UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar answered his controversial April win over BJ Penn with a dominant victory that left no doubts, as he again topped the former champ Penn to retain the title on Saturday in the main event of UFC 118 at Boston’s TD Garden.
Edgar’s strategy was nearly unchanged, but the result was much clearer, as he took Penn down throughout the five-round headliner and picked him apart on the feet while avoiding any serious trouble to earn a 50-45 shutout on the judge’s cards.
Edgar has now won five-straight since losing to Gray Maynard, who he’ll face in his next title defense, while Penn falls to 15-7-1 after suffering back-to-back losses for just the second time in his career.
UFC hall of famer Randy Couture made easy work of boxing champ James Toney in the UFC 118 co-headliner, as he forced the MMA newcomer to tap to an arm triangle in the opening round.
The 47-year-old former champ Couture didn’t let Toney use his hands once before taking him down with ease and thrashing him on the ground, softening him with punches before earning the tap midway through the frame.
In other UFC 118 main card action, middleweight contender Demian Maia rebounded with a dominant unanimous decision over Mario Miranda, Gray Maynard earned the next shot at the lightweight title with a unanimous decision over Kenny Florian, and Nate Diaz bloodied Marcus Davis before submitting him in the third.
On the UFC 118 preliminary card, Joe Lauzon impressed in a first-round submission of Gabe Ruediger, while Dan Miller snapped his losing streak with a win over John Salter.
The official UFC 118 results were:
MAIN CARD
- Champ Frankie Edgar def. BJ Penn via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
UFC Lightweight Championship - Randy Couture def. James Toney via submission (arm triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:19
- Demian Maia def. Mario Miranda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Gray Maynard def. Kenny Florian via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Nate Diaz def. Marcus Davis via technical submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 4:02
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Joe Lauzon def. Gabe Ruediger via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:01
- Nik Lentz def. Andre Winner via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
- Dan Miller def. John Salter via submission (anaconda choke) – Round 2, 1:53
- Greg Soto def. Nick Osipczak via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Mike Pierce def. Amilcar Alves via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 3:11
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Go Frakie, go Frankie… go go Frankie!
Way to go Edgar! No doubt #1 lightweight now.
Itll be hard to sell Edgar vs. Maynard to the casual MMA fan, maybe a double title fight PPV with Edgar/Maynard Co main event?
I agree, it’s probably the least attractive matchup that could have happened but they can sell the ‘Gray beat him before’ storyline. I expect it’ll be with another title fight, or will have a strong co-main event.
I agree with Kris..not a “sexy” championship fight at all
Florian vs Edgar would have been much more attractive but these fighters have to know by now that training take down defense is so crucial..very dissapointing that Kenflo did not have an answer for that
Thats the one problem with Frankie Edgar’s repeat victory tonight.
The UFC is going to have to work overtime to promote the He11 out of Edgar, let alone convince the highly-prized casual fans that they should opt in to see him defend against Gray Maynard.
Neither guy has much of a marketable personality, so best of luck to the office folks of the UFC hype machine with this one.
And definitely IMO the Edgar-Maynard title fight will either have to be the co-main event on a stacked stateside PPV, or the main event at some future oversees [UK/Australia/European] free-per-view…
Give Edgar and Maynard some time in the spotlight and they’ll promote and market themselves. Frankie Edgar has a great personality and once people see more of him I think they’ll grow to like him, especially if he dominates the 155 pound division. I haven’t seen enough of Gray outside the octagon so I truly don’t know his personality, but it seems like he’s very dedicated and focused in the things he does in life. He has that will to win inside of him and that’s always interesting to see. I think the UFC should make this fight a main event and the main fight on their card. Don’t shadow it with another title bout or a very very interesting fight. The only reason why I say that is so Edgar and Maynard can get more of the spotlight and people will pay a lot more attention to them if they’re isn’t a more interesting fight on their card. That’s just my opinion, but if they make a huge card with them on it, that’s awesome too. Congrats to all the winners at UFC 118.
