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Originally Posted by Masscore
Its the same with all fighters, I think it just shows up with BJ Penn more because he has a lot more fans.
Its just the fans that blindly root for BJ Penn and are unwilling to accpet the fact that the guy could be human and that he may have to lost to GSP, Pulver, Hughes, or anyone else for that matter legitly. Pretty much the fans that believe that Penn would submit Anderson Silva easily and would even hold his own in the stand-up. When in truth, the chances of that happening are slim to none.
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How do the people that like him "blindly" root for him? They like him because they are obviously educated in his accomplishments. I'm sorry, but BJ Penn is not a flavor of the month and you don't get bandwagon fans with him. He is not a fabricated name that is shoved down our throats like some other stars that I won't name.
Who is to say he wouldn't sub Anderson easy? He has subbed harder fighters to sub and it's not like Anderson has world-class jiu-jitsu like Marcelo Garcia or Shinya Aoki, he has been subbed before. You talk like you dislike him and simply say you don't because you don't want to be flamed.
No one denies his losses, but the truth is he DID seperate a rib in the Hughes fight, there's a fuckin medical records of it. He DID lose a close close close decision to GSP, who only won because of 4 takedowns. He DID lose a 5-round decision to Pulver who should of been finished at the end of the second but was saved by the bell. He DID lose a decision to Machida who he fought at heavyweight and who just made a former LHW champion, past his prime or not, look silly as hell. No one is denying these things.
What I don't get is you saying "I don't like Penn because he has so many bandwagoners and nutthuggers." Not a direct quote, but the point you were trying to make is just that. If you dislike him for such a shitty reason you're just missing out on cheering for and enjoying watching fight one of the best fighters on the planet.