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Hughes by far. He actually beat GSP once, while BJ got whooped by "Rush" 2 times.
this is a fair take. hughes had the consistent and dominant run, but bj did some ballsy things (and beat hughes twice). nod to hughes, but hats off to penn.Hughes looks better on paper with 7 overall title defenses (non-consecutive). BJ's career was far more interesting and noteworthy.
2 div champ (only 2 in UFC history).
3 division fighter.
Only LW champ to fight at HW.
Dropped the belt voluntarily to chase the best competition
Fought only true UFC champ vs UFC champ superfight in UFC history.
He just had this crazy unique career.
I have all the respect in the world for guys like Penn who go out there and fight the best win or lose. He never ducked anyone and in many cases fought larger opponents who were naturally bigger and stronger than him. Penn fought the best he didn't give a shit about protecting his record.
Hughes didn't care about protecting his record either but he was still able to build a 41-4 peak record fighting almost as tough of comp as Penn.