UFC 123 co-headliner B.J. Penn taking a page out of Rich Franklin’s handbook

DETROIT – In many ways, B.J. Penn is in Rich Franklin territory.

Franklin, the UFC’s former middleweight champion, ultimately lost his title and a rematch to Anderson Silva, and he bounced between two divisions before settling on the light-heavyweight…

DETROIT – In many ways, B.J. Penn is in Rich Franklin territory.

Franklin, the UFC’s former middleweight champion, ultimately lost his title and a rematch to Anderson Silva, and he bounced between two divisions before settling on the light-heavyweight division.

As with Franklin, Penn – who’s coming off a similar set of defeats to lightweight champ Frankie Edgar – knows Saturday’s UFC 123 event could be the beginning of some weight-class uncertainty. But he’s not complaining.