Nick Diaz: Esther Lin
This afternoon, the official twitter of B.J. Penn sent out an incredibly bizarre tweet. Most immediately believed that the former lightweight champion's twitter was hacked and that it was the work of some deranged fan who decided to have a little fun on twitter. The tweet was an attack on Nick Diaz and Jon Fitch, two former Penn opponents. After the Diaz fight, BJ announced his retirement in the cage and was set to walk away from the sport of MMA. And since UFC 139, he's been extremely quiet and reclusive. It appears that Penn still has the itch to fight.
The tweet from BJ Penn:
@bjpenndotcom
BJ PENN . http://t.co/QfA3igOI - @nickdiaz209 Look how much bigger you are in this pic..I thought you were gonna (cont) http://t.co/hsBMllc3
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Full text from the tweet:
. http://yfrog.com/oc35195437j - @nickdiaz209 Look how much bigger you are in this pic..I thought you were gonna scrap from the beginning homie? What was that coward fence holding strategy to tire out the smaller man? Street fighter my ass! I made you fight like glass jaw @jonfitchdotnet poser! I'll be ready for that weak bs next time we fight!
Pedro Carrasco, the MMA news director of BJPenn.com addressed the bizarre tweet on the MMA forum the UG:
"Pedro Carrasco - and there is a reason why he posted it, He is fired up because now that the holidays are over and a lot of his post-fight distractions are behind him he has nothing to do but think about things and he is not happy with the way he performed in his last several fights.
I am not here to make excuses for him, but I am pretty sure people, at least with some sense of intelligence, can identify that the BJ that fought Edgar, Fitch and Diaz was not the same Penn that fought the Diego's and Florians of the world
Things changed, but as it sits right now, he is back. That killer mentality and fire is back and it's been brewing for a while now and today's tweet is a result of it just boiling over!
Expect more from Penn to come for sure! "
I hope that Pedro Carrasco is right in his assessment of BJ Penn's current attitude regarding his career. The BJ Penn that ruled the lightweight division isn't the one who has shown up lately in the UFC. However, if BJ is using his News Director to plant a story in hopes of angling for another fight with Diaz, he could end up extremely injured. He needs to commit himself 100% to training and unless he does so, he'll just continue to tarnish his legacy.
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See to believe.
IRodC - January 5, 2012
Came here to post the same thing
karmaportrait - January 5, 2012
Yeah, there’s a big difference between an angry tweet and a full camp with a return to the octagon.
CBrey - January 5, 2012
+1
theworldsoldestsport - January 6, 2012
So stupid.
Of course Diaz is bigger, he’s an actual WW, not a LW fighting in the WW division. You want to fight guys your size BJ? Cut the weight. All the other natural 155ers do it. This is just fluff to spark interest.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
Nick Diaz has actually fought close to lightweight before
He fought at 160 a couple times in his career.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
Yeah, and it was a very, very tough cut. He only figuth at that weight because Jake Shields was champion at WW in Elite XC (which is a big part of the reason Shields fought at MW in SF). BJ is smaller than Diaz, period.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
He's back!
He’s going to be as good as everybody thought he was, better than everybody else! Just like Nas is.
http://youtu.be/C4Hx9Rtvw1Y?t=52s
ToffeeA - January 5, 2012
If Crazy BJ still exists, he needs to stay at lightweight.
MicahtheCynic - January 5, 2012
This.
B.J. needs to stop complaining about fighting a bigger guy. He’s only fighting a bigger guy because he’s too lazy to cut to 155. Oh, and when he was at 155 he lost twice in a row to a smaller guy.
MichaelDavidSmith - January 5, 2012
“B.J. needs to stop complaining about fighting a bigger guy. He’s only fighting a bigger guy because
he’s too lazy to cut to 155when he was at 155 he lost twice in a row to a smaller guy.”Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
BJ vs Nate for his return would be fine with me
Robert V-U - January 5, 2012
Or go to SF and fight Melendez.
Bolshevik - January 5, 2012
I like that idea even better
Robert V-U - January 5, 2012
Melendez would smash Penn at this point. Penn brought me back to UFC, but watching his last few fights has been a sad sight. His corner was useless, and he looked like his heart wasn’t in it. I understamd that they are prizefighters, but fighting strictly to get paid, with no real desire besides getting paid going in to a fight is unfair to his distinguished legacy, and can only further serve to tarnish it. Maybe he should think like Tito, and call out another aging legend for one last, fan friendly hurrah. We love us some B.J. Penn around here, but miss him, even as we watch him fight.
Mr. Socko - January 6, 2012 via mobile
agreed that BJ’s corner was useless.
nannerb - January 6, 2012
He's alreay done that vs. Hughes the third time.
VenusBlue - January 7, 2012
DFW paid him to say it
cletusvandam - January 5, 2012
Win or Lose
Im a BJ PENN fan for life
InternetRacist - January 5, 2012
BJ Penn reminds me of Brock Lesnar
You can want the money or the fame or to be a champion…but some people just don’t have what it takes to keep it. They don’t like fighting or they don’t like training or something is missing.
I enjoy watching both of them fight, but I won’t be fooled again.
Django Z - January 6, 2012
Despite the fact that I picked BJ to win the first fight,
these days I don’t really see even a motivated BJ Penn beating Nick Diaz.
alicks - January 5, 2012
Nick Diaz is a beatable opponent for BJ, if he comes in good shape.
lolumad - January 5, 2012
I don’t think he can get into good enough shape to beat Diaz regardless. He drowned BJ with his cardio in their last fight; Diaz’s cardio is on another level, probably the best in MMA.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
so he didnt come in shape last time
four20 - January 6, 2012
But by defauly, BJ Penn at 170 is not in shape.
alicks - January 6, 2012
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alicks - January 6, 2012
Cry me a river BJ…Nick put hands all over you, now drop back down to 155 so Nate can do the same thing.
ANance - January 5, 2012 via mobile
This
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
this
wat a turd
four20 - January 6, 2012
DIAZ SANDWICH!!
BJ can be the Spam.
Charles Awad - January 5, 2012
I’ll be the spicy brown mustard.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
I'll bring the mayonnaisse!
Wait… What?
Charles Awad - January 5, 2012
The ham, you mean.
Because he is, you know, hamming it up.
.
.
.
Good fucking lord, I am that good (read: none)…
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
You don't get Hawaii, bro
Andy Anderson - January 5, 2012
What's that? A mermelade?
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
You really don't know what spam is do you?
Also, I have just heard of marmalade, is mermelade made out of mermaids?
