 maonkey effect is look it up.

yes….3489 times

David, of course not. Just like leading up all the way to the fight, nobody, not the Penn nuthuggers nor evnb the GSP fans, bothered to mention that the only reason Penn made a mess of GSP’s face in round 1 of the first fight was because Penn poked GSP in the eye and going along with his tendency to always feel like he has to be the gentleman, GSP did nothing other than wipe at his eye once and instead of telling the ref about it so he could take 5 minutes to get his vision back to normal. So Penn proceeds to easily be able to land shots to the face for the rest of the round until GSP finally got the 1 minute break between rounds to clear his vision as best as he could. Since it wasn’t enough time to get his vision back to 100%, he used the smart tactic of wrestling instead of keeping it standing.

The eye poke was the ONLY reason that fight didn’t end up as a 30-27 unanimous descision. But instead, all we got since that day was a bunch of BJ nuthuggers building up this MYTH about what a “great striker” Penn is. What a joke! BJ is probably the most overhyped and overrated mma fighter ever. He’s certainly very good (at lightweight only), but not great. I can’t understand why nobody ever pointed out the eye poke, but it’s very clear upon watching that fight that GSP was already several notches higher than BJ in all around mma skill and talent back in 2006. That’s why I couldn’t understand the hype for this 2nd fight. Anyone unbiased enough to realize that the eye poke was the only reason the first fight wasn’t a GSP unanimous descision, realized all along that the second fight wasn’t likely to be close at all.

Your point is?Troy Mandaloniz is crap!

well how come none of the fighters held any titles before besides BJ, BJ’s camp is overhyped and overrated.

By your name alone I’m going to say you are being sarcastic. If not, how does training with a guy that is 3-2 help at all?

LOLOLOLOL

Yeah he should be stripped

BJ wont be getting any of his respect back until he makes a public announcement say sorry for the shit he has caused. Imagine a guy that thinks he is so good that the only way he could lose is if his opponent cheats to win………what a fag!!!

i don’t think we will need to worry about any fighter getting greased anymore. It would be hilarious though.

I dont know why so many Penn fans still think Penn is a semi-pro boxer or something. His hands are marginally good at best. The fight in which his boxing looked the best was against Sherk and Sherk was giving up reach AND being very predictable. Furthermore, this is MMA, not boxing. So what even if BJ has good hands. When was the last time he threw a kick or attempted a takedown? His best attribute being his BJJ but the rest of his game is weak. Worst of all, now we all know that he is also a quitter.

30 pounds to GSP really, I am pretty sure BJ weighed in at 168 and probably didn’t lose or gain much weight come fight time. GSP weighed in at 170 and probably at max weighed about 185 maybe closer to 190. Are you trying to tell me that GSP came into the fight at 200? That would be the weight he would have had to fought at to out weigh BJ by 30 pounds.

I don’t know what’s a bigger joke, BJ Penn or your comment. “Penn is one of the greatest fighters to have ever lived” BJ Penn has never accomplished anything to warrant consideration as best P4P, or greatest ever. What the hell has he accomplished? Who has he beaten? Jens Pulver? (Who also beat him), Joe Daddy? Sean Sherk? This fvckin clown has only won 13 fights. Stephan Bonnar has won 14 fights for christ’s sake (no offense Psycho!) GSP beat his ass twice. Hughes crushed him on the backside of his career. Both Hughes and GSP didn’t just beat him, they demolished him.

I’ll tell you what he is? He’s a spoiled brat rich kid that grew up as a very big fish in a little tiny pond. He was a tough guy on an island with no population. He insulates himself with suck-asses, he’s lazy and he can’t lose without making up bullshit excuses. Is he a good fighter, Yes. He’s better than just good. He holds the title and that deserves respect, but you can’t put this guy in the category of alltime greats. That sort of elite status requires a helluva lot more than ability….it requires character and heart. BJ comes up way short in both of those categories.

“Boys fighting a god”, eh.

Must be hard to see your computer screen with BJ’s sack swaying gently in front of your face.

It sounds like he took it right down to the base and gargled

actually, he did obsess over Hughes for awhile, kept talking shit about him, saying he wanted a rematch, etc. It’s funny though, he did a lot of that talking as a lightweight, not making the effort to fight him again. Then Hughes lost the belt and he was on to his next obsession….GSP.

agreed! i think bj is all ready looking past florian at a gsp rematch and will be in for a rude awakening when he loses his title……..but im sure if kenny wins it will be because he had his hands replaced with granite, it should be ruled a no contest, and he should get fined 250K wtf?