155 lbs.: BJ “The Prodigy” Penn (13-5-1) vs. Kenny “KenFlo” Florian (11-3)
Backgrounds:
BJ Penn:
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Last 5 fights: 3-2
Notable wins: Clowned the unexpected pugilistic Sean Sherk during UFC 84.
Notable losses: Bounced out of the welterweight multiplication by Matt Hughes during UFC 63 as well as Georges St. Pierre during UFC 94.
Strengths: Impossible to submit, slab chin, silly boxing.
Weaknesses: Special Olympics size cardio, good-for-nothing training, sparse fights (UFC 101 usually his second in over the year).
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Kenny Florian :
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Last 5 fights: 5-0
Notable wins: Ended the Roger Huerta examination during UFC 87.
Notable losses: None — as well as he’s accomplished 4 of those 5 fights convincingly.
Strengths: Never stops learning, patient, technically sound.
Weaknesses: Confidence — he’s been to the large dance prior to as well as mislaid — as well as admits BJ is the world’s best, additionally hasn’t faced the size of warrior which BJ is (or should be).
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Prediction:
A lot of people giggle when we discuss it them I’m picking Florian for the upset. The initial thing they ask me is ‘What has KenFlo finished to infer he can win?’ we of march answer ‘Well what has BJ finished to infer he can’t lose?’ Most of have use of have been nodding up as well as down similar to Bobbleheads observant ‘Yeah, BJ is the most appropriate lightweight’ for no alternative reason than that’s what we’ve been told. Well I’m here to contend which I’m finished celebration the Kool-Aid.
What creates him the best? I’m not tender with the approach he distant Sherk, who contingency have strike his conduct as well as woke up meditative he was the boxer. The same Sherk who was out-boxed by Frank Edgar during UFC 98. Should we applaud since Penn choked out Joe Stevenson during UFC 80? Kenny Florian did it as well during UFC 91 — usually he did it the full 5 mins faster. Maybe the actuality which he vandalized GSP in the initial turn of their quarrel during UFC 58? The same GSP who was frightened of his own shade until Matt Serra kick the little clarity in to him during UFC 69?
You’re substantially meditative I’m the sour blasphemer. BJ choked out Gomi! So did Marcus Aurelio, who is distant from the world’s best. Well he submitted Matt Hughes! Uh, so did Dennis Hallman. Twice. BJ Penn is the really gifted warrior as well as has the collection to be great, though we have no certainty in his capability to strike the conditioning issues which have tormented him for the softened partial of his career. we don’t wish to listen to about his brand new precision stay as well as Marv Marinovich or any of which alternative crap — we can be in good earthy figure as well as still destroy inside the enclosure since there is the noted disproportion in between cardio as well as quarrel cardio.
Florian has proven he can do 5 rounds, Penn has proven he can do one. Yes, BJ pronounced he is in the most appropriate figure ever though didn’t he additionally contend his final quarrel with GSP was ‘To the death?” The initial dual rounds foreordain the complete fight. we hold Penn will be in carry out for those dual rounds as well as expected win them, though the calm as well as tough work of Kenny will compensate off in rounds 3 by 5 as “The Prodigy” starts to run out of gas as well as have mistakes whilst KenFlo will sojourn technical as well as relentless. He won’t be means to finish BJ, though afterwards again he doesn’t have to. A pretension quarrel is the marathon, not the sprint.
From rounds 3-5, all Florian has to do is work harder than Penn. He doesn’t indispensably have to be some-more gifted to win, though softened rebuilt as well as some-more smart in his attack. Of march no make a difference what we contend there have been the little people who usually don’t hold Kenny Florian can win. They consider which notwithstanding how most he’s improved, Kenny Florian is no BJ Penn — as well as they’re right. He’s BJ Penn 2.0.
UFC 101: PENN VS FLORIAN, The Predictions
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