Andy Anderson - January 5, 2012
I’m pretty sure Unabomberman is from Mexico, so he actually might not get the Spam/Hawaii connection.
Sqwibbs - January 5, 2012
I don't even know what that is, correct.
And I know it is Mermelade. But Marmalade is made from real live Mermaids, so…
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Wait. That made no sense...
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Oh, shit...
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
It IS marmalade, you dicks!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Yeah
that is what i am saying
Andy Anderson - January 5, 2012
LOL!
Spam is canned, cubed, Pig meat… nobody knows what… but I think it’s from the cube pigs from Space Truckers. People fucking love it in Hawaii, and that’s about the only place.
Sqwibbs - January 5, 2012
This is where Spam comes from.
Sqwibbs - January 5, 2012
UNGODLY ABOMINATION!!!!!!!!!!!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
...
gross
SentientAndroid - January 5, 2012
Yea...
But they stack well.
Sqwibbs - January 5, 2012
In hell, everyone fucking stacks well...
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
IT’S THE BACK OF COLE KONRAD’S NECK!!!!!!
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
That is from the gestation crates huh? Sick as hell.
I don’t eat animals cause of the way they are raised and treated. When I did it was only organic grass fed etc. People can say what ever but there is some seriously nasty and cruel things that happen in those processing plants. Pigs are as smart as dogs. It’s fucked the way they cut the balls off the little ones.
J_Maddux - January 5, 2012
But ham is delicious
Chris Hall - January 5, 2012 via Android app
Bacon makes me allow it.
DCJon. - January 5, 2012
That is why I, while still eating meat, am in favor of cultvating our own meat using the power of...
CULTURED MEAT!
SCIENCE!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Looks like a loaf of bread
Cunny - January 6, 2012
I'm truly shocked at how many of you haven't seen Space Truckers.
It is probably the second best movie ever, next to Zardoz. I believe it’s available on Netflix instant. You should watch it.
Sqwibbs - January 6, 2012
don't forget where it comes from...
We luvs that shiz in Minnesnowtah!!
flashlight cop - January 5, 2012
no we don’t. i dont know anyone that eats it in mn. we don’t have fastfood restaurants serving spam burgers like Hawaii does.
YoungGun - January 6, 2012 via mobile
spam burgers?
oh dear gawd
you can’t be serious. people in the third world would think twice about eating that
Clay Davis - January 6, 2012
I just had a mcdonalds breakfast today that came with spam, rice, portuguese sausage, and eggs.
Brandon Starr - January 6, 2012
thats fucking weird man
Clay Davis - January 7, 2012
nah he's the HAM
cuz he’s gonna go HARD AS A MOTHERFUCKER
Rob Young - January 5, 2012
BJ would destroy Kid Nate Diaz
ElliotMatheny - January 6, 2012
What a coincidence
I tweeted hard all over some chick the other night.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Whoa dere
Krimson - January 5, 2012
all tweet tweet mother fuckaaaaa
all tweet tweet god DAMN
Rob Young - January 5, 2012
Tweet so much
they call her Billy Ocean.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
kinda sad...
but good hype for future fights.
BJ aint beating Diaz anytime soon. Fitch maybe.
Kid Kimura - January 5, 2012
Wake me up when:
1) a bout agreement is signed
2) BJ hires the Marinoviches again
Also, BJ, if you think you’re getting Diaz again, you gotta stop mainlining poi. If you want to stay at 170, we’re talking Paulo Thiago and Brian Ebersole…
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
bj vs nate diaz 155 do it!!!!
gxc - January 5, 2012
And why the hell would Nate do that. He may be insane, but not that insane.
yonsson - January 5, 2012
That is a great idea for Nate
Beat BJ, get a title shot.
warren305 - January 5, 2012
Hellz yeah!
Have Nate carve his name on BJ’s skull.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
it's so sad that I read this comment...
and didn’t reject it outright.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Warming up to the idea of skull carving? Cool!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
The blueprint is there
Outlast BJ, you win.
It could even be a 5 rounder.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
ok, but let's not act like Penn's a can.
He’s fallen, but not that far.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
I'm not saying that
But Nate does have the tools and the style to beat him.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Seeing Nate lite up Cerrone, I agree.
That and Nate is a bit better of a wrestler. He can clinch and has some throws. I think he can keep it standing.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
not necessarily
…BJ was lighting up Diego even in the 4th and 5th unless my memory has failed me…
OmoPlata - January 5, 2012
Therefore
Diego did not outlast BJ.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
When he was with the Marinovich's(spelling?)
He was tearing it up…looked leaps and bounds better than Florian, looked leaps and bounds better than Sanchez.
I mean…I think there comes a point where a fighter just naturally starts passing their prime, once they hit about 32-33 and they’ve been in it 10+ years…it’s hard to say they are going to improve with time.
But, I would love to see him put together any kind of run that he can.
Chris Groves - January 5, 2012
seriously
what actually happened with BJ and the Marinovich? Surely BJ knows that he was amazing when he was training with them and looked pretty mediocre without
Our Bovine Public - January 5, 2012
I saw some interview where BJ mentioned that he had been approached about doing steroids several times earlier in his career, from lots of different trainers and whatnot.. and that he had always said no and stopped training with those people.
So, I have sometimes wondered if maybe that could have been what happened there? I want to stress though that I don’t have anything specific to back that up, basically just wild speculation on my part.
Horselover Fat - January 5, 2012
Also
Absolutely no one in football like Marv Marinovich or has any respect for him.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Really? I honestly know nothing about his background or reputation, other than training with BJ when he was good.
Horselover Fat - January 5, 2012
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude...the guy is a grade 'a' psycho dad.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
He's a durn good pa, but he hates the laaaaaaaaaw!
CasualMMAFan - January 6, 2012
He ruined his own career with overtraining and his son’s life by…being a lunatic, I guess is what you’d call it? Even today, there’s a lot of controversy around him.
Tedd Welch - January 5, 2012
Oh, okay. That’s very interesting.
Horselover Fat - January 5, 2012
ESPN made a great documentary about him and Todd
Marv groomed Todd himself to be an All-Time great college quarterback and future NFL star.
……. Todd has been treated for using every drug you could imagine. Literally.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Right, that’s.. I guess that makes my little crackpot theory even more plausible.
