Reason why BJ Penn lost

[NGSouthpaw]

1. Ring-rust
2. Ring-rust
3. You can call me mystic ring-rust becuz i predict tiz ring-rust threadz!

 

[IndyCovaHart]

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[wonderbread]

AARP fight of the night

 

[elreece]

he is old and needs to retire, rusty or not he isnt ever winning again.

 

[Phrozenspite]

reason 1. Yair
Reason 2. BJ Penn

 

[WhitebeltXL]

You can't take 2 and a half years off, retire, and come back and fight a top prospect.

I can understand not wanting to leave on that third Edgar fight, but I think he should have swallowed his pride and discreetly asked for a more favourable match up.

I know they trained together quite a lot, but Gray Maynard would've have been a better style matchup and more winnable, plus Gray still has a name and was a former title contender.

 

[wookie brawl]

Old, slow, stagnant & stubborn. That's why.

 

[Giant Wimp]

Ego....thought he still had it

 

[Cro Cop Is Back]

He wasnt motivated.

 

[McBlaze]

So if he had fought Nam Phan tonight and Cole Miller in 2 weeks to get rid of that ring rust, he would have beaten Yair ?

 

[Emjay]

He got kicked in the face

 

[NwGKenny]

because he is not an athlete anymore. He looks like he hasn't sprinted in three years LOL

 

[brainwash]

Reason: he's not good.

 

[Giant Wimp]

Big John stopped the fight

 

[linvillegorge]

BJ is a shot fighter. We all knew that definitively after that third Edgar fight.

He's 1-6-1 in his last 8. It's over.

 

[bad seed]

I bet he can't even jump out of a pool anymore.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

You can't take 2 and a half years off, retire, and come back and fight a top prospect.

I can understand not wanting to leave on that third Edgar fight, but I think he should have swallowed his pride and discreetly asked for a more favourable match up.

I know they trained together quite a lot, but Gray Maynard would've have been a better style matchup and more winnable, plus Gray still has a name and was a former title contender.

BJ didnt wanna lose to a can

I'm pretty sure thats why he wanted a top guy

 

[Willy Lump Lump]

Go home. You're drunk.

 

[filthynumber1]

its octagon rust dammit! not ring

 

[WhitebeltXL]

BJ didnt wanna lose to a can

I'm pretty sure thats why he wanted a top guy

I think you're right.

It would look pathetic coming back and losing to an unranked guy, but with Yair, you have a ready made excuse. And who knows, if you catch the young guy cold, you're pretty much guaranteed a title fight in today's climate.