Snapshot of the Day: BJ Penn

by Nick Thomas on May 8, 2008 3:00 PM EDT

"When I was cutting weight for my last fight against Joe Stevenson, we were in London trying to find water that I could drink; all their water had at least 5mg of sodium in it. I finally found one that had only 3mg, so I downed an entire gallon before reading on the label that there were 56.3 mg of sulfate in it. Stressing, I woke Jason to ask, "what the hell is a sulfate?!", but he didn't know. Rudy went upstairs to find out from someone else, but we ended up calling the nutritionist in Seattle. Turns out a sulfate is a salt of sulphuric acid. I started freaking out! I was at 158 before drinking the water. The nutritionist told me to not stress out, that I would make it worse although I was close to having a nervous breakdown. She told me to go to sleep and not stress too much. I told myself, 'This is a test; this is all part of being a champion. The fight is only a portion of it.' So I had to talk myself down and relax and concentrate on breathing to go to sleep. I woke up at 163 and cut back down to 155 pretty easily."

-- Tracy Lee writes about her first day in Hilo covering BJ's training.

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Re: Snapshot of the Day: BJ Penn

Tracy Lee is everywhere.

Wasn't she covering Urijah Faber's training in California like 2 days ago? And covering American Top Team in Japan 3 days before that?

by Tonley on May 8, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Snapshot of the Day: BJ Penn

Probably. Her work ethic is unreal.

by Luke Thomas on May 8, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

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you can get my work ethic easy.. Just believe this:

"I can do anything!!"

hehe, thanks for the support...

by tracylee on May 9, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Re: Snapshot of the Day: BJ Penn

Isn't Urijah in Hilo training with BJ?

by Tanner on May 8, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

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She was in Sacramento with Urijah (her hometown).

by BeerMonster on May 8, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

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thanks, you're awesome too!

and yes, I was doing all of that...

by tracylee on May 9, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

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how does she get all the dough to pay for the flights and stuff? I know she stays with the fighters so accomodations and food are likely paid for but the flights alone, Japan, USA, Canada, Hawaii, etc etc would be pretty brutal on the wallet.

Does she sell the photos she takes?

by pr0cs on May 8, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

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Its hurting my wallet, thats for sure...

by tracylee on May 9, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

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Damn - BJ looks pretty good for this fight. For BJ of course. If Sherk looked like that we'd all be asking him to pass the donuts.

BJ's a good example of a guy who has clearly focused on weight-training for strength instead of size. He hits as hard as anyone in MMA while appearing to be made out of cookie dough.

-- Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ

by jemaleddin on May 8, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

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Ah, BJ's diet typically is for shit based on reports that I've read. It's a Hawaiian or Filipino influence. Lots of rice and pork.. Urijah was freaking in some of Tracy Lee's shots of their meals out with BJ while in Hilo.

by dohfil on May 9, 2008 3:49 AM EDT reply actions