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“I think every fighter should have that motivation to finish because it puts more money in all of our pockets and it builds the UFC as well as making everyone happy all around. There is a lot of controversy with people taking the fight out of Ultimate Fighting, you know and they really wanna go to a decision and they feel happy with that. If that’s the way they like to do things, that’s the way they do it.
“For me, I’ve always been about the fight and I’m more of a fighter than an athlete. Maybe that’s why people have said I never come in, in shape and these types of things because that’s what I am. I’m not an athlete, I didn’t grow up playing all types of sports my whole life. All I ever did was get into a fight and a lot of it was over emotion. So as far as that goes I vote to keep the Fight in Ultimate Fighting.”
Penn was asked if he sees a trend in fighters working towards a decision rather than a finish.
“I definitely see a trend, and a trend I see is every fighter looks the same. Every fighter looks exactly the same, it’s just crazy. I guess that is just the future of the sport and how it’s evolved. Nobody wants to be on their back because, even though the guy doesn’t do one bit of damage your still gonna lose the fight. That is really effecting how all the fighters fight because the judges, as we all know, don’t know what their doing.
“The whole judging, I don’t think anyone should get points for any of the grappling positions. It’s like what’s the sense of taking Demian Maia down, why should you get points and why should you get points for mounting James Toney. It’s about damage and submission attempts, it’s the only thing that really matters in the fight.”