Horselover Fat - January 5, 2012
BJ said prior to the Diaz fight...
that he was thinking about training with the Marinoviches again, so I don’t think that they were PED guys.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Marv seems to oddly self-righteous
MauiPimpin said he heard word around the island that Marv was trying to tell him how to train MMA and he didn’t like it. At all.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
All I know is...
that the best BJ we’ve ever seen was trained by the Marinoviches. Also, Maui’s on a different Island than Hilo, no? I think there may be a case of island telephone going on….
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
The MMA scene on the islands is a very close knit group actually.
Between Oahu, Maui, Big Island, word gets around very quickly but it usually doesn’t leave the islands.
Brandon Starr - January 5, 2012
Yep. I train with some of his sparring partners on occasion and my instructors train with the Penn brothers regularly..
Supposedly Marinovich was trying to change the why he actually fights, as opposed to just how he trains. Big no no in Penn’s camp. However, if Marv could just shut his mouth about that kind of shit, there is no doubt that Penn was in the best shape of his life while training with him.
Brandon Starr - January 5, 2012
I’d probably kick him out too if I spent my entire life training in martial arts, as well as my sparring partners and coaches – and then this guy who dedicated his and his son’s life to football is going to tell me how to fight?
nannerb - January 6, 2012
I think Todd got busted for Steroids in high school. I’d sure buy it.
Tedd Welch - January 5, 2012
I thought that they were known for...
scientific, clean train methods, but who knows? Nothing would surprise me in terms of PED use in sports anymore…
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
it was scientific all right, produced in a lab. I remember seeing Todd all over Cal High Sports, he was the tallest, biggest ginger kid I’ve ever seen.
tigerlee - January 5, 2012
incontrovertible proof.
Did Marv give him the meth, too?
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Never thought I'd read these words on BE
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Too much like reading your mom’s text messages?
OOOOH- BURN!
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Nice
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
no that was Al Davis
tigerlee - January 5, 2012
Then get him back on the juice!
I prefer a Killer-BJ on PEDs to the latest edition anytime. He’s not THAT bad though. I’m afraid the rest of the pack has just gotten a lot better and he never belonged at 170.
KGNLuc - January 5, 2012
Dolce
Could get him down to 145, easy
tigerlee - January 5, 2012
that would be awesome
seriously
Andy Anderson - January 5, 2012
Bj vs Aldo bitches!!
TheLastEmpress - January 5, 2012
Dude Marv burned BJ out
He made BJ look like a killer for 2 fights and then he crashed hard. Marv made his son crash even harder.
Rob Young - January 5, 2012
Looks like BJ needs to get beat down again. Its about that time of year.
andrew861 - January 5, 2012
Meanwhile, somewhere Jon Fitch was just minding his own business, eating bean curds, when he got thrown into it.
BVandDietPepsi - January 5, 2012
After getting KTFO in 12 seconds.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
I don’t know if that’s better or worse than getting smashed to pieces by Nick Diaz.
andrew861 - January 5, 2012
Now his next video is gonna be soooooo maudlin. Gonna show him looking out contemplatively at a sea coast or something.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Sorta like in this link?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqJ1ergI7lk
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Wow!
Fitch got that out quick!
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Nothing seasons bean curds quite like tears and shattered dreams.
vile(nt)green - January 5, 2012
those don't help either
the only thing that seasons bean curds well is a nice 16oz porterhouse.
tigerlee - January 5, 2012
If that were the case I'd imagine they mistakenly put the bean curds on my plate.
vile(nt)green - January 5, 2012
This makes me wonder
Has he watched a replay of that fight?
I can’t imagine how he thinks it could have played out different.
Seems like BJ is really depressed and just lashing out for some attention.
I miss the old BJ who just accused guys of cheating if they beat him.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
BJ won the first round rather handily.
I don’t think it’s weird at all that he thinks he can win. Can he? Especially if the next one’s a 5 round main? No. No he can not. There are worse things than seeing another 15 of those two, but there are so many better matchups for Diaz right now.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Then got smashed in the second
10-8 status.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
It was really sad to see.
Had that fight been, like, five rounds, BJ would’ve died of a heart attack.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
And after five rounds Diaz would have fought GSP right there on the spot
While running a marathon.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
and gotten smashed.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
I dunno.
I’ve never seen GSP try to adapt his fighting strategy to effectively use his strengths while running a marathon.
I’m taking Diaz on this one.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
I'd have to take GSP over Nick
But if one unfortunate thing happened(an injury, eye poke, etc) the odds would go more and more to Nick’s favor.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Have we ever seen GSP's bike riding technique?
No we haven’t. We don’t even know if he can effectively counter Nick’s offense while on the bike.
You obviously know nothing of MMMA (Marathon-MMA).
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
make this sport
i demand it
Andy Anderson - January 5, 2012
As long as we get some X-Arm on the prelims
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
GSP IS DOWN BUT STILL DEFENDING! DIAZ IS LOADING A HAYMAKER!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
better watch for that upkick
OmoPlata - January 5, 2012
I think you're refering to Triathlon-MMA (TMMA)
No bike-riding in MMMA. People always confuse them.
KGNLuc - January 5, 2012
Don't you fuck with my new sport, brah.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
WAIT WAIT WAIT; doesn't all this TRASH TALK, BIKE RIDING MMA destroy the purity of the Sport of honorable men in fair and legitimate combat????????????
dandeman - January 5, 2012
Uh...YEs.
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And?
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Well if your cool with it, so am I.
dandeman - January 5, 2012
Nothing but honorable gents in this sport, chum.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Well good sir I believe you have tipped over my hat.
I believe I have. Shall we have a go at it.
I say we shall
dandeman - January 5, 2012
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Deal
warren305 - January 5, 2012
PUNCH!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
then the rematch would have to be...
gymnastics based.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
I think GSP is a favorite to beat Diaz
But I don’t think Diaz gets smashed.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
GSP just hasn't been the same...
since he took an arrow in the knee
mentasm - January 5, 2012
Mobile rec for the “Skyrim” reference. That game has sucked up more of my spare time then Zelda when I was a wee lad.
Mr. Socko - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Blasphemy!!!
I use to LOVE Zelda! A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time are straight video game perfection imo.
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
Skyward Sword
FTW!
But seriously, I quit playing SS to start Skyrim, and haven’t looked back.
TheFilt - January 6, 2012
I honestly haven’t played the last two Zelda games, I don’t own a Wii and I guess I’ve kinda outgrown the series :(
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
Go get the game
NOW!
Easily one of the best games I’ve played in years. Probably the best Zelda ever.
TheFilt - January 6, 2012
I'm sure I will
I guess I’ll scoop up a Wii eventually this year even though the Wii-U is supposed to be coming out this year. I borrowed the kid’s Wii last week and have been playing Punch Out like a muther fucker!
