BJ Penn?

[GIXER]

Originally Posted by s0undbwoi

Good striking and he seems to be improving with each fight

World Class BJJ

Exceptional takedown defense

Only a few losses and nearly all of those were at a higher weight class.

His skill set is amongst the best in the world, and his focus is finally where it needs to be. He is a dangerous fighter at both 155 and 171.

Thats about it.

That about covers it.
How someone can say 'trust me I know a lot about this sport' and then come out with the absolute torrent of shit that TS did is beyond me. Trust me, you clearly know fuck all about this sport.

[BigKO34]

It all really depends on what you think a P4P ranking should reperesent. Which is the problem with P4P rankings.

First, you have the people who go by record and record alone. If you like this style, then GSP is ahead of Penn in P4P.

Then there are the people who rank P4P as fighters who are great in their own division, but have shown that they can fight people outside of their weight class( or bigger people in Fedor's case) and win or do well. If you go by this, BJ is ahead of GSP.

Just depends on how you view P4P rankings.

[SanchoMF]

I think people should really watch his fights and see the people he's fought.
After that you really see where she's coming from.

[The RuthlessOne]

Because BJ's losses have been to larger fighters and GSP lost to a LW.

[bam18211]

Originally Posted by Ozzy_mma

I think everyone should just ignore P4P ranking's, Its a ranking based on personal opinion pretty much

Exactly

[Glen Quagmire]

Originally Posted by mmacoyot

Can anyone tell me why BJ Penn is considered to be ranked higher than GSP in the p4p rankings? And why Anderson Silva thinks BJ could be the best p4p fighter in the world? Like what would make him think that? Trust me, I know a lot about this sport but I never got that.

Apparently you don't know too much about the sport or you would understand BJ's skill level.

[Diggle05]

I think GSP lost a lot of credablity when he lost to Matt Serra. I know he dominted the next fight but he has had a lot of fights go to decision.

[ImpactJM8]

Originally Posted by mmacoyot

Can anyone tell me why BJ Penn is considered to be ranked higher than GSP in the p4p rankings? And why Anderson Silva thinks BJ could be the best p4p fighter in the world? Like what would make him think that? Trust me, I know a lot about this sport but I never got that.

if you dont know why people think so highly of Bj then you do not know alot about this sport.

[ThePorpise]

I don't know of many p4p lists that have BJ ahead of GSP. If BJ manages to win this fight he'll probably jump to at least No. 2 on most list. A tough loss probably won't hurt him much either.

[Bcochran]

Originally Posted by sirchadwick1

I don't think he should be higher than GSP. But there is a reason why he is so highly regarded and respected. Read this thread here if you haven't already.

To all newer fans - This is why BJ is so respected

I read the post and it's a bit of propaganda. Machida didn't have 50 pounds on Penn during their fight.