Penn also participated in other fights other than the UFC. He took part in Rumble on the Rock as well as K-1 organization. He won in the fight against Takanori Gomi in during the Rumble on the Rock tournament. He later fought for the first time in K-1 in where he knocked down Duane Ludwig.
He also won in the Rumble on the Rock 6 against Rodrigo Gracie. On March he continued his UFC battles. Georges St. Pierre beat him during UFC The referee had to stop the fight in the 3rd round after Penn was greatly injured.
And, in my mind, even before he ever stepped into the cage, Penn was a force to behold. BJ Penn embodied the power of anticipation. You can feel in that moment, while witnessing his accelerated swagger toward the cage, that he is not only fighting for himself, out of personal pride, but for the pride of all his people.
Only Hawaii has just 1. It is a role that differentiates him from nearly all other fighters, who fight for their own fulfillment and dreams. With BJ, despite a rather privileged upper class upbringing, it is always as if he had showcased extra heart because he would much rather suffer tremendous physical agony than disappoint his people, his fans. Even when his legs went wobbly in the Octagon, even when his heart-rate shot up and lactic acid overwhelmed his muscles — as they did in contests against Georges St-Pierre , Jon Fitch and Diaz -- he dared not let his fellow Hawaiians down.
He dared not quit, even when his not-quite-in-peak-shape body screamed for him to quit. Those songs hold deep symbolic meaning to the Hawaiian people, signifying unity and a preservation of their proud island culture during times when outsiders tried to take their lands.
We all learn how to fight in the backyard with the boxing gloves or wrestling. People love BJ because he brings it. He brought the fight to Diaz. There were a few moments where I thought the fight might get stopped, but BJ just kept coming back, which prevented the referee from stopping the fight.
But it hurt me to see him take so many punches, the big shots. I think that took a lot out of our people. He got busted up tonight, let me tell you. There will be naysayers who criticize Penn for his at times questionable work ethic, the fact that he did not appear as obsessive or disciplined in all facets of his training as some other elite pros.
There is the prevailing perception, even among his most ardent defenders, that BJ could have given more to his art. In a one-sided fight Penn did not get a foothold as GSP's physical superiority overwhelmed him, forcing The Prodigy to quit between rounds four and five. Quote "That's one thing no one can ever say about me. That I was a coward and took sports enhancement drugs, because I was afraid I was going to get my ass kicked in front of millions of people.
So anybody out there who said I never had no heart, at least I wasn't a coward. View the full list of related articles ». View the full list of related photos ». To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies. Latest Photos. Communication error please reload the page.
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