In B.J. Penn’s latest video blog he answers some fan mail and discusses his ongoing case against Georges St. Pierre that the Nevada State Athletic Commission has basically decided to hear, but do absolutely nothing in response to. Penn seems to be blaming the NSAC’s Keith Kizer, saying he “can’t be trusted” and insisting that he has “no interest in fighting in Nevada or Las Vegas ever again.”
Just to clarify, that’s the UFC’s home base that he’s talking about – the city where the majority of their events are held. And here the UFC lightweight champ says he doesn’t want to fight there ever again because the commission is made up of a bunch of shady ne’er-do-wells. This could be a problem.
Penn’s not the first fighter to get pissed off at a specific state athletic commission and declare himself unwilling to deal with them again. After his positive steroid test following his win over Hermes Franca at UFC 73 in Sacramento, and the ensuing clusterfuck of an appeal in the months afterward, Sean Sherk said he didn’t ever want to fight in California again. So far, he hasn’t.
But that’s a little easier to do in California, which the UFC hasn’t been back to since September of 2007, than it is in Vegas. Counting the TUF 9 Finale, the UFC will have three events in Vegas over the next three months. Obviously they’re traveling around enough these days that they could keep Penn out of Nevada if absolutely necessary, but it’s safe to say the UFC isn’t going to be too happy about having to work around Penn’s self-imposed travel limitations.
Personally, I don’t know what Penn’s thinking. Hasn’t he ever been to the M&M’s store on the Vegas strip? Is he sure he wants to deny himself that world of wonders from here on out?
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commentsa, His momma already laid a whoopin on his whiney ass
b, His boyfriend already laid a whoopin in his ass
c, He was forced to train in a shitty old garage with 3 gay guys
d, He looks too much like a cabbage patch doll
e, He couldn't train properly cause he was in mental anguish over grease-gate.
f, He was too busy helpin Dog round up criminals on the big Island.
and yeah GSP took him down at will...and also GSP passed his guard at will, as joe rogan goobed like a 5 year old about it often enough. greasegate is bullshit, so is your point, so is Penns career.
You and he both need to move on.
And if you're going to play with semantics about GSP didn't grease, his corner did; you might as well say Penn didn't quit, his corner did. They're equally stupid statements.
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If you both would kindly pull your heads out of BJ's ass you might see it from a better perspective.
GSP didn't grease! he had nothing to do with it. IF anything was done, it was done by his handlers, GSP didn't do shit illegal.
But you 2 need a reality check, greasing didnt matter when GSP was standing up blasting BJ's fucking face in, and beating his ass in the stand up game, by the time it hit the mat GSP had that fight won. BJ looked like shit, he was slow, weak, and looked like a rank amateur.
And grease had NO part in GSP taking BJ down at will, laying on top of him, holding him down, and pounding his goofy looking face into the mat.
not ONE time did BJ say a word to his corner during the fight about GSP feeling greasy, it wasn't until after he GAVE UP that he felt the need to spew such stupidity. BJ is a pussy coward, quitter! He can blame it on Vaseline, or whatever, but it don't ever change the fact BJ got dominated in every single aspect of that fight, and 99% of it greasing had no effect on it. You BJ nuthuggers are as pathetic as he is.......get a life you whining pussys.
I havn't lost respect for BJ. He's a great fighter and has been a lot of fun to watch over the years, but if I get 1 more email from BJPENN.COM I'm gonna fuckin bomb Hawaii.
Or his new "crew" dusts his multis with it.
See - here's the exact problem...I DO think BJ had a legit gripe. He thought that GSP felt greasy, and other people (from past experience), pictures and video backed that up. However, the problem I have is that he is making a complete ass of himself by continuing to do these video blogs that are full of whiny rants about how he was done wrong.
Now he's saying he won't fight in the hometown of the UFC...he is adding more poison to the cocktail that is quickly becoming his career suicide and his legacy as a badass is washing away with his tears. I don't mind the fact that he filed a complaint. I have a problem with the fact that he can't see how ridiculous he is making himself look now...it's tragically pathetic.
Thats why I admitted not knowing where it was scheduled,sure I coulda looked it up like you just did, but hey I'll admit I was lazy, you're "Genius" remark was pure
Genius. So, if in fact he's fighting in PA then it obviously isn't a ploy to back out of the Florian fight, so Ill stick with my 2nd "conspiracy" and re-iterate that "I see this as nothing more than CBJ's way of continueing to be the biggest whiner in all of MMA,either way we are all sick and tired of it" If you can prove me wrong then go ahead and try, but you can't cause we know I'm correct.
The vaseline may have played a bigger role in that GSP was able to simply shrug off Penn's high guard when he was finally able to take him down in the second round. Immediately he began applying pressure to Penn's shoulders--draining the blood so his jab would have no pop, and keeping his knee in Penn's abdomen to further reduce his cardio. That's what set the stage for the horribly lopsided showing in the 3rd and 4th rounds.
I'm not saying GSP wouldn't win a rematch, or that he could have won that fight without the vaseline. But I am saying the vaseline could have played a bigger role than people are giving it credit for playing. Particularly, idiots who refer to the fight as a 4 round ass-raping and ignore how close-to-even the first round actually was.
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I even put money on Penn's bitch ass that night, I really wanted him to win. GSP annoys the shit out of me, but I can't deny that he was the better man, by leaps and bounds. You might have an argument if the fight was even relatively close. BJ got ass raped for 4 rounds. Vaseline would not have changed the outcome of that fight.
I think most people are overlooking what it means to simply get into the cage with someone who is nearly 20lbs heavier cageside and has 5+ inches of reach on you...never mind when that person is a world-class athlete with an elite skillset, with an outstanding camp and a team of medical consultants to help him formulate an incredible game plan.
Simply taking that fight was a huge statement. Penn was already a huge 'dog going into that fight...to have the odds against him increased even further by GSP greasing just makes a mockery of an already lopsided matchup.
I'm not saying Penn would win a rematch, or that GSP wouldn't have won without the grease. I am saying Kizer didn't give the issue the consideration it deserved, and when you couple that with Penn's natural inclination to deify himself, it's a recipe for a meltdown.
If a lot of bandwagon morons want to inflate Florian and take shots at Penn while he's down, they won't be missed...but I think Penn has a legitimate gripe about Kizer and the NSAC.
Kizer isn't as big of a village idiot as Garcia was in CA, but he's still a tool.
rh
The guy has a legitimate bitch that St.Pierre's corner greased him up and nobody in the NSAC seems to give a shit. Do you fucking have the slightest idea how frustrating that must be to Penn or are you all completely clueless?
Try and wrestle or grapple with someone who's got oily skin not to mention someone who's had vaseline rubbed on their body. But I understand people have to have things to hate on, and BJ complaining about everyone's hero GSP after their lopsided fight is easy for the keyboard warriors to get their panties in a bunch over and add BJ to the hate list.
@cagepotato: why the fuck do you have reply buttons if you aren't going to stack the replies under the post they're in response to?
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