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Fighting at weights you don't belong at, fighting just for the love of fighting, fighting past your prime, these are all very commendable actions from the legends of our sport but it's also bordering on idiotic.
You spend all that time building your legendary legacy just to knock it all down by the end, with a record littered with brutal one-sided losses, one after another, after another. It almost makes you take credit away, as you ask yourself "are they just doing this for a quick payday?".
As a hardcore BJ Penn follower, I will support him until the end, but he's a prime example of someone who is no longer fun to watch because he simply doesn't have it anymore. It hurts to see (in my opinion) a top 10 fighter of all-time, losing to guys he would/could have beaten in his prime.
On the other hand, it also infuriates me when you see a guy like BJ fighting ridiculous opponents. Okay, if he somehow wins these it's legendary, but what on earth was he doing fighting Fitch, MacDonald and Machida? These sort of fights are the fights that could result in you not being able to lead a normal life in the future.
BJ Penn was utterly outclassed by Frankie Edgar when they fought a second time, at that stage I thought he was probably finished. When he put on that showing against Fitch, I still believed, I was shocked by how well he performed against an absolute giant gorilla of a wrestler in Jon. Unfortunately, seeing him get mauled by Edgar in their third fight, along with seeing Rory beat the fuck out of him was enough for me - I have given up on BJ for a few years now.
After Nick Diaz he took almost a year off, after MacDonald he took a year and a half off, and after Edgar the third time he took off almost 3 years. He needs to learn to let it go, that is almost 5 and a half years of hiatuses which are really not helping his attempts to be competitive in MMA.
Forever a fan, but there is nothing cool about getting demolished fight after fight.
Thanks for the memories BJ, I hope you have much success in the future with gyms, websites and any other great ventures you partake in, but please let it go this time - 16-11-2 with 4 lopsided losses in a row is not the way I want to remember BJ Penn, please don't make it 16-12-2.
You spend all that time building your legendary legacy just to knock it all down by the end, with a record littered with brutal one-sided losses, one after another, after another. It almost makes you take credit away, as you ask yourself "are they just doing this for a quick payday?".
As a hardcore BJ Penn follower, I will support him until the end, but he's a prime example of someone who is no longer fun to watch because he simply doesn't have it anymore. It hurts to see (in my opinion) a top 10 fighter of all-time, losing to guys he would/could have beaten in his prime.
On the other hand, it also infuriates me when you see a guy like BJ fighting ridiculous opponents. Okay, if he somehow wins these it's legendary, but what on earth was he doing fighting Fitch, MacDonald and Machida? These sort of fights are the fights that could result in you not being able to lead a normal life in the future.
BJ Penn was utterly outclassed by Frankie Edgar when they fought a second time, at that stage I thought he was probably finished. When he put on that showing against Fitch, I still believed, I was shocked by how well he performed against an absolute giant gorilla of a wrestler in Jon. Unfortunately, seeing him get mauled by Edgar in their third fight, along with seeing Rory beat the fuck out of him was enough for me - I have given up on BJ for a few years now.
After Nick Diaz he took almost a year off, after MacDonald he took a year and a half off, and after Edgar the third time he took off almost 3 years. He needs to learn to let it go, that is almost 5 and a half years of hiatuses which are really not helping his attempts to be competitive in MMA.
Forever a fan, but there is nothing cool about getting demolished fight after fight.
Thanks for the memories BJ, I hope you have much success in the future with gyms, websites and any other great ventures you partake in, but please let it go this time - 16-11-2 with 4 lopsided losses in a row is not the way I want to remember BJ Penn, please don't make it 16-12-2.