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
I misread
Thought you already had a wii.
Get one and hack it. You’ll thank me later.
TheFilt - January 6, 2012
Bj rarely loses the first round
It’s the rounds after that are always concerning.
nannerb - January 6, 2012
This
warren305 - January 5, 2012
This
Is why it’s so hard to be a bj fan
mmazing - January 5, 2012
What is this crap.. bad attempt at creating hype? A joke? Or has he become even more delusional?
Horselover Fat - January 5, 2012
BJ needs to calm the fuck down.
And rematch Fitch. Sorry, but what else is there?
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Penn is back? He's had more resurrections than Jesus Christ.
pud333 - January 5, 2012
Penn and Vera need to announce "they're back" at the same time.
SSreporters - January 5, 2012
Don't forget about me!
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
AND ME!
Krimson - January 5, 2012
AHND MHE!
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
AHND MHE!
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
BJ Penn needs to drop down. He is in better shape at lightweight than welterweight.
Like I said in another thread, there are much more interesting match ups at lightweight. Gray Maynard, Jim Miller, Melvin Guillard, Clay Guida, Cerrone and Diaz are all great fights for BJ.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
weird
if he is back though he needs to fight at 155.
Penn vs Nate Diaz.
Tats16 - January 5, 2012
I've said it even before the Diaz fight
BJ Penn is done as a fighter and his head isn’t in it anymore no matter what he says. He gets very discouraged when he’s behind in a fight and I think as long as you pressure him you’ll beat him.
Basically if he ever comes back he needs to fight someone in the top 15 at LW.
SSreporters - January 5, 2012
I give him 8 hours til he apologizes for what he says
Krimson - January 5, 2012
and re-announces his retirement.
he tried to jump out of the pool and couldn’t do it. He knows it’s time.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Didn't Penn use that coward fence holding strategy against Fitch?
Magaca - January 5, 2012
It blows my mind that BJ would bitch about a size difference when he knows he is giving up weight at 170.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
did bj’s mom hijack his twitter account?
uwcb - January 5, 2012
Dana should ban him from fighting at WW
nobody wants to see him at ww unless they hate him and want him to lose.
155 damnit.
Tats16 - January 5, 2012
Agreed
Better match ups, and quite frankly BJ is a better fighter at lightweight.
Plus the division is so insane and deep that Edgar could lose the belt at anytime, which opens up the opportunity for BJ to fight for the gold again.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
What is BJ talking about saying this “I thought you were gonna scrap from the beginning homie? What was that coward fence holding strategy to tire out the smaller man? Street fighter my ass”
OK BJ this coming from the man who shot for a takedown not even a min into the 1st round. You gassed yourself out and then got your ass beat BJ end of the story
Shocbomb - January 5, 2012
And I hate Nick Diaz and was rooting for BJ in that fight, I can not even think of a reason before reading this crap buy BJ that I would post in his behalf, this just screams sore loser
Shocbomb - January 5, 2012
Ok BJ, whatever
Just stop. Dude hadn’t said anything about you. Now he’s a coward…Ok BJ
warren305 - January 5, 2012
huh? no.
it was the same BJ. its just that the edgar’s fitch’s & diaz’s of the world are a lot tougher than the diego’s and florian’s of the world.
fontgangsta - January 5, 2012
Really getting tired of people thinking they have these existencial transformations
You are who you are.
warren305 - January 5, 2012
Unless you're drunk
warren305 - January 5, 2012
and you're someone who can't spell existential.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
Are you saying
He’s not who he is?
The fucking deep.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
That’s fucking deep.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
You two should tsop watching porn together.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
it's known as the...
“it is what it isn’t” effect.
John Danaher's Hair - January 5, 2012
You're hair sucks
warren305 - January 5, 2012
He is hair sucks? THEN WHO WAS PHONE?!?1
lolumad - January 5, 2012
Sanchez beat Diaz. Just sayin.
Hendo_One-Shot - January 5, 2012
A long time ago
I’m taking Diaz all day in that rematch. Especially because it seems like Sanchez’s wrestling has actually regressed since then.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
I also would put my $ down on Diaz Big time in that rematch.
Shocbomb - January 5, 2012
Yeah, if BJ could hold him down
I doubt Diego can do it. Plus Diaz boxing is a lot better now adays.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
Coming from as big a Penn fan as humanly possible, this is weak. If he can’t put the time in to polish his cardio, then then beating matt hughes will forever be his biggest accomplishment at ww, period.
Hendo_One-Shot - January 5, 2012
Fitch vs BJ II or GTFO
…of 170.
Charles Awad - January 5, 2012
fitch would murderize him in a second fight
uwcb - January 5, 2012
And it would be glorious.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Fitch would lay on him and land some short elbows and weak sauce hammerfists.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
Huge BJ fan
but I can’t believe the hype behind the “he’s back” movements any more. To be emotionally invested in BJ Penn’s career is to be disappointed. He hasn’t done what he needs to do to fulfill his potential and he sadly never will.
Hope to see him fight again at 155 but only with a new camp and approach. If he fights at 170 again, I will find it hard to watch.
KidCanada - January 5, 2012
At first I was like
then I was like
Matthew Roth - January 5, 2012
FAT KID ICE CREAM WAR PAINT
Winner
krcampbell - January 5, 2012
the first one is hilarious
the seconds is somewhat disgusting…
Sean in Vancouver - January 5, 2012
Lol
warren305 - January 5, 2012
Fucking Gingers...
av1o3 - January 5, 2012
go easy on the kid
he has no soul, what do you expect
Rob Young - January 5, 2012
favorite comment of 2011 so far
nannerb - January 6, 2012
Yeah BJ, Diaz didn’t bring the fight to you at all.
He clearly “held” you on the fence the whole time.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
That's nothing
Last time I fought a coward he broke nose and three of my ribs. Fucking punk.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Cowards be fightin to hard B
warren305 - January 5, 2012
Yeah they do
Coward punched me in the face no less than 200 times then ran like a bitch.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Oh how fickle we MMA fans are...
Everyone writes off BJ after a loss to the #1 contender, A guy he was beating the shit out of until his gas tank failed him, And now that Nate has one decent win hes all of a sudden a LW god when really hes a poor man’s Nick at best who would get smashed by BJ just like his brother did(in the 1st).
One win = Godly, One loss = can… Sigh.
Chin Check - January 5, 2012
Yeah. That’s not how you win an argument…
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Let's be real
BJ has lost is 1-3-1 in his last 5 fights.
