Exclusive | BJ Penn Transcript Part 1 | "It Will Be Nice To Let Tri-Star Know Last Time Was A Fluke" | UFC NEWS
BJ Penn wants another crack at the Tri-Star gym. That’s why he accepts the fight with Rory McDonald at UFC 152. Pulver brings up the Tri Star greasing issue with BJ Penn and BJ wants to put that in the past.
Abel Pulver breaks the ice by talking to BJ about their conversations during the previous weeks while watching BJ Penn appear on MMA live and other shows keeping the offer on the table tight lipped. Abel also talked about watching Rory McDonald saying – he would’ve loved to fight BJ before he retired and is confident he would win the fight.
“What brought you back, BJ? What did it?” asked Pulver
BJ Penn:
“When Rory put the challenge out there, for me – I’d love to. Honestly with Koscheck, Pettis, Melendez calling me out – I’d love to take another crack at someone good like Rory McDonald and Tri Star gym. My last fight with Tri Star gym was all the way back in UFC 94 and it didn’t go the way I wanted. I’d like to take another crack at ‘em and show I can do better than I did better than last time.”
Abel Pulver: Is there a certain motivation knowing this is a Tri Star guy? Your last fight you’re right. It didn’t go the way as planned. There was greasing involved – the commission told you ‘you have to file an injunction – we caught him greasing’ Does that play in your mind at all leading up to this fight? How bad do you want to stick it to Tri Star? To Faraz and even show GSP – Hey that was a fluke man.
BJ Penn:
“The past is the past. There’s nothing for me to talk about on that end. That is definitely left in the past.
It would be nice to let them know it was a fluke. The fight is not going to go down the same way. Rory is not just going to walk in there and take me out and beat me up for 4 rounds straight and end up putting me away. I really believe that the fight is going to go different and they are going to realize that when we start fighting. This isn’t the same guy they fought that night and this is going to be a whole different thing.
Besides that there is no bad blood. I see Faraz all the time. I see George. Everything is in the past. I’d like to get out there show Tri Star gym and their fans – I’m a worthy opponent. I’m not just a guy that’s going to walk in the ring and somebody’s just gonna walk across the other side and walk across and crush me. That’s not gonna be the story.”
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Sounds to me like he has a lot of revenge and resentment about that GSP fight. That sounds like positive fuel. Only Mr. Penn knows what he needs to do to win a fight. All those others just want a piece of the pie who are telling him what to do and how to do it. People that come out of the woodwork and from no where train like animals and machines with next to no equipment and those are the champions of the sport or at the highest level. I picture him running under the water in Hawaii running with rocks…straight spartan training. I also hope that this anger he has fuels him in a positive way so that he is willing to walk through this fire that he is challenging himself with right now and in the next few months. Either way it sounds like the “The Champ Is Here People…The Champ Is Here” -Bundinee WAR BJ WAR
I don’t want to come off as an ass but Im ready for BJ to drink Rory’s blood!
Can’t wait to see how bad Rory’s massive acne is this fight and I wonder if TRISTAR will have their go to guy Phil Nurse working the vasoline again. Roery could have called out 10 other fighters Kos, fitch, Ellenberger, Kampmann, Ebersole, Eric Silva but alot of them are closer to his own size and he knows how bad Tristar looked after they were exposed for greasing. This is a revenge fight for Rory if anything to show his mentor GSP he is team player. I hope BJ gets in the shape he was in Diego fight and rips that JUICER/HGH’er a new one.
I think that even with all the PED of the world, Rory McDonalds won’t be able to take down and control BJ. He’s not GSP
I hope BJ will crush that guy : a TKO due to a flurry of punches while Rory is holding for a single leg would be a perfect scenario.
I also hope that one of BJ’s camp will at least spit on that **** sucker Feraz Zahabi
JUICER/HGH’er hey… you mind filling us in about that, wheres your proof?… or are you just talking out of your ass and desperately trying to swallow BJ’s nuts.
Drink his blood! Yeahaaaa!
Im so ****ing happy bjs back!!!!
Rip his ****ing head off BJ. Then Drink his blood. wait dont drink his blood cause then you might test + for Steroids LOL
+1000 LMFAO!!!
Hate to brake it to you fellows, there are no flukes at tristar, your mistaking them for G Jackson’s academy. And I sure hope BJs in great ****en conditioning, which isn’t a fluke then and only then will there be a war,let’s hope he does …..Shout out to BJ be that guy ,big fan and good luck!
WTF is with all this steroid shit when referring to Rory… did I miss some story about Rory getting busted for roids or something?
Haters just hate. They think that having pimples on his back is definitive proof that he on steroids. I hate to ****ing break it to you dummies, it ain’t proof. One of my buddies in the Army had the same problem when he was Rory’s age, and he did not take steroids. Idiots. On a separate but related note There is one person who beats BJ more than anyone, himself! His last fight against Edgar, it was written all over him, he was not in the fight. And then he pisses me off. He is a bjj ‘prodigy’, how about this concept, use it. Stop trying to box with people who can out box you. Mix it up!
