Will Penn get off his ass and fight this time, or will lightning strike twice? LIVE FIGHTS * Lightweight Title Fight: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. B.J. Penn * Randy Couture vs. James Toney * Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda * Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard * Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz SPIKE TV FIGHTS * Joe Lauzon vs. Gabe Ruediger * Nik Lentz vs. Andre Winner TAPED FIGHTS * Dan Miller vs. John Salter * Nick Osipczak vs. Greg Soto * Amilcar Alves vs. Mike Pierce -- Yes. No. -- Toney's got a puncher's chance of course, but if Randy takes him down it's a wrap. -- Winner of Florian/Maynard gets a title shot.
Penn had no game plan, he refused to mix it up. I'm getting sick of his passive/lazy attitude. If that's how he plans to defend his legacy, then he's better off hanging his gloves. You could give Penn 10 more rounds against Edgar, and if he keeps coming out like that, he's always going to get outpointed.
BJ had nothing for Frankie. Frankie is BJ Penn kryptonite. He is fast, endless gas tank, and a lot of movement and feints. Congrats to Frankie, he is the champ, but for how long?
Penn needs a new camp. I thought they'd spend a lot more time on the mat this time around, it seemed like the logical thing to do from the start. He avoided that in the first match, and the second match. Makes me wonder if they even bothered coming up with a plan for this fight other than stick it out and hope to land a KO punch.
Gabe Ruediger [R] Ok card, but what the fuck was Gabe Ruediger doing on it??? Did he make the weight this time?? I guess it didn't matter cause he got straight fucked up by Joe Lauzon