Nate has done really well against several top 10 LW’s and is looking better and better.
Now throw in the fact that BJ tires early, especially under pressure, and its no wonder he seems like a winnable fight for Nate.
Also, BJ got straight up out-classed for two rounds of a three round fight against Nick. Let’s not pretend he was in the fight.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Let’s also not assume too early Nate is suddenly on the level with Nick. IMO it would be competitive but NJ has to be the favorite.
KGNLuc - January 5, 2012
BJ coming of getting whipped and a long layoff?
That BJ?
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
*off of getting whipped*
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
The layoff isn't that long
and a good whipping can motivate a man. So yeah, that BJ.
KGNLuc - January 5, 2012
Then he's getting whipped again.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
If the fight gets made, we can deal with this like real men
and sig-bet on it!
KGNLuc - January 5, 2012
Sure, sure.
Just remind me of it later.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
BJ would be the favorite
But the fight makes a lot more sense than Nick vs BJ II.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
LW makes more sense than WW
Period.
KGNLuc - January 5, 2012
Word
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
Nothing like a HW BJ
They work hard
warren305 - January 5, 2012
Matt Serra vs BJ at MW. Book it.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
Serra is going to need a long training camp
Before he can make middleweight.
MichaelDavidSmith - January 5, 2012
Nate isn't that far off from Nick
He’s fought in the toughest division in sports and has had a very good strength of scheduled. Nate is only a step behind Nick, and is only 26
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
Nate is a good LW...
But lets not get too high on the Diaz coolaid here people, A decent wrestler will dominate either brother and BJ has the tools to put either of them away when he fights with his head instead of his HUGE throbbing ego… His offensive wrestling and BJJ acumen would be more then enough to control a fight with either Diaz without getting submitted but his ego wont let him which is a shame.
Also his lack of REAL training is what truly stands in his way because his cardio is the weakest part of his game and now everyone knows it, BJ has lost fights but he has rarely been beaten, The other guy was just lucky he got tired before he could finish.
Chin Check - January 5, 2012
BJ could control the fight that way until he got tired, then Nick would pick him apart again. You can’t just be a “decent wrestler”, you have to be a top-control wizard with good takedowns and great cardio to beat Nick Diaz.
Bolshevik - January 5, 2012
Top control wizard?
Bahahahaha
Anyone with half decent MMA wrestling could ride either of those Diaz’s to a decision, If BJ can control FItch then i doubt he’d break a sweat controlling Diaz who was shit scared of Woodley before he managed to jump ship for match ups that didnt wreck him only to bump into the best MMA wrestler in existence and somehow people still think he has a chance? Wow.
As for gassing, Thats always a possibility but once you get the takedown and establish top control its the bottom guy busting his ass to get out and back up, Not the top controller so i see BJ lasting a 3 round fight just fine if that was his gameplan but we know it never will be because he “JUST SCRAP”’s to the detriment of his legacy.
Chin Check - January 5, 2012
So BJ Penn doesn’t have half decent MMA wrestling? I don’t agree. I saw Penn go for a takedown and back mount immediately against Fitch and Diaz, and he only got it on one of them. Doing that to Fitch for two consecutive rounds also caused BJ Penn to gas (but he was the one in dominant positions, so in your mind that must be pretty baffling, huh? LOL).
Bolshevik - January 5, 2012
Slow down there Corky...
See that thing sailing right over youre head, Thats the point i tried to make and you completely missing it.
Try reading the whole post next time, Itll save you from cleaning the egg off your face afterwards.
Never argue with a fool or people wont be able to tell the difference so with that, Im done here.
Chin Check - January 6, 2012
That added nothing to our exchange about MMA and you only posted it to make yourself feel better after looking silly. Try to explain how I misunderstood your post.
Bolshevik - January 6, 2012
Read that last line of mine again...
DONE!
Chin Check - January 6, 2012
you werent done
when you said you were done you still replied to him you couldnt walk away’. LOL
four20 - January 6, 2012
Nah, you’ll probably keep replying to make yourself feel better about your complete ignorance towards the fight game having been exposed.
Bolshevik - January 6, 2012
In other words…
A. BJ has lost fights but he has rarely been beaten… until he was beaten.
B. BJ has lost fights but he has rarely been beaten, he’s just a decade long professional combat athlete that is too lazy to prepare the way he needs to.
There no such thing as an in shape or out of shape BJ anymore, he’s been consistently out of shape enough that it has defined his career and is the question mark before ALL of his fights. His opponents aren’t lucky he got tired. They were the better, more prepared fighter. You’re a fighter, you need cardio, that’s ground zero before anything else. That’s the ONE thing that a fighter has complete control over in a fight.
Seriously, to say a guy is lucky to win because the other guy didn’t put in the work is absurd.
Genki Sudo's Choreographer - January 6, 2012
The devil is in the details.
He lost the win but he was never beaten other then GSP II and i still maintain that without the size advantage that EVERYONE had over him in his WW fights he would have rolled them but they wore him down till he was too tired to mount any offense which is intelligent granted, But takes away from the true warrior spirit of a fight.
The only people that define BJ’s career by the way he gassed in some of his most recent fights are haters like you, Life is too short to care what haters think and haters are usually armchair warriors who have no idea what it means to compete much less at an elite level.
Chin Check - January 6, 2012
Seriously, hater?
I’m a BJ fan, I love the guy, but I’m not blinded by my respect for him to say something dumb like “the other guy was just lucky he got tired before he could finish” and now "and i still maintain that without the size advantage that EVERYONE had over him in his WW fights he would have rolled them "
they wore him down till he was too tired to mount any offense which is intelligent granted, But takes away from the true warrior spirit of a fight.
And whose fault is that? Oh yea, the guy that has no cardio. Maybe if he came in, you know, in shape, he wouldn’t be worn out by his opponents and fight through adversity aka that warrior spirit you like to mention. Speaking of which, watch the last round of that Edgar fight, he knows he’s losing the fight and shows no urgency. Oh yea, and about that quiting on his stool against GSP thing…
Never argue with a fool or people wont be able to tell the difference so with that, Im done here.
Genki Sudo's Choreographer - January 6, 2012
Calling someone a fool then ripping the quote he used minutes prior...
Got irony?
You sir are a halfwait lol
Chin Check - January 6, 2012
Irony is someone calling you a halfwit when they can’t even spell the word.
Bolshevik - January 6, 2012
You never, ever spelt something wrong in the heat of the moment?
