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Posted on Friday, March 5, 2010 in Mens Belts

BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar 2....?

http://www.5thround.com/32982/bj-penn-vs-frankie-edgar-ii-slated-to-headline-ufc-118/
So its going to happen. Who do you have winning and why? Honestly I have BJ Winning this. In convincing fashion. The reason why? BJ has nothing to lose this time around. Having a belt is a good reason to not take risks. Frankie did nothing to impress me in any of his fights. I think BJ had an off night and in my opinion he still won.

I have BJ winning by decision, but I wouldn't count Frankie Edgar out. In their first fight BJ thought he could out box Frankie but that did not come out as planned, Frankie outboxed BJ with his quickness and movement. BJ's lethal Jab was effective for two rounds but when Frankie figured that out he moved - side to side, fainted and was very unpredictable. Now BJ knows where Frankie Edgar's strongest point is, and that is standing up. Frankie's only loss came via a one sided decision because he was out wrestled by Gray Maynard, and I believe that BJ could take Frankie down and hold him down. And not to mention BJ's brazilian jit-jitsu black belt. So I have the going in BJ's favor because of his superior ground skills. But then again, Frankie Edgar took him down - a feat that has never been done to BJ in the lightweight division for 4 years and he did it not once but twice. So it comes down to if BJ can take and hold Frankie down. Peace.