To this day it still annoys the fuck out of me, but does anyone remember when Fitch stole a
W from BJ Penn?
Fitch tends to be a guy that we as fans kind of sniffle at, due to factors like his wrestling-centric style and the impression that he is "boring". Jon Fitch was a top 5 or 6 Welterweight for almost 10 years, people forget this often.
Penn was a victim of his own bravery throughout his career, taking on all comers and taking
L’s to ridiculously large opponents like Machida and even at 170, guys like MacDonald and St. Pierre. People forget how many considerably larger fighters Penn competed against and also how much success he had.
I remember Fitch pretty much laying on Penn for 4 minutes + with the odd elbow thrown in, and the judges gifted him a 10-8 and subsequently - a draw.
I remember looking at the match-up and just being upset, felt similar to Henderson vs Thatch - where you just look at the size difference and you just cannot see him overcoming it.
Penn (in my opinion) technically embarrassed Jon Fitch for the first 10 minutes, and it pisses me off that fights like his now add to the blemishes on an "odd" record of a legend like BJ Penn.
It's more than just W's and L's on a record... Never forget The Prodigy - BJ PENN.