Maybe if this comment section had an edit people wouldnt have to stare at their simple spelling mistakes with regret, wishing they had no life like you and could spell check every post lol
The hate is strong in this one.
Oh and your sig, Super gay.
Waits for another bite from Bol….something lol
Chin Check - January 7, 2012
Haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love, I don’t even want, none of the above…
Mr. Socko - January 6, 2012 via mobile
could of would of should of, nar he lost , build a bridge and get off it :D
four20 - January 6, 2012
LOL
four20 - January 6, 2012
btw those captions are
cry me a river build a bride and get over it, i apologise for the bad picture resolution.
four20 - January 6, 2012
bridge
STFU
four20 - January 6, 2012
Really nice
profile pic.
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
First off
Nick Diaz has never been dominated by a wrestler.
Nate Diaz has had close decisions with every wrestler he has fought.
C’mon son. Repeating what you heard on Sherdog’s forums is weaksauce.
discoandherpes - January 6, 2012
lol
New Jersey will always be the favorite
nannerb - January 6, 2012
BJ was not beating the shit out of Diaz
Stop it. Down boy. Bad.
discoandherpes - January 5, 2012
“until he ran out of gas”.
my favorite excuse for losing.
“if i never got tired i would have won.”
“if i could punch or kick or wrestle or grapple and not get tired i would have won.”
are you f’ing kidding?
conditioning is part of fighting.
this is a professional sport.
BJ couldn’t even hack it past ONE ROUND.
by the end of the 2nd round BJ was mentally checked out. remember how he looked up at the clock with like a min to go in the 2nd round.
he FOUGHT 8 minutes and Diaz was busting him up like an amature “because he ran out of gas”.
AFTER 8 MINUTES.
theworldsoldestsport - January 6, 2012
What is there left for BJ besides more money he doesn't need?
He doesn’t have the cardio to deal with Edgar or Bendo (I doubt this will improve; he’s not getting any younger), and he clearly can’t be the best at WW. It’s the right time to walk.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
Regain his self respect?
BJ is that guy who has managed to fail spectacularly at his highest aspirations.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
He’s had some disappointments, but I’m sure he’s still got self-respect. He should anyways, he’s certainly accomplished enough. I agree though he has failed in some of his biggest fights. I’ve always been unsure how to view BJ’s legacy.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
He's achieved enough to be very proud of
But he also had his mom stand up for him.
And I’m a huge BJ fan(hehe), just really turned off by this new attitude.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
Well, his fails are wins for plenty of folk, so there.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
I still dont get how people mock him for that...
His mother spoke of her own accord, in defense of a person whom she loves immensely and yet people spew bs like “Mommy’s boy” and “His mom fights battles for him”.
I love my mother and she loves me, Does that make me a pussy? So why all the tough guy macho bs?
Not a single one of you would have the stones to talk shit to BJ’s face yet he’s a pussy because you say so… Sounds pretty hilarious to me.
Chin Check - January 5, 2012
Calm down, sparky
Nobody called him a pussy. At all.
Anyone’s mother should be willing to say damn near anything to defend their son. That’s how moms work. Even serial killer’s mothers think their son is ‘a sweet boy’. That’s what makes it so funny.
TheFilt - January 5, 2012
BJ can still reclaim his former glory at lightweight. With all the challengers, I doubt Frankie’s gonna stay on top for long and I see BJ beating everyone else at 155. Only thing is, judging by this tweet he seems to want to come back to welterweight and prove himself against the bigger fighters..sigh
savik - January 5, 2012
I just see Bendo tearing him up at this point in their respective careers. I may very well be wrong though.
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
Nah, you are right.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
You mean the Bendo that got Showtime'd?
How short our MMA memories are… Shit just 300 some odd days ago you would have laughed your ass off if you heard someone say what you just did but now Bendo is some god because he got by Guida?
Wow… just wow.
I see BJ giving anyone not named Edgar a long night in the LW division.
Chin Check - January 5, 2012
The Bendo that got better in the same time span that BJ got worse.
Facts are bitches. I know, but there you go.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Comparative level of competition...
Isnt even almost close, You stated your opinion which unfortunately for you is so far from fact you can even spell the word.
Clay Guida, Jim Miller and Mark Bocek dont have shit on Edgar, Hughes, Fitch and Diaz… But nice try.
Chin Check - January 6, 2012
Guida and Miller were running through the whole division, they were both top contenders when Bendo fought them.
Bendo beat two top contenders in a row while we were waiting for the almost year-long Edgar/Maynard log jam to clear up.
Rob Young - January 6, 2012
Guida was lay and praying his way through a bunch of "OK" fighters..
And Miller was legit but no world beater and he definitely underestimated Bendo and paid for it, Bendo did well and i like the guy but im under no illusions that he will beat Edgar, Maynard or even Pettis who isnt even top 10 at the moment.
And further more, Neither Miller nor Bendo hold a light to any of the competition BJ has faced and Fitch would grapplefuck the living SHIT out of Diaz, Let alone achieving a draw like BJ.
Chin Check - January 6, 2012
In short:
You Heart BJ. Ok. I go you. Argumenting is dead, though.
Unabomberman - January 6, 2012
Pretty much...
Glad we cleared that up.
Chin Check - January 7, 2012
I love Pettis
but I think Bendo takes him in a rematch. I also can see Bendo beating Edgar, not sure about Maynard or BJ though.
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
Lets not pretend Guida is an elite fighter
discoandherpes - January 6, 2012
I don't think he is
but for Bendo to handle and shrug off Guida’s relentless, grinding wrestling game is really impressive.
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
Actually I don’t think Ben got that much better at all I just don’t think he matches up good with Pettis. I think every time those 2 would fight that it would be close.
Shocbomb - January 6, 2012
Same
I don’t think there’s a Bendo 2.0. His mentallity may have gotten sharpened due to the loss to Pettis and coming into the UFC, but for the most part I think he’s still the same fighter that he was in the WEC. The thing is, Bendo, Cerrone and Pettis have always been really good fighters, but you know the old adage, if you aint in the UFC you aint shit.
SentientAndroid - January 6, 2012
You are so so correct, Yes I would probably right now pick Ben to win that fight but I can very easily see ways BJ could win also, it’s not out the question at all on a scramble that BJ gets Bendo’s back like Pettis did and RNC him, if BJ came into that fight in top shape I could very well see him winning a close decision also.
Getting off the Bendo match all in all It’s quite sad that 1st Frankie fight was judged so horribly wrong,becasue BJ vs Frankie itself could of been a good MMA trilogy.
