BJ Penn to replace St. Pierre vs Hughes September 23.

[MikeMartial]

C'mon man give Mav a chance...

Sorry G, been there done that. Whenever I have given him the benefit of the doubt, he pulls an immature stunt or a blatantly ignorant comment. When he's not making a bone-headed statement, his posts usually only consist of one sentence. But he never fails to amaze me with some of the stuff that comes out of his mouth. I seriously suspect a severe undiagnosed neurotransmitter deficiency, but that's neither here nor there.

It was probably in his best interest to delete that whole thread, though.

Regarding the thread topic: Penn with take the title, and once GSP is well, he'll have a title shot in early 2007, IMO. I think Hughes's days of domination are over, and he is probably very aware of it. The WW division in the UFC is extremely talent-heavy.

 

[Anthony Starks]

Wow, I'm surprised everyone is so down on Hughes. I was picking Hughes to beat GSP and I think he will have an even easier time with Penn. What exactly has Hughes done to indicate "Hughes's days of domination are over, and he is probably very aware of it" - last fight a lot of people on here were picking Gracie to beat Hughes and he absolutely dominated. At least let the guy lose once since he has become a true MMA fighter before you say he's through...

 

[gjohnson5]

BJ Penn has very fast hands and feet... He won't be standing there waiting for Hughes to come at him like Royce Gracie did and then was dsmantled on the mat

 

[Anthony Starks]

BJ Penn has very fast hands and feet... He won't be standing there waiting for Hughes to come at him like Royce Gracie did and then was dsmantled on the mat

Of course its not going to be as easy as the Gracie fight, that was completely one-sided and Penn is a game fighter. But Hughes should be a big favorite, hes far from washed up - seems to me he gets better every fight.

 

[Maverick]

But I thought you TRAINED with him, didn't you know about this the second it happened?!?!

LOL@COTB. Already abusing your $1000 nametag by deleting that moronic thread about your racist theory?? BTW, does your dad know you used his credit card to buy that?

if you read my post, the fight will more then likely go on.....as far as my COTB, why the jealousy and hate ? Dont be mad that I got good looks and money to burn

I aint mad at cha mike, dont hate the player.....hate the game homie

 

[MaGilicuti]

hughes will be champ for a long time. i'd put money on it.

 

[megamania500]

Wow, I'm surprised everyone is so down on Hughes. I was picking Hughes to beat GSP and I think he will have an even easier time with Penn. What exactly has Hughes done to indicate "Hughes's days of domination are over, and he is probably very aware of it" - last fight a lot of people on here were picking Gracie to beat Hughes and he absolutely dominated. At least let the guy lose once since he has become a true MMA fighter before you say he's through...

Probably because Penn beat him before. That was years ago, 2002 I think (a little google check but I'm not that curious).

 

[Anthony Starks]

Probably because Penn beat him before. That was years ago, 2002 I think (a little google check but I'm not that curious).

Yeah, Hughes was pretty much just a wrestler then

 

[mr.october]

Yeah, Hughes was pretty much just a wrestler then

He's pretty much just a wrestler now. BJ beat Hughes in 2004

 

[Anthony Starks]

He's pretty much just a wrestler now. BJ beat Hughes in 2004

January of 2004, so its been over 2.5 years. and you don't get to be world champ and defend your belt multiple times knowing just wrestling.