UFC 101: BJ Penn Bounces Back, Defends His Lightweight Belt

Jo-Ryan Salazar by Analyst Written on August 09, 2009
PHILADELPHIA - AUGUST 08:   Lightweight champion BJ Penn (R) battles Kenny Florian during their lightweight championship title bout at UFC 101: Declaration at the Wachovia Center on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images) (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)

In a piece I wrote a few months back, I blasted BJ Penn for failing to show up against Georges St. Pierre. Well now, apparently after the defeat to GSP, he's starting to wonder, "After nine years of fighting...what the heck am I doing?"

That loss was the wake-up call he needed. With the detractors, doubters and naysayers bringing up the question, the Prodigy from Kailua answered with a fourth-round victory over Kenny Florian at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

His performance sums it all up: the Master still has it.

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written on August 09, 2009 Game Recap

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