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BJ Penn vs. Georges St-Pierre 3? ‘The Prodigy’ Wants GSP In New York

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen either BJ Penn or Georges St-Pierre actively fighting. For ‘Rush’ it was the tail end of a six-year win streak that sent him to retirement in 2013, having won 12 straight fights since 2007, but squeaking past Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. Citing personal issues and the

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It’s been a long time since we’ve seen either BJ Penn or Georges St-Pierre actively fighting. For ‘Rush’ it was the tail end of a six-year win streak that sent him to retirement in 2013, having won 12 straight fights since 2007, but squeaking past Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. Citing personal issues and the somewhat loose drug testing regime in mixed martial arts at the time, the former promotional poster boy relinquished his undisputed title, much to the dismay of his fans and UFC president Dana White.

‘Th Prodigy’ left the sport on a very different kind of streak, having been 5-1-1 in his last five years of competition, only competing three times between October 2011 and July 2014, and losing all those fights in rather ugly fashion. Fighting Nick Diaz and Rory MacDonald at welterweight was brave, albeit somewhat ill fated, and taking on Frankie Edgar at featherweight in his last fight was not a great decision.

BJ Penn

That was 2014, and Penn lost by harrowing TKO in the trilogy match with Edgar, sending him out of the sport with a rather unsatisfactory summary to such a storied fighting career. Criminal accusations and a failed USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) test for IV use have hindered returns at UFC 197 and 199 for the former welterweight and lightweight champ, but now he’s aiming for a November return against an old foe in Georges St-Pierre:

This was in response to ‘GSP’ recently telling The MMA Hour that he could ‘easily’ make lightweight if required.

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During his best years Penn lost to ‘Rush’ by both decision at UFC 58 and TKO at UFC 94. The former welterweight champion and consensus greatest 170-pounder of all time ‘GSP’ has already been linked to a middleweight return against Michael Bisping, so is ‘The Prodigy’ asking for a lightweight battle a little too far down the weight categories?

Penn, in terms of fighters going down as their age goes up, is quite a rare sight. Most prefer to go up as their physique naturally swells over time, and what are the chances that St-Pierre will actually fancy the trip down below his formerly owned weight class? That said, UFC 205 will be the first event held in New York, and at the Madison Square Gardens no less. For obvious reasons this will be a historic night, potentially filled with red panties should the stars align in the correct manner.

Would this be a fight worth watching? Possibly, but I get the feeling that regardless of weight, St-Pierre would continue Penn’s run of bad luck.

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Ronda Rousey Wants To Return At Historic UFC 205 In NY

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (12-1)  has not fought since losing to Holly Holm at UFC 193 by second round knockout. Every fan and media member wants to know when she’ll fight again, and it seems like we’re beginning to find out. UFC President Dana White said after March’s UFC 196 that Rousey

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Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (12-1)  has not fought since losing to Holly Holm at UFC 193 by second round knockout. Every fan and media member wants to know when she’ll fight again, and it seems like we’re beginning to find out.

UFC President Dana White said after March’s UFC 196 that Rousey would return later this year in November or December, and the timng for that could be more than just right.

MMA is now finally legal in the state of New York and the UFC has already announced that the first event in the state would take place at Madison Square Garden in November, most likely the pay-per-view event of UFC 205.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the MMA bill on Thursday and UFC brass as well as some of their top fighters were present to promote the event. One of those stars was Rousey, and she was interviewed.  During the interview, Rousey explained that she would like to fight at the event due to the history of the event.

“It’s important because of the history,” she reasoned.

“I want a tie to a historical place like this, and I want to be remembered in a positive way. I’m from Los Angeles, where if something is 50 years old, they tear it down and build a new one. It’s not for my own vanity. It’s for a place in history. I don’t have a single picture of myself fighting in my house. I don’t have my belts, they’re hidden. I don’t like putting stuff out there, but I like fighting for a place in history.”

With fighting’s transcendent queen on an extended hiatus filming movies and getting her head right in order to compete in the Octagon once again, the biggest city in the U.S. could showcase the return of MMA’s biggest star.

And truth be told, is there any other superstar who could headline UFC’s MSG debut other than Rousey? Perhaps if Jon Jones finally battled Daniel Cormier in their long-awaited (and long-delayed) grudge match, yet even then Rousey may take top billing, whether in a trilogy match with current champion Miesha Tate or a score-settling rematch with Holm.

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