Tweet of the Day: BJ Penn looking for GSP trilogy fight at UFC’s NY PPV

Former lightweight champ BJ Penn teases the end of his suspension by November, asks for GSP fight at MSG in NY.

Sometimes, when one door closes another opens, or so the adage and it’s variations go. That certainly seems to be the philosophy B.J. Penn is looking to capitalize on, after finding himself benched from a potential return to MMA at UFC 199. Penn was expected to face Cole Miller, when he was flagged by USADA for improper IV use.

It appears the result of his USADA run in was a six month suspension (or thereabouts) as Penn now claims that he will be “free in November.” He’s even got a fight in mind for his return, and it’s potentially a much bigger one than Cole Miller (h/t Fox Sports):

Hey @GeorgesStPierre if you can make 155 easily, I’m free in November and would love the opportunity to fight you at 155 pounds in New York.

— BJ PENN (@bjpenndotcom) June 27, 2016

This tweet follows close on the heels of Georges St-Pierre’s recent admission that a drop down to lightweight would be “easy” for the former welterweight champ.

Both moves to 185 and 155 were teased out several times during GSP’s title reign and in talk of a potential Anderson Silva superfight. However, the welterweight GOAT never did manage to compete outside of his home division. And while talk of his return to MMA has been more or less continuous since retirement in November 2013, everything is still very hypothetical.

If GSP can work out a deal with Reebok, if he’s still interested in continuing his fighting career, if the potential sale of the UFC doesn’t totally change his negotiating position, and if BJ Penn can keep from getting injured over the next few months of his suspension, then maybe we could see GSP vs. BJ Penn 3. Until then, who knows?

Former lightweight champ BJ Penn teases the end of his suspension by November, asks for GSP fight at MSG in NY.

Sometimes, when one door closes another opens, or so the adage and it’s variations go. That certainly seems to be the philosophy B.J. Penn is looking to capitalize on, after finding himself benched from a potential return to MMA at UFC 199. Penn was expected to face Cole Miller, when he was flagged by USADA for improper IV use.

It appears the result of his USADA run in was a six month suspension (or thereabouts) as Penn now claims that he will be “free in November.” He’s even got a fight in mind for his return, and it’s potentially a much bigger one than Cole Miller (h/t Fox Sports):

This tweet follows close on the heels of Georges St-Pierre’s recent admission that a drop down to lightweight would be “easy” for the former welterweight champ.

Both moves to 185 and 155 were teased out several times during GSP’s title reign and in talk of a potential Anderson Silva superfight. However, the welterweight GOAT never did manage to compete outside of his home division. And while talk of his return to MMA has been more or less continuous since retirement in November 2013, everything is still very hypothetical.

If GSP can work out a deal with Reebok, if he’s still interested in continuing his fighting career, if the potential sale of the UFC doesn’t totally change his negotiating position, and if BJ Penn can keep from getting injured over the next few months of his suspension, then maybe we could see GSP vs. BJ Penn 3. Until then, who knows?