Comments on: UFC 118 Post-Mortem and Ken’s Report Card http://intelligentlydefending.com/2010/08/31/ufc-118-post-mortem-and-kens-report-card/ Sun, 20 May 2012 00:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ryan http://intelligentlydefending.com/2010/08/31/ufc-118-post-mortem-and-kens-report-card/#comment-1503 Ryan Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:17:52 +0000 http://intelligentlydefending.com/?p=683#comment-1503 I know we are all tired of the post-fight BJ legacy chatter but I do need to chime in since this is my boy. I was dissappointed that BJ didn't learn from the first fight and just take this to the ground from the start or just do something different than in the first fight. Having said that, people have begun to question how good BJ really is. Fair enough... His record is now 15-7, which a normal person might mistake as an average UFC fighter's record. But what BJ's record suffers from is his own strive to be the best there ever was. Who can fault somebody for saying that? Every kid dreams of being the best there ever was. To try and prove that he was the best he was constantly fighting quality opponents that were usually much larger in size to him. Best example, his fight against top-ranked Lyoto Machida at Light heavyweight where he lost in a CLOSE decision. Now in the past, even Penn himself said he lacked the work ethic necessary to be great. But since his run at the Lightweight title, he has worked much harder training for fights. In the end, his dream but it crumbled around him. But that's life & you can't blame him for trying to be the best. I know we are all tired of the post-fight BJ legacy chatter but I do need to chime in since this is my boy.

I was dissappointed that BJ didn’t learn from the first fight and just take this to the ground from the start or just do something different than in the first fight. Having said that, people have begun to question how good BJ really is. Fair enough…

His record is now 15-7, which a normal person might mistake as an average UFC fighter’s record. But what BJ’s record suffers from is his own strive to be the best there ever was. Who can fault somebody for saying that? Every kid dreams of being the best there ever was. To try and prove that he was the best he was constantly fighting quality opponents that were usually much larger in size to him. Best example, his fight against top-ranked Lyoto Machida at Light heavyweight where he lost in a CLOSE decision.

Now in the past, even Penn himself said he lacked the work ethic necessary to be great. But since his run at the Lightweight title, he has worked much harder training for fights. In the end, his dream but it crumbled around him. But that’s life & you can’t blame him for trying to be the best.

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