Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn defeated Diego Sanchez via TKO (cut) at 2:37 of round 5 to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn defeated Diego Sanchez via TKO (cut) at 2:37 of round 5 to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship.
BJ completely wiped off his boots on Diego. Very dominant and consummate performance by the champ.
This was such an interesting fight. Penn is so dominant at lightweight. Sanchez is new to the division, but to date his only losses are decisions at welterweight and to Koscheck and Fitch, the former being a fight I believe Sanchez could have won had he not came in with such a ridiculous game plan thinking he was some elite boxer.
Both of these fighters can really bring the aggression and its hard to picture either losing decisively. Ultimately I picked Penn by a late submission.
After the 1st round it looks like Penn is just better in every area, which is no surprise. 10-9 Penn…x5. Penn by total domination (just short of a finish or a 10-8 round).
I'm looking forward to seeing Sanchez rematch Florian at lightweight.
I'd like to see Frankie Edgar fight Penn.
R:4 A:4 S:4 T:4