Thread: Penn vs Hughes 2 poll

Originally Posted by Snow Patrol

I don't know if I can recall the last time I heard of a draw. Even though the rules of the UFC from ufc.com say that a draw is a possible fight outcome, the rules also say that a KO isn't a possible fight outcome. I have seen so many fights where I think a draw would have made the most sense, but I just don't see it happening any more.

The reason you don't see draws anymore,is because one of the three judges would actually have to call it a draw, and the other two need to give it to different fighters.
This is obviously rare with 3 or 5 rounds.

One draw I can remember actually involves BJ. And funnily enough, it was to determine the new lightweight champ, between Caol Uno and BJ. 4-man "tournament" to get a champ...
That was comedy gold.

hughes tko

hughes by decision

Couture had a difficult time. And so did GSP. So Hughes is in trouble.



When I heard this fight was gonna happen... tears started coming...
I knew BJ was gonna be the champ again.

Originally Posted by Ryduce

Someone else has to remember where I heard it from.Randy said BJ was incredibly and deceptively strong.He also praised his takedown defense and said he had trouble keeping him down because of his flexibilty.

Does anyone else remember hearing about BJ and Randy rolling???

Someone has to remember!!!!!!!

Put down the bottle for Christ sake.


Well, before their last fight (BJ-Hughes), I remember Rogan saying, that BJ tapped Randy in training etc. I bet there have been other instances too.

Penn by submission. Penn impressed me alot when he fought against Pierre (i belived he won that one), actually all his fights i was very impressed. When BJ fought Pierre if there was one problem i saw, it was that he was too defeinsive. Notice how he wasn't gassed and not a mark on his face compared to Pierre. Saying that Pierre fought hard and pressuerized Penn, and that is what won the fight for him. But Pierre was never marked like that before. Hughes is a power house. I see this going as a standup for maybe a minute or until Hughes realises that Penn is not going to engange, he's going to drop Penn and go for ground and pound but Pennwill be very defensive and look for submission. It will get stood up and the longer it continues like this, the more confident BJ will get, drop him and sub him by rear naked chock or maybe triangle, but Hughes is very powerful and will use his strength to get out of the subs, so best bet is a rear nakid choke.

I don't know. I think it's going to work both ways. It's constantly mentioned with BJ that he just seems to lose interest. If he can stay motivated the entire fight that's a huge plus for him. But at the same time, against a guy like Hughes you need to be in the best shape of your life, because you know he will be. I think most would agree Hughes has the strength advantage, so even more reason Penn needs to step up his training, not slouch. It just reinforces for me why i think Hughes will win this. Hughes is the total package, Penn lately always seems to be missing something.

I believe that the match will be pretty close to what their last match was. True Matt Hughes has evolved as a fighter since then but his strategy is pretty much the same as it's always been. Takedown, GnP, Sub / TKO. That pretty much sums it up. I dont believe that Hughes striking is better than Penn's and I dont believe his ground game is anywhere near Penn's. The only things I think Hughes has over Penn is maybe conditioning, we'll have to see the night of the fight for that one however, and for sure strength. I am betting that Penn subs Hughes either in the latter parts of the first round or the early stages of the second round.