Down with the quickness: Frank Edgar knew he could beat the 'best ever'

BJ is my favorite fighter, maybe was. Not sure if I still want him as my fav. The reason being is BJ always dissapoints every so often. He shows up looking soft and uninspired. He does not have the heart of a champion. This is what seperates him form the likes of a GSP. GSP will get the most out of every ounce of talent in his body. He will push himself and challenge himself ever single day to be the best he can be. That same heart and desire that made jordan great, magic and bird great. Tiger woods great and etc. Bj just does not have it. Thats why this is the last time I stick up for BJ and say well he has the most pure talent in the game the most gifts in the game. BJ we thought u turned that page but last night proved u wont ever have it. Edgar did win a close decision in my eyes, not a 50-45 decision but regardless he still pulled out a victory. So fist pumps to u Edgar, good job.

The only thing that I was looking foward to yesterday during your fight, was GSP coming into the octagon and saying Anderson I was not impwessed with your perfowmance and challenging u to a fight. Spider I know your a counter puncher but sometimes just go in there and destroy, take no mercy. Go out there and punish your opponent. If u think about spiders best performaces in the octagon they were all against agressive strikers. Franklin, Leben, Irvin, nate the not so great, Griffin. Anderson is a counter striker who does not like to initiate striking. Every time a fighter who doesnt initiate the striking anderson just stands there and waits and mocks his opponent. Thats why I knew this fight would turn out the same way the Thales Leites fight ended up, same way Cote fight ended up. Cote is a good striker but knew silva wanted to counter strike therefore stuck to a gamplan of not attacking to much and it led to a boring fight. Silva please go out there and so your gifts to the world and just destroy people.

Hughes u lost it, retire please!! U were losing to a old man last night until he started to gas that last round. And if u dont retire please get back on the juice because u looked small yesterday.

OK maybe he wasnt losing the fight, But Hughes is not a stand up fighter. Please stop trying to be one. Renzo is an old man, u should have beat him. I did have my beer goggles on last night. So I will have to sit down again and watch the fights, but last night it seemed like hughes has lost it. Just call it like a gut feeling by using the eye test. Hope that makes some sense.

Are You ignoring this on purpose?

http://www.fightmetric.com/fights/Edgar-Penn.html

With that said Franky did not do enough to take the title.

I’m a huge Edgar fan, but I don’t know how he won? I watched tape on BJ yesterday and in his two previous fights he looked in much better shape, against Edgar he had a small belly. I feel bad for whats next for both fighters (Edgar will get dominated and BJ will retire going down in flames of ridicule)

how about to be a champ you gotta beat the champ,from what i saw Bj was chaisng frangkie for 5rounds,was throwing beautiful jabs and even by stats he was outpunching frankie,now how the hell could frankie win ?frankie did a great job,but that wasnt enough,what kills me the most is that after the fight,everybody was acting like frankie won the fight,and bj didnt even raise his hand,he was acting like he lost,i just have no words…..BJ won 4rounds,frankie won the 5th,i couldnt give the 4round to frankie it was close round,and close rounds go to the campions,its just how it is.
that why they say you gotta beat the champion,and not run and hit

one of the judges gave frankie 5rounds,its ridiculous!!!!!!

1. he was the aggressor
2. His shots were more in control
3. BJ gassed in the third
4. the only big takedown of the night came from Edgar
5. He made BJ Penn completely ineffective

Between the third and 4th round BJ Penn was in his corner huffing and puffing and had a look in his eyes of “I got nothing left here”.

I told you guys 2 weeks ago this would happen and i was called a “troll”. Stop making excuses and start getting used to Edgar being our champion for quite some time.

1. frankie wastn the aggressor bj was chasing him all 5rounds
2.round 1,2,3 bj contacted more you can see the compybox stats
3.bj didnt gass but he was kind of weird even when you look at his enterens
4.that cant as a takedown cause bj got back to his stands immediately
5,neigher bj nor frankie were effective,one was running the other was chasing
boring fight,i am a bj fan ,i am just telling how i saw it

I’m not a fan of the this style edgar came in with…the whole machida…..silva….. chase me around the ring. Meet in the middle of the ring and get it on.

Honestly, BJ did nothing decisive in the fight to impress the judges, however, I handedly gave BJ the first 3 rounds off points, but Edgar won the final 2 hands down. 3-2 Penn.

I don’t see how you can have the title exchange hands in a fight like that. Makes you wonder…….really. Make BJ loose to keep him in the 155. I think if they fight 9 more timed, BJ wins them all.

Kinda glad BJ lost. Maybe we’ll see a BJ / Florian rematch on the Boston card……if there is one!

Puck i am a Lions fan still, and we r worse than the raiders. So if i still root for the lions than i am NOT a fair weather fan

no bj gave that one away u people dont realize it was not on us soil,so he can get away with it,like what r d odds again 7 is to 1 so bj put like 1million $ on edgar do the math.there is no amount of fighting bj will do here in us to get that much money.enough to sit his ass down for along time

I’m sick of people giving so much credit to BJ. Come on, who has he really fought in the lightweight division-Florian? Stevenson? Sherk? Sanchez? Wow, big whoop! They are good, but only Sanchez and Florian have impressed me lately. They are both still weeny babies anyway. The sad part is that these guys are supposed to be the best lightweights in the world. That division needs to step it up a little. BJ might be the best (even though he lost yesterday) lightweight in the world, but that division is lacking right now. Florian’s style is wimpy and he’s beating like everyone, except BJ. The welterweight division is pretty stacked, which is why I truly believe that GSP is the best pound for pound fighter. He doesn’t slack off and make excuses. He trains hard, has a smart game plan, and is a true martial artist-hard working and a lot of respect. Plus, he keeps getting better every time I see him.

I’m talking about BJ in general. He almost always has an excuse for himself. “Oh, GSP used Vaseline to make himself more slippery” “Ya, I beat GSP the first time we fought-just look at his face. It was a bad decision.” Whatever, he needs to take it more seriously. I do not think the fight was fixed. He just lost. Not saying I don’t like BJ, I just think he’s gotten too much credit.

Finally somebody at 155 exposing BJ for what he really is, an overrated fighter with mediocre conditioning. To even suggest that he could hold his own at 170 after this fight is laughable. Frankie proved that ANY fighter (no matter how big) with good cardio can beat him. Lets hear what “Pretty Boy” has to say.

But Edgar CLEARLY did a better job of mixing it up and I think that swayed the judges in his favor.

By mixing it up, I mean……great movement side to side and in and out, legs kicks ocassionally, attempted shots, a couple of takedowns (although he couldn’t hold him there). BJ really just boxed.

Again, VERY close fight but I think the decision was correct.

Curious about the knee wrap for BJ though. His mobility didn’t seem to be the usual and I suspect there was an injury there. If so, kudos for him to still fight and not back out. I think he also knows the UFC wanted to put on a big show for Abu Dhabi and I think BJ is the type to realize that and try to gut it out. Speculation on my part but if there was an injury, kudos to BJ for fighting anyway and taking one for the Company.