LAS VEGAS, July 6 – It wasn’t easy to watch, but BJ Penn’s courageous attempt to return to the Octagon as a featherweight and beat longtime rival Frankie Edgar came up empty Sunday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, with Edgar stopping the former welterweight and lightweight champion in the third round.“It’s a bittersweet victory,” admitted the classy Edgar.The win was Edgar’s third over the future Hall of Famer, with the first two wins coming in UFC lightweight title fights in 2010. The bout was Penn’s first since December of 2012, and marked the 35-year-old’s third consecutive defeat and wha … Read the Full Article Here
Edgar Ends Trilogy with Penn: BJ Retires
LAS VEGAS, July 6 – It wasn’t easy to watch, but BJ Penn’s courageous attempt to return to the Octagon as a featherweight and beat longtime rival Frankie Edgar came up empty Sunday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, with Edgar stopping the former welterweight and lightweight champion in the third round.“It’s a bittersweet victory,” admitted the classy Edgar.The win was Edgar’s third over the future Hall of Famer, with the first two wins coming in UFC lightweight title fights in 2010. The bout was Penn’s first since December of 2012, and marked the 35-year-old’s third consecutive defeat and wha … Read the Full Article Here