BJ Penn's is the luckiest fighter in MMA's history

[Sean0]

BJ Penn was gifted 7 title shots with 15-7 record at the time

He got his first title shot with a 3-0 MMA record against Jens Pulver and he lost that fight
He got his 2nd title shot with a 5-1-1 MMA record and also failed to win it
his 3rd title shot with 12-4-1 MMA record and he won the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship. against Joe Stevenson.

that's already 3 title shots with 12-4 MMA record, Tony Ferguson is 26-3 (16-1 in UFC) and still hasn't got a title shot yet, even though Tony has better wins at LW, the LW division back then had like 9 fighters and was removed from the UFC for a Period compared to 100+ in current LW.

BJ Penn's best win at LW:
Sean Sherk
Kenny Florian
Diego Sanchez

how is that a better resume than Poirier's:

Max Holloway
Eddie Alvarez
Justin Gaethje
Anthony Pettis

or Tony:

Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis
Kevin Lee
Rafael dos Anjos
Edson Barboza

or Khabib:

Conor McGregor
Edson Barboza
Al Iaquinta
Rafael dos Anjos
Michael Johnson

or RDA:

Kevin Lee
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis
Nate Diaz
Benson Henderson


RDA, Poirier, Ferguson, and Nurmagomedove all of them have better wins at LW and better records than BJ

a piece of metal doesn't determine greatness


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You're overlooking when he beat prime Matt Hughes for the WW belt. I'm not a BJ nuthugger but until recently he'd only fought the best of the best. Plus he would go up in weight and fight much bigger fighters.

 

[TheJohnnyWalkerEra]

Not sure how lucky he is

I'd probably rather be any random can over him right now

 

[moogie101]

Lol, join date of under a year & has the ability to read Wikipedia & thinks his opinion matters.

The simple fact is that Penn fought the best guys of his era to the point that despite being a natural 155 he fought at higher weights including Machida who weighed well over 200lbs & easily beat Matt Hughes who is one of the best Welterweights in the sport for the 170 belt.

He earned his title shots by virtue of being one of the best of his era & unlike today's fighters he didn't care about cutting weight for a significant advantage or worry about losing or how it would affect his precious MMA record that only impresses casuals, he just fought.

Obviously now the sport has passed him by, plus his social antics & lack of serious training outside of fight camps has caught up with him as it will to every fighter but that doesn't discount his career.

 

[Papa Doc]

Penn 1,2,3 vs Edgar in their first fight.

 

[djason1988]

BJ Penn was gifted 7 title shots with 15-7 record at the time

He got his first title shot with a 3-0 MMA record against Jens Pulver and he lost that fight
He got his 2nd title shot with a 5-1-1 MMA record and also failed to win it
his 3rd title shot with 12-4-1 MMA record and he won the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship. against Joe Stevenson.

that's already 3 title shots with 12-4 MMA record, Tony Ferguson is 26-3 (16-1 in UFC) and still hasn't got a title shot yet, even though Tony has better wins at LW, the LW division back then had like 9 fighters and was removed from the UFC for a Period compared to 100+ in current LW.

BJ Penn's best win at LW:
Sean Sherk
Kenny Florian
Diego Sanchez

how is that a better resume than Poirier's:

Max Holloway
Eddie Alvarez
Justin Gaethje
Anthony Pettis

or Tony:

Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis
Kevin Lee
Rafael dos Anjos
Edson Barboza

or Khabib:

Conor McGregor
Edson Barboza
Al Iaquinta
Rafael dos Anjos
Michael Johnson

or RDA:

Kevin Lee
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis
Nate Diaz
Benson Henderson


RDA, Poirier, Ferguson, and Nurmagomedove all of them have better wins at LW and better records than BJ

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You're 100% correct, but Penn's fanbase is damn near as rabid as Fedor's, and with half the justification.

 

[jsbx45]

Fucking Hell, he hasn't been very lucky lately!

 

[Foxflechette57]

BJ Penn was gifted 7 title shots with 15-7 record at the time

He got his first title shot with a 3-0 MMA record against Jens Pulver and he lost that fight
He got his 2nd title shot with a 5-1-1 MMA record and also failed to win it
his 3rd title shot with 12-4-1 MMA record and he won the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship. against Joe Stevenson.

that's already 3 title shots with 12-4 MMA record, Tony Ferguson is 26-3 (16-1 in UFC) and still hasn't got a title shot yet, even though Tony has better wins at LW, the LW division back then had like 9 fighters and was removed from the UFC for a Period compared to 100+ in current LW.

BJ Penn's best win at LW:
Sean Sherk
Kenny Florian
Diego Sanchez

how is that a better resume than Poirier's:

Max Holloway
Eddie Alvarez
Justin Gaethje
Anthony Pettis

or Tony:

Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis
Kevin Lee
Rafael dos Anjos
Edson Barboza

or Khabib:

Conor McGregor
Edson Barboza
Al Iaquinta
Rafael dos Anjos
Michael Johnson

or RDA:

Kevin Lee
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis
Nate Diaz
Benson Henderson


RDA, Poirier, Ferguson, and Nurmagomedove all of them have better wins at LW and better records than BJ

a piece of metal doesn't determine greatness


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BJ Penn is a legend no more to be said
too bad he is a junky since ages