Shocbomb - January 6, 2012
The thing is, it could be a long time before BJ gets the chance to fight for a title.
alicks - January 5, 2012
Well...
I guess this is the part where it’s hard to be a BJ fan. For all the good things he brings, BJ can be one of the most annoying fighters ever.
Also, I’m somewhat amused that no one blinks at the phrase “tweet hard.” Weird lingo these days.
crazybones - January 5, 2012
lol, oh BJ.
Dude acts like the last time we saw him he was pushing off of Bryon Russell and hitting a game winner on the opponents floor for all the chips.
In reality, the last time we saw him he had his tail between his legs and took his ball and went home because other people were being mean to him.
BJ is the typical annoying rich kid friend you had growing up who bets you he can do something, so you take him up on it, then when he fails, he says, “BUT WE DIDN’T SHAKE ON IT!” then makes up a lie about how your father molested him one time.
BJ gets smashed on and instead of admitting defeat and working on things, he puts his head down and stares at his hands in disbelief, takes a nap, then wakes up and makes excuses. He’s had everything handed to him his whole life so if something goes wrong, there’s no way it’s his fault. Has to be someone else’s fault.
The grease gate with his mom at the hearing was pretty embarrassing, but him accusing Nick Diaz of “wrestling him” to a win, and that’s the reason BJ lost is just straight hilarious. Nick Diaz being accused of wrestling someone and that’s the only way they won? LOL. Get outta here, BJ. You’re going to use the biggest weakness people feel your opponent has as the reason he beat you? LOL. GET OUT.
StefR - January 5, 2012
Sounds to me like you had one tough childhood.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
...GSP is me?
dgonz - January 5, 2012
LMAO he lost to Fitch the first time and he'll lose to BJ again same with Nick
of BJ you so crazy
MaZZacare - January 5, 2012
BJ is 100% dedicated
Except when it’s “holidays”?
UncleMax - January 5, 2012
Except when he’s “unmotivated.”
Machiel Van - January 5, 2012
Except when he's "BJ Penn."
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
Did I seriously just say this s*it?!
Krimson - January 5, 2012
No, I did.
Rob Young - January 5, 2012
Looks like a fat Tom Atencio
higgledy-piggledy - January 5, 2012
BJ NEVER DIE
At least that’s what I wish my girlfriend would say
Earltron - January 5, 2012 via mobile
As long as I don't make her your wife then you'll keep getting them once the ring comes the bjs become gifts
RECE ROCK - January 5, 2012 via mobile
I'll always a be a BJ fan
but I hope he comes back to LW and get a good Strength and Conditioning coach. It doesn’t even have to be the Marinoviches considering they’re known to overwork and ruin athletes.
av1o3 - January 5, 2012
Dear lord…I don’t think BJ thinks he has ever lost. So delusional. I love watching the guy fight because he is so talented, but come on.
List of his excuses:
Jens Pulver – Took the fight too soon
Uno draw – Judges screwed him
Lyoto Machida – He was way bigger
Matt Hughes 2 – Injured
GSP – Actually won, judges screwed him
GSP 2 – GSP only won because he greased
Edgar – Sick, and judges screwed him
Edgar 2 – The only one that I haven’t heard him make an excuse about.
Fitch draw – Judges screwed him
Diaz – Diaz was bigger and he fought cowardly (WTFBBQ?)
Jeffrey McCrum - January 5, 2012
Well
Uno- Judges really did screw him
Lyoto- Is obviously way bigger
GSP 1- Did get screwed
Edgar 1- Did get screwed
Fitch- Did get screwed
If your list proves anything is that BJ should just fucking stay at LW.
av1o3 - January 5, 2012
I agree with him on the Uno, Lyoto, and Edgar 1 fights, but the 1st GSP fight was razor thin and could have gone either way, and the Fitch fight should have been a draw in my opinion. BJ won the first two, and the third was a clear 10-8 in my mind.
Jeffrey McCrum - January 5, 2012
I'm not sure about the Fitch one
Even though Fitch threw a lot of punches, a lot of them were just glances and they weren’t doing enough damage.
av1o3 - January 5, 2012
The Fitch one was very close
although Fitch was using pillow punches he learned from Jake Shields, he did maintain a dominant position for the entire round. BJ mounted zero offence and wasn’t working that hard to escape (due to fatigue). That round could be argued as 10-8.
I think he took the Edgar I, but lost GSP I
nannerb - January 6, 2012
Yeah there was nothing he can say about the second edgar fight.
J_Maddux - January 5, 2012
Luke Nelson - January 5, 2012
Sorry for not putting up a headline...
I don’t think that picture has ever been more appropriate though.
Luke Nelson - January 5, 2012
Penn tryin to fade Diaz, he better man up and fight one of the Ceasar Gracie guys next, cause Shields and both Diazs wouldn’t shy away from that fight
Robert V-U - January 5, 2012
Between this and Jon Jones' sudden claim to fight 4 times in 2012
does anyone else get the impression that Dana White is giving some financial incentive for these guys to step it up? Given the relative lack of draws with GSP and Silva out for a while and Lesnar retiring…. something seems suspicious. Either way, I don’t care. This is great.
Democritus - January 5, 2012
Sigh...
Taking the Ortiz route I see. You dissapoint me BJ.
MrTechnique420 - January 5, 2012
Not really
If he was going to the Ortiz route he would be blaming some ridiculous injury the he couldn’t possibly have.
Examples:
-I broke my spine a week before the fight
- I had a bruised heart (Tito actually used that one LOL)
- Currently recovering from Mad Cow Disease
etc.
av1o3 - January 5, 2012
So… bitch about Diaz using the “coward fence holding strategy” in the first round of their fight, and bring Fitch into it, when you played the same “coward fence holding strategy” against Fitch in the first round of that fight…. Oooook there, Prodigy… Why don’t you sit the next few plays out?
Zachary Kater - January 5, 2012
BJ PUTS THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION ON NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I may not be able to beat you in the ring, but I WILL TRASH TALK THE FUCK OUT OF YOU ON TWITTER!”
TLow - January 5, 2012
And then when you beat the shit out of me I will say that you fought like a coward.
Jeffrey McCrum - January 5, 2012
Fedor just tweeted the same thing about Bigfoot.
Look at how much bigger you are!
memitim - January 5, 2012
Jesus. He really is. I know that there can be huge weight discrepancies in HW fights, but he shouldn’t have to fight a man so much bigger. Hurry up with 235 already.
J_Maddux - January 5, 2012
JDS is the UFC champ and I don't think he's over 240.
