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Joe Rogan's Dream Fight (Khabib Vs B.J. Penn)
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- Published on May 28, 2023 veröffentlicht
- Joe Rogan's dream fight that never happened is prime Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Prime B.J. Penn. B.J. Penn 's career doesn't look very impressive on paper compared to the Russian's undefeated record, however, he's consistently heralded as one of the best lightweights ever. He is noted as being incredibly talented, earning a BJJ black belt in just three years.
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Could B.J. Penn do it?
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Bj penn is one of the greatest Lw but he will never ever won against Khabib.
Yea he isn’t the same as the strikers that Khabib fought Penn can wrestle and it’s not like he hasn’t felt with them I mean he beat Matt Hughes twice BJ would beat Khabib
Make Bj Penn 27 agian with all he knows now, I think he'd win hands down
I think the problem would be kabibs pounding on bj on the ground I don’t think bj could deal with that
Bj couldnt come close to Khabib
BJ Penn is Anderson Silva's favourite UFC fighter.
Lol I remember that. Such a wholesome interaction between them
Jesus is greatest warrior of all time. Repent and believe the gospel ❤
BJ is one of the greatest fighters to ever live.
No question about it.
He should've retired after he fought Fitch.
Just imagine that dude on the juice. Monster.
Oddly, he's one of the few fighters who we can say near for certain never used.
BJ Penn is one of those dudes that looks like he cant mess you up but he can probably kill you with his bare hands
Exactly. All them Khabib fanboys don't know what they're saying 🤣
@Equinox2121he didn’t say he’d beat him 😂 also almost any modern elite mma talent would wipe the floor with peak bj penn or any old generation fighters just because the sport has evolved so much
@Michael Omo bj penn would eat nate diaz
Nah he got nocked out by a drunk guy in the streets
Motivated BJ was a beast.
If i had a time machine id prevent covid so we could see tony vs khabib
yeah same
That fight was cursed if not COVID something else like tony messing up his knee would've happened
@Oliver Parrish in no universe was that fight ever going to happen 💀💀
one of the most underrated lightweights ever
People forget that his record looks so bad partly because he fought everyone including guys much larger than him
@CanceledMMA yep he caught in so many divisions
I think he’s also one of the most overrated.
@Jay Plays hey to each their own
@Jay Plays fr i never got why he got hyped that much he fucked his record up pretty bad to
Prime BJ was a beast
Glad to hear them talking about BJ 👏🏽
Goosebumps indeed
not really
Thank God you watched fedor vs cro cop when they were in their primes
Or Fedor vs Nogueira
Fedor, Cro Crop and Shogun Rua in PRIDE were on a different level of toughness. These guys were near unbeatable.
During his title run, BJ was regrded as the best LW ever. And he was also a dual champion. And did a super fight with GSP.
And fought Machida when Machida weighed 215 lbs.
That's a dream fight and a half...BJ was the pound for pound best in his day. I don't even recall people using the term "pound for pound" before BJ.
Matt hughes was known as the p4p number 1 in the world during his welterweight title reign. That was before BJ Penn won the welterweight or lightweight title.
He mauls Bj Penn. Same way that GSP beat him, Khabib comes in heavy
Pretty much. GSP and Danaher gameplanned to take advantage of BJ's bottom game being weak. And Khabib is way way way way way way better at being on top and GnPing...
Gsp was a welterweight peanut.
@G GSP being a welterweight doesn't mean there wasn't a problem of BJ's ground game being exploitable. Khabib is 100 times the wrestler GSP was.
@John Brown I can't believe I am explaining this, but being bigger and stronger makes it easier to hold some down. Bj beat amazing Wrestlers his size. Who is the best wrestler Khebab beat? Go watch some fights.
GSP chopped and ate away at Penn on the feet. He cooked him on over reacting to faints and used his 7 inch reach advantage to blast him with the jab. Penn was a world class JiuJitsu Champion and had hands of doom. Good luck laying ontop of him and not getting caught without doing damage on the feet
If Joe Rogan had a Time Machine, this is really what he’d do with it.
Let's put prime BJ Penn in perspective, he fought Lyoto Machida to a decision at heavy weight, I think that says everything you need to know about about BJ.
I've watched that fight, but still that's so funny and ridiculous
@bhoomeerg it was, Machida was a UFC lightweight champion, and fat BJ fought him to a decision, a close decision at that, prime BJ Penn was a absolute monster who would fight anyone any where any time.
and he lost all the time lol. he lost
@SOLO RANK GAMING what a DS casual.
@John Beavers lol its a fact he always loses.anyone can be brave and fight at a higher weight class.calling someone a casual for spitting facts
BJ had no gas tank. Round 5 khabib subs an exhausted BJ. Prime GSP vs Khabib is the only fight I’d wanna see.
😂
after that islam fight with volk I think GSP handles khabib relatively easy
@Varawhat does islam vs volk have to do with khabib vs gsp?
