BJ Penn Apologizes to “All Parties Involved,” But Doesn’t Retract Statement About GSP/Steroids
I think we’re starting to get a clearer picture of what B.J. Penn means when he says he feels misrepresented by the media. Judging by this pseudo-apology, he feels like he ought to be able to make damaging, baseless claims about other fighters without the media turning it into a big deal by reporting exactly what he said. For example, just because he says he thinks Georges St. Pierre is on steroids, that doesn’t mean you have to go running around and actually asking people if there’s even a shred of evidence to back up that assertion. Honestly, can’t a guy just toss out reckless accusations anymore?
Notice that while Penn apologizes to “all parties involved” after reading the article, never does he say that he was totally wrong to make those accusations in the first place. He even says, again, that he thinks GSP is on steroids, and that’s why he had “bad blood” with him in much the same way that he did with Sean Sherk. Then he somehow turns right around and claims not to understand why people are talking about this at all when he has a fight with Kenny Florian in two days. Here's a guess: maybe it's because you keep talking about it, B.J.
After the jump, Penn changes up his tone and addresses Yahoo's Kevin Iole directly in a separate forty-five second clip. On a related note, can someone please get the Penn camp some video editing software and teach them to splice these things together?
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Hendo Says:
1st, and bj penn is greatness
Dante Says:
BJ Penn is a beast.
WARRR PENN
mma sites = butt hurt
Tobias Borg Says:
Give the guy a phone instead. Maybe can try that before posting a 45sec clip.
BJ is starting to get ridiculus.
Squirrelnuts Says:
a 45sec video blog saying "I''m not mad at you"
B.J penn is a fucking 13 year old girl.
sarah Says:
i do not and will never understand BJ Penn fans.
Seoul Brother Says:
Penn was getting ridiculous a long time ago, but this guy is getting as whiny as a fat kid who just missed the breakfast menu at McDonalds.
From the looks of things in one of his prior video bitchfests, this fucker has at least a PowerBook or a MacBook Pro. Either comes with pretty solid video editing software straight out of the box, but Penn is way too inept to use iMovie or iDVD. How bad is it when a nutty fucker like Stephon Marbury can post what's rattling around in his skull, but Penn looks as awkward as if his mommy just got caught him jerking off in a bowl of poi.
Next, he's gonna accuse Bruce Buffer of faking the 360.
What a simple bitch.
Bob Reilly Says:
I bet BJ could kick GSP's ass in an underwater rock carrying race. Wait... there are alot of pools in Quebec, forget that.
Lysol Says:
*sigh* BJ, it's bad enough I'll have to sit through Cantwell/Stann part 3 two years after I give a shit, don't make me sit through GSP beating your unconditioned ass when I never gave a shit in the first place.
One Two Says:
I'd believe it if you'll lather yourself with vaseline to get an advantage roids ain't that big of a jump.
Dubbayoo Says:
I'm w/ BJ. Penn that is. Cuz I don't get why people listen to him either.
Keyser Soze Says:
I say randomly test GSP for steroids, and when he passes the test, then BJ should have to forfeit his fight purse to GSP and BJ can fight for nothing. If you want to make BS accusations and try to trash one the sport's elite champions just because you're a whiny bitch, there should be some form of penalty.
I say GSP should be allowed to kick him in his tiny hawaiian nutsack, because hitting him in the pocketbook is going to mean nothing when he sponges off the rest of his family.
GSP takes the sport and his training seriously. Just because he's gifted with a good physique does not mean he's on steroids. If that were true then Lesnar (possibly), Houston Alexander, James Irvin, Thiago Alves and dozens of other mixed martial artists are on steroids too. I guess from Penn's perspective you have to look like a Hawaiian bobblehead that runs with rocks underwater to be a REAL mixed martial artist. Here's a clue slapnuts... do some real training, don't just pretend.
I'd say Penn's an idiot, but that would be giving him far too much credit. I'd say he's special alright... but as far as I know, MMA's not in the special olympics yet, so he's still sh*t out of luck. I hope Florian busts his fat head wide open.
patate Says:
two words : Attention Whore
Hendo Says:
i say fuck the haters, one word: legend!
Ryan Master Bader Says:
BJ Penn is such a douche nozzle. He needs to learn to keep his mouth shut, I can't stand him anymore.
Chiggs Says:
Three Words : Too Many Concussions
We got Penn goin off on nonsensical rants and blogs/vids rambling about greasy roided frenchman while he does his underwater ballet of rock carrying AND
We got Arlovski playing Russian Roulette..But is it really Playing, especially considering his Russian heritage??...Either Or I guess
Either way Commish's gonna have to start looking into Head injuries before we Have a Benoit incident in MMA dammit.
