Just over three weeks ago, former two division UFC champion BJ Penn lost a tough fight to Nick Diaz in the main event of UFC 137. Penn came out very battered in the match and announced to the world that he would “take some time off to enjoy life, train and teach.”
Many took it to mean that ‘The Prodigy’ had announced his retirement.
It’s still uncertain what Penn’s plans are, he seems uncertain himself, and in his latest blog, the Hawaiian fighter gives fans some idea of what he’s been up to since the October 29th loss.
For the past couple of weeks, ever since my fight with Diaz, I have just been taking it easy. When I am not relaxing at home, I am just hanging out with old friends from high school and spending time with my daughter and family.
I have been back in Hawaii for a while now, but I haven’t been doing much as far as athletics go. This is partly because I think I sprained my finger or something, so because of that I have just been kind of laying low and enjoying life.
However, after sitting around the house for so long my body started to get achy. So two weeks ago I started to run again. I just couldn’t take sitting around the house anymore without exercising and my body feels so much better now that I have started working out again. I still haven’t gotten into the gym and done any type of martial arts training yet, but the runs are definitely fun and, like I said, they make my body feel better.
…I think Dan Henderson versus “Shogun” was the best fight I have ever seen in my life. What a fight! It was very close; I think the first three rounds were close. I didn’t feel like Dan really pulled away from “Shogun” in any of those rounds. I know at one point Dan dropped him and went in for the kill and unloaded but “Shogun” handled it and came back to win the last two rounds.
It was great to see two legends of the sport put it all on the line like that. Dan is just a beast and like I said, it was the best fight I have ever seen.
Be sure to check out Penn’s full blog at Bleacherreport.com.