So he can choke me with it.

Sorry ufc lw division, but outside of Diego Sanchez there is nobody near bj Penn when it comes to skill

But I believe that for a lot of fans, BJ is going to have to do a lot more than win fights to rebuild his reputation.

Discuss.

who said bj penns bjj for mma is overrated? bj is worth every bit of hype as far as ability goes, regardless of what people think of him as a person.

all the guys who thought forrest was going to take forrest….. im not going to be the guy who said “i told you so.”

oh wait, i just did…oh well

Breaking News: Kenny Florian is not GSP and doesn’t weigh 190ibs, consequently having a gameplan of trying to use mass to wear B.J. Penn down against the cage is NOT the right idea.

In related news: I Loved it. WAR B.J.!

It just seemed like he wanted to show off his conditioning or something…

P.S. just because I’m psyched my boy won, here’s what I had said in a previous post:

“It’s my opinion the fight will go down in the following way… for the following reasons:

B.J. and Kenny will open the fight with some range finding, B.J. will keep his shoulders rolled forward and pop the jab out in steps, Kenny will try and hit the lead leg with an inside leg kick over and over again but leave the left side of his head exposed and he’ll eat jab after jab.

Kenny will keep coming out aggressive against B.J. and eventually try to get inside on B.J. after he realizes he won’t be able to compete with the handspeed/accuracy/power of Penn.

Kenny will go in for a single and get B.J. on the cage at some point, Penn will use his standard cage clinch defense and block any harm from the knees, it’s very possible he might take an elbow or two before he is able to circle out after throwing multiple body shots to Florian, once he’s circled out he’ll start laying into Florian and working his strikes harder and harder into Florian, cutting off Florian’s ability to evade and circle out.

If/when the fight goes to the ground, if Penn gets on top of Florian it’s over, Penn will be glue on him, he’ll get hooks in on the mount or back and just ride Florian and hit him with strikes; This will force Florian to try a last ditch hip escape as the upa mount escape won’t work against a guy like Penn, the hip escape will result with Penn taking Florian’s back, hooking in, posturing up and bombing on Kenny or choking him until it gets stopped.

If Penn ends up on the bottom of the ground, he’ll work a high guard, hold Kenny inside and eliminate Florians ability to posture up any sort of slashing elbow, Penn may take some forearm hits but that’s about it before he’s able to use his "octopus guard" and get his legs up and over to sweep Kenny into guard, once inside Kenny’s guard you’ll see B.J. do some light hits before using a knee through pass to smash down Florian’s guard and once that happens the above paragraph will come into effect.

Now, my reasoning behind that play by play prediction: Good footwork and muay thai is great, it’s great when you’re able to project a lot of power into your strikes, Kenny doesn’t have that power, his shots sting but don’t last. B.J. has power in his hands and very quick reaction to go along with it, his hands will be too fast and his jab will eat up the range between him and Florian, if it goes inside Florian won’t be able to hold a plumb clinch on Penn because at 155 Penn is just the stronger and faster guy, Penn will shrug the clinch off and punish Kenny with uppercuts and fast hooks.

B.J. is training with Polamalu’s S&C coach, the guy who made Polamalu into a beast. Penn’s training explosively and is looking to be in at least the shape he was in the Sherk fight (a fight that everyone complained that Penn wasn’t going to have the cardio to keep up with Sherk), or Penn is going to be in even better shape after changing his routine and really delving into the scientific S&C approach that guys like… gasp GSP use.

B.J. will not pull guard, what’s the point when your wrestling and takedown defense is better than your opponents, Penn will be stronger than Kenny in any sort of tie up and will be asserting his force against Kenny in those situations, pulling guard will be the last thing on his mind and honestly it should be, pulling guard against another black belt is not a smart decision, it leaves gaps and space most of the time just due to how it’s done, not a good idea.

Penn won’t be kickboxing, sorry, his hands are it, don’t expect to see anything other than maybe some knees and forearm smashing, he won’t be throwing high kicks.

Penn’s top game, if he gets a top position on the ground will be anything but ineffectual, his ground game is very relaxed and uses a lot of power in short bursts, he’ll be putting the spurs to Kenny if he gets on top.

Penn’s head is made of rubber, hellbows or not Kenny won’t be able to work the clinch game.

We’ll see Penn coming out as the bigger, stronger, faster, and technically superior fighter in almost every area of this fight, Kenny’s not fighting a broken Stevenson, a hyper active brawler like Huerta, a kid who hasn’t developed muscle strength and tension like Lauzon… he’ll be fighting a guy who makes other lightweights cry themselves to sleep at night. Sorry Kenny, you’re toast."

Called it pretty damn close for the most part. Hells yeah.

For me personally, I believe BJ and Anderson are the best fighters b/c they are not afraid to fight in a different weight classes to challenge themselves, granted BJ was not successful against GSP in their second fight -we are not hearing anything from GSP about fighting Anderson. GSP has clearly cleaned out his division. After tonight we really won’t hear anything from GSP on fighting Anderson.