
Penn says he'll fight Fitch-GSP winner at New Year's show
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So much for drama and secrets, B.J. Penn spilled the beans with Fighters Club TV. He talks about moving up to 170 in his next fight. This is contingent on the Georges St. Pierre-Jon Fitch winner at UFC 87 in August coming out of the fight healthy. The Penn v. GSP/Fitch fight would be the main event at UFC's annual close to the year card on December 27th in Las Vegas. It sort of ruins the pitch that the Roger Huerta-Kenny Florian winner, also on the UFC 87 card, was getting the next title shot against Penn at 155 pounds. Technically, I guess they can still make that fight sometime in ...
BJ Penn To Likely Fight The Winner of Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
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UFC lightweight champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn comments about moving back up to fight the winner of Jon Fitch vs. Georges St. Pierre.
“I think, right now were trying to set up welterweight fight between me and maybe the winner of Fitch and St. Pierre, auh maybe at the News Years show in December” Said UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn.
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Penn to Face GSP/Fitch Winner; UFC 89 Free on SpikeTV
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In this clip from Fighters Club TV, BJ Penn announces his intention to move back to 170 to fight the winner of Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch, possibly around New Year’s Eve. The Prodigy says he’d love to reclaim the welterweight title, will take future matches at lightweight “if it makes sense,” and moving to middleweight is a future aspiration. Hopefully, a title defense against Roger Huerta or Kenny Florian still makes sense to Penn, but the lure of eating more cheeseburgers building a legacy can be strong sometimes. (Props to Steve ...
The Daily Crunch
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UFC will celebrate this holiday weekend packing a post-Independence with UFC 86 on Saturday night. The countdown to Jackson-Griffin continues , BJ Penn is looking for a new opponent while his last victim tries to move forward. Here’s a quick rundown of those stories as well as some others that are making headlines this Thursday.
Steve Sievert of mmajunkie.com argues that UFC 86 is not generating as much hype as UFC pay-per-view events of the past.
Yahoo Sports columnist Dan Wetzel discusses what makes Rampage Jackson a UFC star.
Up and coming Bantamweight Damacio Page could be primed to ...
BJ Penn at Welterweight in December?
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Rumor: BJ Penn trying to catch winner of St. Pierre vs. Fitch
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In a recent interview, current UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn talks to Fighters Club TV about possibly returning to the welterweight division for the big New Year’s show: Right now were trying to set up a welterweight fight with me and maybe the winner of (Jon) Fitch and (Georges) St. Pierre , maybe at the News Year’s show end of December, early January. We’ll see what those guys are doing, how banged up they are. Penn has made no secret of his desire to move back to 170 lbs, going as far as saying as much after his last bout. The former welterweight champ walked away from his belt in 2004 after a shocking ...
Video: BJ Penn Says He'll Face Georges St. Pierre/Jon Fitch Winner
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The Prodigy speaks about his possible next fight, nutrition, training and more. (Props Cage Potato) Ultimate MMA News and Articles for your reading pleasure.
BJ Penn eyes winner of Georges St. Pierre vs Jon Fitch (Video)
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Possible New Year’s Eve showdown if “The Prodigy” can get passed the winner of Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta?:
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