BJ Penn: There Won't Be Bad Blood With Me and Kenny Florian
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 5:20 PM EDT
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BJ Penn has been known as a guy who can market and build up massive interest for a fight. He knows how to hype up a fight and ham it up for the cameras when he needs to. The attention gained in high profile fights with Sean Sherk and Georges St. Pierre was largely in part of BJ talking the talk and building up on the "bad blood" between them.
His next fight will be against Kenny Florian at UFC 101, and I have the feeling that this time it will be different. There is no first fight with a controversial decision, there is no steroid use or "cheating" that he could build up on, and no one has said anything bad about each other. I think that this fight will be one without animosity, and I think that it will be a great fight between the two best fighters in the division who have mutual respect for each other.
That has been my opinion for some time now, but I still wanted to find out for sure.
BJ Penn is known to respond to his fans online, so I contacted him to see if I could gauge if there was any animosity between him and Kenny:
Anton Tabuena: How's training for Kenny going? What do you think about him training with GSP and Firas?BJ Penn: Training is going great. I wish Kenny the best. I don't mind at all.
Anton Tabuena: I think it's nice that there's not much badblood between you guys. Two top guys in the division will sell itself right?
BJ Penn: Yup. It's going to be a great fight.
I tried to push some buttons on his past issues by bringing up St. Pierre and Firas, but he didn't bite. And even if he probably still has beef with GSP, it seems like he won't hate Kenny for it. BJ Penn will surely find a way to hype things up, but i definitely don't think it will be because of bad blood between him and kenny.
*the conversation happened via direct messages from twitter.
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I just sent BJ a message today on twitter, wish more fighters had that option. BJ seems like he makes sure he talks to the people who try to talk to him. I met him at the GSP-Fitch fight, he was in his pajama pants in a burrito place…nice guy.
by Kaleb Kelchner on Jun 10, 2009 11:28 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah
People criticize him for a lot of stuff but I think he’s a pretty nice guy.. Really good to his fans too.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Frank Trigg
has replied to my tweets a couple times. While I’m not a huge Trigg fan, it did make me like him a bit more seeing that he could take 5s out of his day to talk to a random guy on the internet.
http://www.mma-collective.com/
by schizosmurf on Jun 10, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Trigg tweets like 100 times a day hahah.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Him and Urijah
are definitely twitter whores. Though I suspect Faber might fade, wont be easy typing with that broken hand.
http://www.mma-collective.com/
by schizosmurf on Jun 10, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It didn't stop him from tweeting during surgery
So I don’t think it would stop him while in recovery..
Plus I think it’s great that he’s staying positive through this experience. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I know your real name now…
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
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"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Jun 10, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Weoweoweo
Supporting all Las Vegas MMA. Xtreme Couture FTMFW.
'09 is the year of the FW's.
by ElliotMatheny on Jun 10, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
shit that's good hahahaha
The comment, not me being raped… Just so we’re clear on that
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I love BJ.
He is part of my all asshole team I root for.
BJ
Hughes
Diaz
and Diaz
Brock
Jake
Miller
Torres (ok Torres is cool but the guy never gets the press he deserves. P4P champ.)
by Riney on Jun 10, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d!
Which Jake and which Miller are you talking about? And why is Frank Shamrock not on that team?
P4P champ
of being overrated.
Kid would absolutely shit kick Miguel. And so would guys like Joe Warren.
Supporting all Las Vegas MMA. Xtreme Couture FTMFW.
'09 is the year of the FW's.
by ElliotMatheny on Jun 10, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
No way. Kid’s too rusty, and Warren, as good as he is, is still too green for a finisher as strong as Torres.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 10, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Kid would destroy Torres
But Torres would probably sub Warren at this point.
Why is that? I think Kid has slowed down and still recovering from his long time off.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 11, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Cool Interview
You’re like the official Twitter-Reader of BE – I didn’t think Twitter would ever be as useful as you’re using it.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 10, 2009 5:40 PM EDT reply actions
Hahaha
Thanks bro.. Well all the famous people are there, so why not join in and try to get some news haha.
I don’t even have a facebook or a myspace hahaha..
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I know a lot of Filipinos who assume that he is half pinoy. They refuse to believe me when I tell them he’s half Korean.
by steak_knife on Jun 10, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah there are lots of rumors
Cause Hawaiians in general usually have pinoy blood. But BJ has already denied it, I guess some people still don’t know.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Some think he's pinoy... but no one comes close to pacman.. Crime rate drops to zero when he fights haha
Although, Vera is still the most famous Filipino MMA fighter here..
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 10, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
BJ Penn is still of the of the most talented fighters in this sports history he gets a bad rap cause he talks a lot of shit and doesn’t train like he should but the guy is still top class. i like kenny but ill be routing for the prodigy in this one.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
Wait
Did I read wrong when BJ said he’s going to go to California to train for his title fight?
Is he really leaving Hawaii??
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