No doubt Penn wasn't in his best shape against Hughes and St. Pierre. However, he has gone three rounds several times in his career and went five twice, though the five rounders weren't his best showings (besides, Hughes and St. Pierre fight in a weight class up and are much bigger fighters than Sherk). In his last two contests against Joe Stevenson and Jens Pulver- real lightweights- he seemed to be in excellent shape. Now granted, those fights didn't go deep into the fight so that's pure conjecture (he just looked strong for the short time he fought).

So, we'll see. He's been sleeping in hyperbaric chambers and working out harder than ever as per the people around him. I'm looking forward to seeing what transpires.

Originally Posted by JJOdin

No doubt Penn wasn't in his best shape against Hughes and St. Pierre. However, he has gone three rounds several times in his career and went five twice, though the five rounders weren't his best showings (besides, Hughes and St. Pierre fight in a weight class up and are much bigger fighters than Sherk). In his last two contests against Joe Stevenson and Jens Pulver- real lightweights- he seemed to be in excellent shape. Now granted, those fights didn't go deep into the fight so that's pure conjecture (he just looked strong for the short time he fought).

So, we'll see. He's been sleeping in hyperbaric chambers and working out harder than ever as per the people around him. I'm looking forward to seeing what transpires.

He looks essentially the same to me that he looked when he first got to the UFC at LW. Jens Pulver is now a FW. Stevenson, while a tough guy, is not a world beater. He's "gone" 5 rounds, but as you say, not his best showing. It's not coincidence. The only time I can think of him winning a third round in a fight was against Gomi, and in that fight, he got a bit lucky that Gomi gassed even more then he did, because they were both dying out there.

Main Card
BJ Penn v. Sean Sherk
Wanderlei Silva v. Keith Jardine
Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic (Why in the name of Christ is this one televised?)
Lyoto Machida v. Tito Ortiz
Thiago Silva v. Antonio Mendes

Undercard
Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
Kaz Nakamura v. Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi (Stepping in for an injured Emerson) v. Terry Etim
John Koppenhaver vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Dong-Hyun Kim vs. Jason Tan
Shane Carwin vs. Christian Wellisch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s-WLqj6C4w

BJ v. Sherk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJXHCu2O7Zk

Wanderlei v. Jardine (Video really shows how much Dana likes Wanderlei)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-61wWELHhY

Machida v. Tito

fun to watch tito fight again

It'll be interesting to see what he comes into this fight looking like.

This is supposedly going to be his last fight with the UFC, and he has an opportunity to screw things up for Dana if he beats Machida who should be an easy call for next title shot after Forrest if he should beat Tito.

I think one of the two sides, either the UFC/Dana or Tito is going to take the high road after this and really try and make the other one look bad, just not sure which one yet.

A lot will probably depend on the fight's result.

[QUOTE=JensenS;66939]I think one of the two sides, either the UFC/Dana or Tito is going to take the high road after this and really try and make the other one look bad, just not sure which one yet.

A lot will probably depend on the fight's result.[/QUOT

I don't picture either of the two taking the high road, so if Ortiz wins, he'll call Dana a p***y, if Machida wins, Ortiz won't be allowed an interview, much like Arlovski.