Just weeks away from his 32nd birthday, BJ Penn shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it took less than two hours from the time he knocked out Matt Hughes at UFC 123 until the time the UFC announced he’d be facing Jon Fitch in the main event of UFC 127 in February.
That bout will mark the sixth fight for Penn in 18 months, a pace he hasn’t approached since he was a 22-year-old UFC rookie and fought six times in 16 months from May 2001 to September 2002.
Yet despite his good health and the recent flurry of activity, Penn says he’s not likely to fight much longer.