BJ should continue to fight at 145

[KrisGallagher]

The old adage that "Hard work beats talent,when talent doesn't work hard" seems like it's always gonna haunt BJ. I wish I was anywhere near as talented as Mr Penn,hell I'd even settle for being a substantial fraction as talented as he is. But for all his heart,he doesn't seem to have the drive and desire

[Joe Firth]

6 weeks with Eddie and he'd be a demon off his back.

The guy is a world champion BJJ and has crazy flexibility. His boxing is sick - commended by Freddie Roach.

BJ Penn has been my favourite fighter forever. I like his personality and I love watching him.


To summarise, I think you're completely right Eddie.

[Kurzy]

6 weeks with Eddie and he'd be a demon off his back.

You should extend the offer, Master Eddie.

[Will Thaxton]

You see Edgar put his hand on the mat and your thinking gosh....

[DB3D]

Get rid of that cornerman!!!! That guy is the worst coach in the history of MMA.

[Bruno C. Ordanini]

BJ was one of the best fighters in world, i know it sounds like a movie thing, but after the title losing, he lost his "eye's of the tiger" i mean , trained , got a good workout got excellent technique (to me he used to be the best fighter talking about technique, he was calm, control the rhythm of the fight, great boxing, great grappling) , but he don't have the spirit , the hunger , he needs some motivation, some one who show that he can do it ! he still a champ , its hard to work with the psychological; But still BJ is excellent and i'll always be a fan !!

[Heath Hawkins]

First off, BJ shouldn't have ever taken Frankie as his first fight back. He needed a mid level guy like Marcus Brimage or someone like that to fight.

Aside from that, everything Eddie said is spot on. Attack off the back, or at least attempt to sweep. BJ's old boxing style was fine against guys his size or smaller, he only suffered when he went up and fought guys bigger that him. Bring that back and he'd be fine at 145.

[Neil Kiernan]

BJ was one of the best fighters in world, i know it sounds like a movie thing, but after the title losing, he lost his "eye's of the tiger" i mean , trained , got a good workout got excellent technique (to me he used to be the best fighter talking about technique, he was calm, control the rhythm of the fight, great boxing, great grappling) , but he don't have the spirit , the hunger , he needs some motivation, some one who show that he can do it ! he still a champ , its hard to work with the psychological; But still BJ is excellent and i'll always be a fan !!

The "Eye of the tiger" thing is absolutely 100% real. Stallone watched a lot of boxing when he wrote those movies and more specifically really got into the story behind the scenes. Even the "Rocky" story itself was based on a real fighter who went the distance with Muhammad Ali and shocked everyone. Almost all of the Rocky movies represent some real facet of the fighting experience.

GSP knows he doesn't have it right now which is why he is not coming back. Anderson Silva doesn't think he has it in him to finish his contract. I have seen other fighters lose it and when they have it you can tell. A loss can either give it back to you like GSP with Matt Serra, or it can crush you like Sanchez after BJ Penn. Sanchez is still a shadow of who he was before that fight and that was forever ago. Randy Couture lost it because of the timing of his divorce but then got it back and shocked the world with another title.

BJ could get it back. But the question is always going to be does he WANT it back?

[Neil Kiernan]

Another point I intended to mention but forgot is that fighters who want to come back often have to re-invent themselves. Again like in Rocky when the "Eye of the tiger" issue came up he had to learn a completely new style. So the suggestion that he needs to change his game plan is also spot on. Randy had to change to stay in the game too.