@Gareth Lloyd Islam and khabib fighting styles are very similar, Islam is the better striker and more defensive but khabib does have better ground and pound. My point is that GSP would be able to keep the fight standing and with his faints, foot work, and stance switches be able to outwork khabib on the feet. I also don't sense any danger for GSP on the ground unless he is gassed which I don't see happening
Would’ve been an amazing fight. Bj had great boxing and knew how to wrestle along with his top tier jiu jitsu. We’ll never know the result
Got his black belt in 3 years
U don't beat a player with a full proof plan like Khabib no matter how good u r !!!!😅👍
Prime Bj vs prime Khabib is a match made in heaven. That would break the all time ppv record. It would come down to striking because these dudes is world class grappling.
That would’ve been an amazing fight to watch
GSP made his ground game look non existent
That Vaseline had some purpose 😂
And bj was on drugs
Heck yeah crazy matchup
Bj was the man, that lead left hook right upper cut was deadly
I would bring Connor and Chael shonnen tbh. The trash talk would be legendary 😂
Not even a fight. Chael is too big, too strong, and has too good a gas tank. Let's not even talk about wrestling.
They did some trash talk on stage together an I think Michael bisping was also there
Bj penn was one of my favourite fighters
If you’ve watched this sport since beginning then he as to be in your top 5 all time I agree with what your saying he’s a legend
@gavin mitchell yeah definitely I love penn Forrest Griffin shogun even loved Frank Mir
@MJ 420 yup the good old days 😂 Franklin was my personal fave but those guys you mentioned were up there.
@gavin mitchell yeah he was a monster I remember when he made brock look silly 🤣.
Khabib will demolish him
He'd turn him into origami
Ummah bro spotted
I remember when he fought Sean I thought Sean was gonna run through him and it went the other way around.
Khabib would smash the "dexterity" out of him
Whenever i think about Habib Vs Tony am in depression 💔💔💔
As soon as he said b.j. Penn my eyes lit up. That would be a helluva fight
The BJ Penn that fought Diego Sanchez, I'd put up against anyone on the planet
BJ is one of my all-time favorite fighters
That would be a damn good fight, Joe. 👏👏👏👏
Khabib would smesh him. He has way too much heart when it gets tough for BJ to keep up.
BJ doesn’t have the heart to beat Khabib. I’ll always remember the video showing BJ preparing for GSP and running with rocks under water and half assing his camp and Dana telling him to get his ass back in the fucking gym. Dana would never have to make a call like that to Khabib. I also used to love seeing the look on BJ’s face when Matt Hughes was pounding his face in the Crucifix.
BJ was a great fighter. I remember when GSPs corner greased his shoulders in that fight between rounds .
I don’t think it was illegal back then tho
@HungAndFaded it was illegal stop defending GSP like he was a very clean fighter 😂
@GOAT lol I wasn’t defending, at what point did I defend him. I honestly thought it was legal, but thank you for informing Einstein
@HungAndFaded bro thought cheating was illegal damn
@GOAT what?
Bj would get ragdolled. Let's be serious.
For reference, bj penn fought Machida, a former light heavyweight champion.
We never got to see prime tony vs Khabib is a shame
Bj would have pieced him up and tap him out
I can't believe I forgot about bj Penn what a legend
The BJ Penn of 08-09 would be a handful for any 155lber on the planet.
His prime was short but the impact he had on the lower weights is legendary
Granite chin, high level stand up and great BJJ.
Lol BJ would get strangled within a round. Any BJ. And I fucking love BJ Penn
It doesn't take away from what he accomplished, but it was sad seeing him struggle in retirement. I hope he's doing well now.
When Pen hooked up with Marinovich as his S&C coach, he was a monster.
I remember when BJ Penn was the man
BJ made me love MMA. Bro was a true warrior. He fought too long so his record looks like trash compared to how good he really was
Notice how Rogan gives 3 Different versions of BJ Penn vs only 1 for Khabib. BJ Penn in 4
How?? Khabib with broken toes and measles during training camp beat Gaethje easily
@Snoopy The Dog Gaethje is not good at wrestling/grappling though.
B.J Penn is the reason why i fell in love with MMA, prime Penn was a beast
BJ was damn good in his prime. I think he would have won.
I got khabib beating all light weights ever
non I can't dispute that at all, but I'd have to believe khabib is taking bj down at least once and pressuring him the entire fight for a unanimous win. Never seen khabib even come close to real adversity in a fight and don't think BJ is the one to do it.
non easily would have run through the LIGHTWEIGHT division. Matt Hughes was welterweight and so was GSP. BJ was a beast but I honestly think he wouldn't beat khabib.
@Gerardo Arthurkhabibs really good but he isn't BJ Penn good, the part of BJ Penn is he could beat people double his hight and strength where khabib just can't
@UFCW I respect the opinion but I disagree. Khabib style is just tough to beat. Plus he doesn't get tired. Would be a great fight but khabib has that toughness and grit that I just don't see anybody beating.