Zachary Kater - January 5, 2012
JDS is younger and in his late twenties. Those kinds of physical feats are for him to accomplish, now.
Fedor is too worn by way too many fights, and getting old.
Unabomberman - January 5, 2012
So age is what's stopping him from being at the top of the division, not size. That was sorta my point.
Zachary Kater - January 5, 2012
Most of the greatest heavyweights of all time
Could have all made light heavyweight at one point in their primes (with Barnett being the obvious exception).
discoandherpes - January 6, 2012
Bj you need a .50 caliber rifle and shoot some varmints before u can actually be back
RECE ROCK - January 5, 2012 via mobile
BJ Penn is obviously
a fighter and man that runs heavily on emotion. Emotion is a powerful tool and something that has made BJ a lot of who he is as a fighter. Nick Diaz is also a fighter who needs to have strong emotions going into a fight. I have no problem with BJ making an emotionally charged statement about wanting to fight, the thing that concerns me about it is that it seems as if BJ is trying to force himself into the mindset now where it use to just be his natural mentality. As a man grows older and has children it’s a normal progression to drift away from the hyper aggressive competitive behavior he had in his twenties. All fighters come to this point that BJ is approaching now, the point where they start to lose their edge. Some fighters lose the physical edge first like speed or reflexes and some like BJ lose the burning emotional fire. Obviously skill wise BJ is one of the greatest the sport has ever seen and throughout his career his performances have been dictated by emotional and mental drive not talent. Right now it appears to me BJ is fighting within himself to hang on to the last of the emotion that made him a killer and he may be able to for a while longer but it’s a losing battle. There is no shame it in, he has earned the respect I assume he initially set out to get.
CRWHITLOCK - January 5, 2012
Come on BJ
If your gonna complain that he is bigger then you then don’t fight in that weight class. Calling Diaz a coward after Diaz went toe to toe bell to bell with BJ? Wasn’t BJ the only one to shoot for a TD? (I could be remembering that wrong) This is just class less. What a sore loser.
J_Maddux - January 5, 2012
I love BJ’s fights but this is just a bullshit complaint. I think BJ is a better fighter (skills-wise), but as far as conditioning or heart… Nick deserved to win. Quit bitching and train harder.
thirdparty - January 5, 2012
Seriously....
when are they gonna start perma-banning anyone who announces their retirement.
If you say it, do it!
mentasm - January 5, 2012
I’m starting to think Nick Diaz fans aren’t the same tight-knit group of charming, weed-infused ragamuffins we used to be. But he’s still my favorite MMA fighter, boxer and cyclist.
Bolshevik - January 5, 2012
One word to describe this is..
PATHETIC.
Could you atleast accept one of your losses instead of farting nonsense?
You wanted to stand and bang with Nick this is what you get, accept your loss and you know what ? close down your sherdog clone website as well!
elmojo - January 5, 2012
oh Bj
What happened to that “respect” he had for Nick? I guess a beating eliminates respect
Sonnens Political Adviser - January 5, 2012 via mobile
Oh man.
I’m a BJ mark but I can’t even defend this.
BrothaDarkness - January 5, 2012
BJ looks great in fights if he grabs the momentum early and things go his way. But he gets discouraged way too easily when things aren’t going his way.
He should def drop to 155 – and am sure with the right nutritionist he could make 145 although not sure he’d do that given he loves to be chubby.
taptomyarmbar - January 5, 2012
My favorite part is how he tags Jon Fitch by name in his tweet
mthom - January 5, 2012
A modivated bj is a dangerous bj! Bla Bla bla
frosty31 - January 5, 2012
At least his fights are exciting...
……I’d love to see him fight Diaz again……Fitch….not so much.
Taiter - January 5, 2012
Penn needs to retire - this sport has passed him by.
lordrelay - January 5, 2012 via mobile
Always amazes me when......
…people make comments like that. He needs to work harder….but it passed him by? I disagree with that 100%
Taiter - January 5, 2012
I'll believe BJ is motivated when I see him fight at 145
He’ll be in good shape
BrandtShaft! - January 5, 2012
I’m a huge fan of BJ and was sad to see him go out like he did, but I wish he would stay retired. I don’t like seeing guys tarnish their legacy – just like I would’ve liked to see Fedor retire after the Bigfoot loss instead of getting KO’d by Hendo.
FreeFocus - January 6, 2012
BJ Penn is old news. Retire when you still have a shred of dignity left.
daftshadow - January 6, 2012
eat turd daft
you got tell him to retire kid, he will bitchslap you foob
four20 - January 6, 2012
YEAH! You FOOB!!! (New insult created today, and I’m gonna trademark it first!)
Mr. Socko - January 6, 2012 via mobile
BJ probably hadn't seen that picture til recently
He’s probably been spending time with his family recovering from the first beating of his life. He’s lost fights but never been disfigured and he got disfigured by Diaz and threw his hands up and walked away. Wouldn’t be surprised if he hadn’t gone back to look at the fight during that healing period.
Now he’s all healed up and ready to fight again and he’s relived the fight and he just had an outburst of emotion after seeing that picture. Probably will back off on that in the next little while. Who would be a good fight for him? Not Nick Diaz, that’d be stupid.
Luke Nelson - January 6, 2012
I was holding back
the tears when BJ got his ass handed to him and said he was done. That was not the way I wanted to see his career end. I hope he comes back with a vengeance.
ScoreCardOTN - January 6, 2012 via mobile
BJ will always complain like a whiner when he loses.
in his biography he talks about how hard it was riding his bicycle to train twice a day, not having to work, just doing jiu-jitsu for 4 years, winning the mundials, and training full-time.
what a joke.
theworldsoldestsport - January 6, 2012
Go ahead, try to tell me that training twice a day under Andre Pederneiras isn't "work".
Try to tell me that training fighting full time isn’t hard work. Try to tell me that you wouldn’t be so exhausted from all that training, that something like riding your bike to the gym doesn’t become a chore after a while. Try to tell me that winning the mundials isn’t a huge accomplishment, requiring unbelievable discipline and hard work.
And I’ll tell you that you’re the joke.
ElliotMatheny - January 6, 2012
Just another day in the life of...
An armchair warrior.
Chin Check - January 7, 2012
The plot thickens....
Just posted from BJ’s facebook page which is direct from BJPENN.com
“Hey guys sorry for the posts this morning my fb and twitter moderator lost it.. The disgrace thing was not said by me but by my moderator..”
Chin Check - January 7, 2012
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