I LOVE BJ SOOO MYCH FOREVER,,,BUT IF HE WANTS TO FIGHT AT WW HE NEEDs work out and get alot bigger,,these guys at ww are too big,,he is going get handled and rag dolled…this is bad fight…i wanna see bj at 155 or 145 for a title run….we know he cann take edger cuz he beat him the first time
Haha ya Bj don’t be lickin the blood of your gloves for this fight or you’ll be testing positive for roids
If there are two more fights for BJ,first beat Rory and call out Gsp,then beat Gsp that be awesome
Bj is a *****. He’s on roids, frenchie is on roids, bj will lose because he is gay.
@ Tim Bradley, lmmfao with your third grade insults!! its not hard to tell you never seen bj fight b4 nor do you really watch the sport, my advice is to stfu!! And go find a chat room where there are kids the same age as your insults you ****ing *****!!
lmfao
can someone explain to me what greasing is
the fight with Gsp,the corner was rubbing Vaseline all over GSP, basically gsp got caught cheating
Pretty much Gsp turned himself into a giant lubbed up dildo
Bj better be in shape bc rory is a beast, Bj needs to go back down to 155 where he belongs. He needs to get off of his lazy ass and get into shape and fight in a more natural weight class. He can beat most WW’s, but isn’t big enough to handle the top guys on a consistent basis. Talent will only get you so far in life, he has plenty of it but doesn’t posses the work ethic to keep him at the top.
lets do it bj, all u gottah do is leave da islands for da hole training period and ull be a fawkn beast brah a true beast, jus go train a black house or extreme couture aka, any were besides home u need to focous a 110 percent for dis kid no distractions
Im really starting to hate hearing that theUFC is prompting fighters to call out other specific fighters…if this shit is true than they are really & truly damaging mma!!!…its as real as it gets!?…I hope..
ALOHA
bj is letting his pride get in the way of good judgment. im wondering if any of u delusional bj fans have ever seen rory fight. he’s not just gonna beat bj, he’s gonna embarrass him. this kid is a freak and a gsp protege. bj should come back at 155 and take the pettis fight. rory will finish him inside 3 rounds.
go tongue JBJ’s balls you clown.
BJ needs to come in shape: 350 bench, 400 squat, 400 dead lift all for reps, mofos have been out muscling him not outfighting him.
BJ we love watching you fight, get serious, get strong, and send that kid to the hospital!
DBKlein69 its obvious youre just a GreaSP Nuthugger… go on his page with your idiotic rants. The real question is do you know what the **** ur talking about? Do watch the sport, at all? Bc if you did, you would know that Rory has never beat a Top 10 WW fighter ever in his career. His last 3 fights were Nate Diaz (who has since moved down to 155), Pyle and Che Mills… The only top 10 WW he fought was Condit and he got beat. So stop propping rory as if he a freak of nature just bc he beat che mills, mike pyle and nate diaz…. The kid made a HUGE mistake calling out the legend,… now the Prodigy is going to come back and beat the ****ing shit out of this kid. Rory has absolutely Nothing on BJ. BJ is going to destroy this kid and show him not only whats its like to fight a top 10 WW, but whats is like to fight a legend in this sport and the GOAT. BJ will be licking Rorys blood off his gloves at end of this fight. I cant wait I am going there live to see it. TEAM PENN for Life.
DBklien69….. Gotta be a BJ fan or bandwagon fan….. Haven’t seen you around this site for awhile.But as I remember honest as always, luv BJ but this kid is gonna destroy him like never before…. GSP was a walk in the park, Nick Diaz was sugar and spice, Rory McDonald is gonna make everyone say……what the **** happened? That was crazy……dumb fight to say the least!
Win lose or draw bj will go down as one of the greatest in history because if his fighting spirit an picking Rory to come out of retirement shows it! im rootin for bj 100% but I hope he trains hard cuz Rory is a beast
I personally think he lost some muscle I think he should start his training camp by keeping it basic! lifting again get stronger to a point where he can switch to the marinovich training method STRONGER an fight at a 170-185 caliber I JUS WANNA SEE BJ WIN! ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT BS PACQUIAO LOSS if he loses it’ll be the worst fight year for me…
f@#kn str8 up i never like watching that fight aye gsps takedowms are too mad someone kick his face in alredy lmao bjpenm4life rorys goin down 1st round classic prodigy styles
Damn, you all are a bunch of haters. Really? Rory is using PEDS? What’s your source, keyboard warriors? and where in that article does it say BJ hates GSP and Faraz?
Try again, nutthuggers. God damn, you all hate on GSP for no GOOD reason. and if BJ loses you say “ohh retire already”. Now you all are jumping up on his ****. Funny thing is, I remember you all saying Diaz didnt deserve a title shot because he “only beat a washed up BJ that needed to retire anyway”
It’s hard to root for BJ with retarded fanatical fans like the one’s talking shit making faults accusations above ^^… smarten the **** up you ass lickin ball sniffers!, your not helping BJ out with your idiotic comments.
I agree wit Donnybrook. BJ is one of my favorite fighters, but then I read some of the dumb shit that come out of his groupies’ mouths and it ****ing sad really. I can understand supporting BJ, but y’all gotta be retarded to think BJ will run over Rory coming out of retirement.
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