@Gerardo Arthur yeah I actually really like the response, In my opinion khabib is a goat no doubt but not the best. BJ Penn had the stamina of a hungry bear in his prime Vs Sean and stuff he could drain the soul of anyone he fought all because of those weird underwater things he did while training
Best fight ever GSP vs khabib😢
Prime gsp vs khabib would have been amazing
Imagine if BJ could’ve handled partying like Jon can lmao
BJ Penn looks like an ordinary middle aged dude you'd see during a grocery store run, yet he was a murderous beast in the octagon. Still if I had to bet between him and Khabib, I'd go with the Eagle.
Joe chose the Khabib that beat Conor because the one that beat Gaethje would be too much for BJ.
BJ was my favorite fighter at one point.
Mine too
He never seemed to have very good conditioning though
Take my Money the mess BJ left those guys in at that time were beyond impressive those 3 guys were the cream of lightweights at that time.
The level of tehnique obviously is higher than it was back then.
In terms of what? Jiu jitsu? Bj is a better striker
@οὔτις Khabib fought better strikers and BJJ artists.
@karl jonson wow, im curious who?
@οὔτις Poirier, Barboza, Conor, Johnson, Trujilo etc.
@karl jonsonNo. OKay? No
Bj Penn made the rubber guard known
I think Khabib would straight up dominate still
You would only need one time machine i believe.
Still the best UFC fighter and history was George St-Pierre... Change my mind
That’s a lukewarm take
Khabib vs BJ is solid and would’ve been a Gr8 fight! Personally, I would’ve loved to see Anderson vs GSP !!
Notice he only mentions one Khabib fight. Because Khabib only had one big fight 😂
Wow seriously this would be the biggest fight ever ever.
I'd do GSP vs kabib
Prime BJ would’ve gave Khabib problems
Joe i gotta keep it real bro. Khabib would maul that man for 5 rounds straight.
Prime BJ was absolutely amazing, but Khabib...would absolute beat the fuck out of him...his stand up defence is great, his ability to shut your body down with his own hips...that's without the wrist control, traps...passes....submissions, ground and pound ... the sport evolves, khabib is different
Khabib subs him in 2 rounds
In all likelihood, probably not. I see Penn taking the win here
So he wants to see a wrestling match
I'll NEVER forget, when bj pen jumped straight out of the pool onto land.....first time I ever saw such a thing, if not, THE only time.
Bj is the only guy i ever thought couldve beat khabib
BJ Penn would have kicked his ass
What a dream fight
Prime Bj would definitely be a challenge for khabib
BJ Penn the Prodigy...was a problem!!!!
Joe makes me feel it
Ufc 4 did BJ dirty in his stats.
Also Joe Rogan: Jorge Masvidal would beat prime GSP because the sports evolved.
George st piere vs khabib when he fought Justin gaethje
Prime BJ is my P4P greatest. Hes a problem for all the greats. Great boxing and head movement, heavy hands, granite for a chin, GREAT jitz, haaaaard to take down. He fought out of his natural weight class his whole career. He was a natural 145 but won belts at 155 and 170. If he could keep his attributes and naturally be any size....hes winning a belt at every weightclass. On par with Bones and Silva... Except BJ was never afraid to fight at a different weightclass
Vertical jumps out of pools though😂
bj penn was great
Wandlei Silva in his prime vs everyone
I'd give it bj Penn. His jab alone was smooth asf not seen a ufc fighter with as good or better sense.
Bj Penn? Not gsp? This dude forgot his drugs this morning
Khabib is killing Him. He was a different person that night
Khabib whips all @ss
Prime anderson vs prime izzy 😭
Khabib wins easy because BJ must be on something back then.
Totally agree.
Bj was the shit bro
All are good fighters. Be it BJ Penn, GSP, Khabib etc. It just that they are not in same era. We can only dream of the fight. It couldn't happens
That would be an amazing fight, but I'd do one better, Khabib vs Matt Hughes when Hughes was at his peak, or GSP at his peak. That would be nuts. Would be interesting to see how Khabib would try to wrestle and dominate Matt Hughes on the ground. Hughes was the strongest fighter pound for pound I've ever seen in the UFC.
Also has the fastest reaction time in the ufc, Yes it was tested
Id like to see rory mcdonald when he fough robbie lawler vs. Leon edwards or kamaru. Rory mcdonald in his prime was fuckin special
He would get fucked up from Leon dude, the era is different now man.
It’s all relative and I love when people harp back to the previous generations.
BJ was the f*****g man at lightweight in his generation, just the same as Khabib was in his time.
It does my absolute nut in when casuals say things like “BJ penn and GSP may have been good back then but theyd get killed by todays best”….it’s all relative, and if you think that way then you kill your own argument right at the start, because if it’s true, then you’re saying that no fighter of any generation is valid unless they can stay at the top for all eternity.
Love Joe
It would be a draw haha
I still feel like Khabib would win. Since innovation in the sport changed it so much.