Dubbayoo Says:
I think GSP greased his steroids.
Clue-by-Four Says:
I really used to like BJ but over the last year or so he's been replaced by Bizarro BJ and it's hard to not hope that Florian stomps a new mudhole in him this weekend.
kupo Says:
BJ is bitching about everything GSP does and CP is bitching about everything that BJ is doing. Give it a fucking rest already, we don't need to hear about every shit the guy takes or everything that comes out of his fucking mouth. God damn give us some REAL news.
BeaverLord Says:
Hey CP what's up with your HOF t-shirts? I washed it once and all the words are tattered and shit now.
UFC fan Says:
"One Two Says:
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 18:33
I'd believe it if you'll lather yourself with vaseline to get an advantage roids ain't that big of a jump."
Are you kin to capslock hal? cause you are fastly becoming the douchebag of the week.
Warcraft Says:
Wtf was this about???
BJ needs to man up and stop complaining about a fight that you lost get over it & lose a 3rd fight to GSP next year.
Kevin Lole wouldn't write that Steroid shit if you didn't say it!?! Wtf you think he gonna do with it that's his job. I wish BJ did enact his media blackout cause he BS complaining is starting to lose its funny.
Savage Says:
Man bj just needs to stfu and realize that when you get your ass beat YOU REALLY GET YOUR ASS BEAT. Thats life, you win some you lose some. Sorry but sometimes you just got to face the facts and realize that there are better fighters out there and some one with more skill can beat you. Sorry but it was skill that beat bj, not steriods or grease. Talk about being a poor sport.
kempo666 Says:
B.J has sand in his V.J...
Häkkiperuna Says:
Look at BJ's hands! He's spent too much time in a swimming pool.
Bovice Says:
@Savage
I completely agree.
Clyde Says:
He tells Kevin Iole he's not mad at him for quoting exactly what he said in an article but I bet he wouldn't appologise to GSP if he took a ranom drug test and came up clean.
Biv37 Says:
So it's true. You can be a prodigy and STILL be an idiot. I also agree 100% with Savage! BJ got beaten by a better fighter. Deal with it!
Seoul Brother Says:
Well, if he was a genuine prodigy, all that means is that BJ Punk showed great promise and actually delivered at an earlier age than most would think possible.
It also means that he's probably riding the gravy train of being "The Prodigy" without living up to the potential he had at an early age.
He needs to shut up, cowboy up, and train like his life depended on it, or he's going to get beaten so savagely, he'll swear blind that Stretch Armstrong is his training partner. And then he'll blame it on Stretch.
Fuck BJ Punk. Aloha, beeyatch.
Ghost Says:
I think BJ forgets that fighting is something you train for all year around. Maybe, and this a stretch, if BJ stayed fit, and in shape (BJ, "round" is not a shape), between fights, he wouldn't have to "overtrain" for his upcoming fights. BJ was the shit, now all he does is talk shit. Fighting is an all year profession now, it's time his camp tells him that.....
Jugger Says:
I'll give him one thing: he knows how to keep himself in the news and how to keep people talking about him.
I actually kinda understand where he's coming from. Like when you're arguing with your wife and make a passing statement about a personal opinion you have and then that is all she can talk about for the next two weeks. Granted, he's followed, analyzed, fawned over, and basically a cash-cow for MMA media so he has to watch his Pints and Quarts... but still.
fishsticks Says:
GSP is def not on roids
I Tap 2 Fat Chicks Says:
Poor misunderstood BJ... This is reminds me of when David Duke was upset people focused on the fact he was an ex Klan Grand Po Bah or sumpin...and not the issues .
Damn evil media, reporting what a guy said.
LukeTheDuke Says:
You didn't want a good chunk of the article to be about a controversial accusation of the welterweight champion of the UFC? Well then you shouldn't say shit like that in the first place. Just keep your mouth shut for like a few months so we can forget about then come back.
- LtD
DAN THE VIKING Says:
fishsticks, you know for a fact hey? How is that any different from BJ saying he thinks he IS on steroids?
Go comment on a 'GSP dances to weird music in french club while drinking creatine!' post. Theres gotta be like 20 of them!
Gargoroth Says:
Kenny is gonna whip that ass tomorrow.
Deadpanda Says:
Doesn't he have a fight tomorrow? ... Penn isn't going to go all Paulo Filho on us & have an emotional episode/acid flash back mid fight is he?
I think Kenny has a better chance every second I see BJ blogging instead of training.
Komodo Says:
=WAR FLOREENIE=