Bj Penn getting free rides for not building more mass

Being real, the only reason guys are 5'8 and ripped 190 lbs fighting at WW is steroids. BJ Penn was all natural.
 
Ts, I'm gonna guess that you are Nik Lentz

clues: you speak as if your superior to the members in this community, mentioning crack, and ripping on BJ
 
Why does Bj Penn get praise for coming in small vs WW fighters, when he knew when the fight was gonna be, agreed to it and still didn´t put on enough weight to not be at a size disatvantage ?

Like is he not athletic enough to bulk up to 185 then cut to 170 so his fans don´t have the free ride excuse "he was smaller" ? BTW he is 5´9 tall.

Is his hype comming from people brainwashing themselves trough browsin BjPenn.com daily and then becoming loyal to the point of delusion.

You think he is doing this for an excuse, when it's the opposite, he just doesn't care.

The only problem with delusion, is your own projection of what you think his motives are, if you were in his situation.

Not everyone is weak, looking for excuses if they fail. Some people just don't care and want to test themselves.
 
just read the first response. sorry if this has been said.
a young upstart with potential trying to make his name off a fading legend that wants one more fight. it happens all the time. in boxing, in any pro sports.
and BJ isn't being gifted anything. he's risking two decades of fighting at the highest level and once being considered p4p king, only to risk losing embarrassingly (again) to receive massive hate, pity, and scorn for what? a win over yair rodriguez?
the man's earned his spot to fight as the headliner for a UFC Fight Night, for God's sake
and yes, The Prodigy all the way.
 
so being underweight and 5´9 is better then being 5´9 and of normal ww weight, like if I can´t be as tall as you at least Imma be smaller then you

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you actually searched for a reply pic and that's what you came up with?!

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Why does Bj Penn get praise for coming in small vs WW fighters, when he knew when the fight was gonna be, agreed to it and still didn´t put on enough weight to not be at a size disatvantage ?

Like is he not athletic enough to bulk up to 185 then cut to 170 so his fans don´t have the free ride excuse "he was smaller" ? BTW he is 5´9 tall.

Is his hype comming from people brainwashing themselves trough browsin BjPenn.com daily and then becoming loyal to the point of delusion.

Honest answer:

BJ Penn was a small guy naturally and a martial artist who prioritised technique over body image.

He came to MMA as the world champion in BJJ at featherweight, by UFC standards that's weighing in at 153 on the day of competition.

Hence, he didn't really cut much weight for his first run at 155.

There was no weight class below 155.

Once they dissolved the 155 weight class he had to move up to 170.

He did try to bulk up for the first Hughes fight and he did put on a couple of pounds of muscle but it is very hard to do in your mid twenties whilst training five hours a day with the amount of cortisol these guys produce. Unless they are using AAS which shutdown your cortisol production.

After the Hughes fight things went to his head a bit.
 
He might not have had any intention of spending that long at 170 or bigger. He knows he can't stick around in that division forever because the opponents are too big. There's some guys he could've beat (could've because his prime is long gone), but he's naturally a LW, maybe even a FW, honestly.

If he put on some muscle to go up to 170 without intentions of staying there, then it would just make the journey back to 155, which is his best weight class, more difficult for him to cut to. Moving around that often in weight is really not healthy for you either. Putting on some extra muscle and then losing it not long after to cut back down isn't good for you.

BJ isn't known to be the healthiest guy around, he really isn't the best athlete 'cause he's known to be one of the lazier fighters in many peoples' opinion, yet most talented. BJ always just relied on his skill and pure fighting ability instead of his physical ability.

He did great before guys started evolving in all aspects and he eventually fell off. He truly never should've went up to fight Machida and should've tried to stay in shape more often, I think that effected him in the long run.

BJ being known to be lazy in the gym is, in my opinion, what makes him that much more impressive because he was so successful against the true elite of the elite still. If he made some better choices with his diet, didn't have all those yes men around him, etc, he likely would've accomplished even more.

Sometimes, gaining mass/muscle isn't always the answer for some fighters. Look at Jones for example - he gained a lot of muscle and then came back to fight OSP, but he didn't look even close to as good as he normally does. The long layoff is one thing but even so, more muscle doesn't always mean you'll be improved in any way, sometimes you end up not doing as well because of it.

/rant

I would argue BJ was quite the athlete to have gone as far as he did with such poor discipline, and drive to train. He basically made a legendary career out of his natural talents, with minimal effort to maintain what skills he had picked up by the time he was 25 or so. Someone who wasn't extremely athletically gifted could never have made it to the point Penn was at on sheer toughness/residual skill with minimal upkeep like he did.
 
Penn gets a lot of credit because in today's MMA world he would be a 145 pound fighter, but in heyday he could hang with the top 170 lb fighters. He didn't even train that hard but based purely on natural talent and skill he could hang with much bigger, stronger guys who tried way harder. Penn was a freak. If Penn had the work ethic of someone like GSP, forget about it. He would still be the champ. If you don't believe that you're an idiot. Even way past his best day he took rounds from big welterweights like Diaz and Fitch.

Penn came into fights with the best guys out of shape and still kicked their asses. He had a natural punching power, flexibility, and chin that you can't teach. Some guys like Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle are just made for hitting baseballs - Penn was made to fuck people up. He was just better. End of story.
This. Penn is legend, never dropped by a strike in whole career fighting the best guys, unbelievable
 
cause I post along teens. This is Sherdog HW the most delusional fanboysm in the world, period, bout any popular hot fighter they can vicariously live trough with no argumentation. This forum is known to be the worst in sports, lol. Including the rest of the website thinks this. I am well aware expected nothing more.
You haven't been online much kiddo. Must be a butthurt UGly member.
 
Take BJ as role-model and see how far your MMA career goes. He's not called "The Prodigy" for nothing: anybody else would have failed years before with that kind of training. But BJ is not anybody. He has the natural talent and a facility to learn that is very uncommon.

I'm a hater and I can admit it: nobody else could have gone that far with the "Just Scrap" approach. Young guys that have him as an idol don't even use the Just Scrap approach. Take Holloway: he will not say no to a scrap but he comes prepared!
 
If you had his life, and his money, and his "punchers chance"...you also might find it hard to muster the motivation to lift heavy.
 
he gets praise because he won the belt at a division where he was a pudgy little hawaiian. Like Edgar it's impressive how much success he had with minimal weight cutting.
 
Bulking up isn't always prudent. Look at Frankie or Cerrone.
 
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