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Originally Posted by Rumbin
Can someone tell me who BJ Penn has beaten in the last 5 years in the lightweight division to justify this huge ranking? A 145 lb Jens Pulver and a fish out of water Joe Stevenson doesnt equate to a top 5 ranking.
Kawajiri vs BJ would be dirty
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Takanori Gomi via Rear Naked Choke ring a bell? A submission win over the #1 on the list is good enough for me. He beat Renzo and former p4p front runner Matt Hughes during that stretch too, including controversial losses to current 205lb contender Lyoto Machida and current top p4p'er Georges St. Pierre. How BJ's skills diminished since he beat Gomi, simply by fighting out of his weight class is beyond me. BJ without a doubt proved he belongs near the top of P4P lists, yet he doesn't deserve to be tops in his division? It seems as though he's more technically sound and in better shape than ever, not to mention more determined and just all around scary as hell @ 155.
Whether Joe was a fish out of water or not, he appears on that top ten and BJ absolutely steamrolled him. More telling than the beating he laid on poor Joe, was the pace he did it at. BJ came forward the whole time, cool, calm, collected, executing his gameplan perfectly and dominated. He's just nasty.