B.J. Penn says Frankie Edgar doesn’t deserve his rematch with Benson Henderson
Former two-division champion, B.J. Penn has been giving his thoughts on the upcoming lightweight title rematch between current champion, Benson Henderson and former title holder, Frankie Edgar, and in his opinion the man dubbed “The Answer” doesn’t deserve to be in the spot he currently finds himself in.
Speaking via MMA Uncensored, Penn said:
“Honestly, I don’t think he should have. He could make the case for it. He gave me a rematch. He had to give Gray (Maynard) the rematch, because they had a draw. I’d like to see Benson Henderson fight Nate Diaz. Fight someone else.”
When pressed on why he felt he was deserving of a quick rematch and Edgar was not, Penn answered that he really feels it comes down to the damage done in the respective bouts.
“I got the rematch, some people say it was a close fight or not. Frankie’s fight, I guess you could have made a case that he did well with Benson. But to me, I look at fights — I don’t know who took the guy down more. I don’t look at stuff like that. Who woke up in the morning and who was in more pain? I think Frankie Edgar was hurt the next morning. Benson told me he (Edgar) had his ‘stunner shades’ on. I think he probably got hurt more.”
Penn always makes a good point but it wasn’t that long ago that he was handed a rematch with Edgar after a very one sided bout at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, a rematch many people then didn’t believe he deserved despite the shock nature of the result. Stay tuned to MMABay for more build-up to this lightweight title rematch as we get it.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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