↵One judge scored every round for Edgar but what I saw in the fight when I was watching it, and I haven’t watched it again on tape, but watching it as it happened, I felt that BJ won the first three rounds. The fourth round was even and I think he lost the last round. So I feel BJ won the fight. He was also battling a sinus infection and was on antibiotics, so he was not one hundred percent. I’m not making any excuses, that is just what happened. I didn’t see him lose that fight but I did see him lose the last round. As for effectiveness of punches, I thought BJ had it. Frankie got two takedowns but BJ got up real fast and nothing happened on the ground there, so I don’t know if they could score the fight based on those two takedowns.
↵I’m not taking anything from Frankie Edgar. He fought a real good fight and had a good strategy. His stand-up was good, he was moving a lot in and out real fast. Frankie fought a very good and strategic fight. I don’t want this to be about criticizing Frankie because I like him and he fought well.
Was B.J. Penn Sick At UFC 112?
↵↵- BJ Penn’s Coach, Rudy Valentino, says Penn had a sinus infection heading into his fight with Frankie Edgar.
↵Many people are going to blow these comments off based on Penn’s tendency to make excuses for the few poor performances in his career. However, if Penn did have a sinus infection that would be extremely damaging to his energy levels and could explain why he looked so sluggish during the bout.
↵I still would take Penn to absolutely destroy Edgar in a rematch.
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