Gave GSP a good fight? I hope you mean the first fight, which he eventually gassed in that one too. BJ is a descent 170 lb fighter at best dude. He's not great. Beating Hughes was his only accomplishment at 170 in the UFC. Since then he's 1-2 at welterweight in the UFC. Yeah his losses came from the top of the food chain in the weight class (Hughes & GSP) but do you really think BJ can beat a guy like Thiago Alves? I hope not. I wouldn't even wanna see some **** like that:-( Sure BJ would look great at first against Diego. Stuffing TDA's, Boxing, using his jab, but BJ's gas tank against 170 lbers is limited. BJ & Diego were actually supposed to fight in 06 but the fight got scrapped. Diego would have ended up man raping BJ had they fought back then. BJ hadn't focused on his cardio yet. Diego was undefeated & running through everyone put in front of him in that time. Diego wanted to fight Hughes back then. In 06 BJ hadn't realized the importance of cardio yet, after that fight he would have needed an oxygen mask like Koscheck used after experiencing Diego for the first time:deal
sanchez by ko in a hectic fight. its tough to call and i can see either fighter taking it multiple ways. i just think diegos pretty good on the ground and wont be submitted plus hes stronger than bj. i see him pushing the pace and cardio aspect past penns limit. penns getting a little old now too.
I did mean the first GSP fight,of course. I never said BJ Penn could beat Thiago Alves, and I don't really understand how that is relevant at all. It's not like DIEGO beat Thiago Alves or anything. As a matter of fact, Diego has never beaten a top 5 welterweight so I don't understand why you think he was so amazing. Do you think BJ Penn would have been thoroughly and utterly outstruck with ease by Josh Koscheck? Diego's cardio sure didn't help him in that fight. I'll give you full props if Diego turns out to win against Penn but seriously, Diego wasn't exactly a one of the best at welter. He beat some good welters and lost to some better ones. At Lightweight he's looked great so far, dispatching Guida and Joe Daddy, but beating either of these fighters means very little going against BJ Penn. Guida MAY be a better wrestler than Penn in some abstract(though Penn has way way better TDA), but other than that BJ is considerably better than both fighters at everything.
I stopped reading after you said Diego never beat a top 5 welterweight. I guess Karo Parisyan is a bum to you huh? :-( And for the record, Diego can beat Alves.
Since when does his opinion Karo was not top 5 make him a bum? Your a good poster man, but kinda sensitive when it comes to Diego.
Like a whole bunch of fighters (in MMA & Boxing) I saw Diego come up. I have his old fights from KOTC and I root for my favorite fighters the way people root for they're favorite teams. Not that BJ isn't one of my favorite fighters because he is. I just wanna see Diego finally have his time. I'm a big time fight fan. And yeah, for codeman to say Diego never beat a top 5 welterweight is absolutely absurd, or he simply doesn't know what he's talking about. Parisyan was top 5, if not top 3 in 2006. He was gonna fight Hughes at UFC 56 but had to pull out because of injury. Against Diego is the only time Karo was really handled with no argument. He got punished. To ignore that like it means nothing to discredit Diego isn't cool.
iam pulling for sanchez to tko bj, i know its a long shot but after watching that count down and seeing those stare down picks diego looks intense and focused and i hope he goes nuts and catches bj flush with something. LETS GO DIEGO!!!!
You can't count Sanchez out of this fight, and I'm surprised some are giving him no chance. Both of these guys are warriors.
I just think BJ has so much experience with championship fights and is such a vet. It's not like he's on his downward slop, not yet anyway. But Diego is so mentally and physically tough and I think he'd rather die than lose. I give the edge to BJ but Diego isn't going anywhere and is going to take Penn to the limit. I want Diego to win, but pick BJ by RNC. I hope this doesn't happen though.
BJ chokes this weirdo, are you guys kidding?? Diegos run ends here. His sloppy brand of JJ just aint going to cut it, if he even gets to use it.