Talk about a great opportunity for the UFC though. Frankie Edgar comes off as a good guy, a hard worker and someone who has his ego in check. He is ever-developing and has a nice well-rounded game. If the UFC gives him exposure (ESPN, national sports-talk radio shows, etc.) his personality will gain him a lot of fans who actually want to look up to the champ. Nobody says they want to be like Silva or Brock and nobody who isn’t at least a casual follower of MMA knows who Rua is. This could be a great opportunity IF he can defend again the other contenders at 155. Stylisticly, BJ was a good match-up for Frankie’s stick and move, explosive takedown style, but I fear he wouldn’t match-up as well with Maynard or Kenflo (not that he will be back in the equation for a while).
Either way, Edgar won my respect and won me over as a fan. I hope he has the chance to do that with the general public who doesn’t follow as closely.
^^agreed but glad gray vs edgar 2 is up next
I hear you Mike, though I’m a Penn supporter I did want to see this matchup. A Maynard/Florian vs. Penn fight doesn’t interest me. BUT for some odd reason a Florian/Penn II non-title fight does interest me.
Why would u wanna see a penn and florian but not a maynard and edgar rematch
Penn and florian are no longer top contenders and no one wants to see florini get mopped up by bj again, id rather see florian rematch the fireball kid if anything.
I wanna see penn fight melvin guillard now so he can get knocked out already
I knew edgar would dominate tonight and I think if he gets through gray then he’ll be the champ for a while.
Dad? When did you get an account on here? I thought you were on vacation.
1 word, genius
Edgar vs Penn –It was very interesting fight and result remain the same. Just recaling some funny comments by the corners during the fight. Beginning of the 5th round, Edgars corner was saying that you gotta win this round and don’t let the guy talk sh1t afterwords. At some point BJ’s corner was saying That speed f*cked it up. F*ck that speed…..LOL. Edgar just outclassed him.
Glad that his princess choked toney but whatever the amount toney took last night was ridiculous.
BJ’s corner was garbage.
Agree. BJ has to get with a better camp. I’m a big fan of BJ but it feels like he’s not following the development in the lightweight division. They are getting stronger, faster and better in each disciplin. Frankie had Phil Nurse in his corner, he’s a badass trainer. Good job Frankie.
toney and randy looked like some kid trying to wrestle with his dad
I think that a lot of people are right about how the casual mma fan will not be interested in this next lightweight title fight. But if you are a “true” mma fan, you should know that this fight has fight of the year potential. Edgar is the champ, but he is still very very hungry to excel and defend his title. Maynard on the other hand has been ready and proved this last night by taking down one of the best jitz guys in the lightweight division and never being threatened with any submissions. I guarantee you Edgar know’s that Maynard is going to be a lot tougher fight for him than this last fight with Penn. Edgar came into the Penn fight knowing how to beat him, just fought Penn the same he did in the last three rounds of their first fight. In all reality that fight was BJ’s to win or lose, and he didn’t bring a game plan, plain and simple. I think his game plan was likely to somehow win by a submission. Hopefully BJ goes up to welterweight and gets his butt kicked there to. I wouldn’t even put him in top three, maybe not even the top five at 170.
randy vs brilz anyone?
Brillz is fighting Vladdy in Germany…
http://tinyurl.com/2bdz77s
Which one is the evil twin?
The evil one
Please, stop with the Brilz noise, which you drop on at least half of your posts, and please find yourself a different name.
I mean honestly, jcohl2?
I find it neither flattering nor funny.
Please don’t embarrass either of us any further, and lets stick to MMA, and not gradeschool name-riffing stuff.
;)
And just as an FYI Brilz is tagged to be facing Vladimir Matyushenko at 122 in Germany.
Matyushenko is no day at the beach, so maybe you and the rest of his supporters should concentrate on that upcoming steep climb, rather than name-dropping him against nearly every other 205er who’s name pops up at the frenZy?
if my name is annoying you so much jcohl,just change your name! Im not gonna argue with you. Ok wut about randy vs bader/rogerio winner
Haha..are u serious?..I figured you guys were buddies or something..thats just wierd
jcohl2, ????
who is this imposter?
jcohl2,
taking someone’s name like that is just trollish bro, come up with your own name.
oh i think taking someone’s name is genius, jcohl2 and bsbiz’s daddy are the two best names out there
@petterson/king – you thinking names like jcohl2 and bsbiz’s daddy are “genius” says a lot about you.
I thought you were over that sort of thing, but maybe I was wrong.
i guess time will tell.
@ mk4 and dan 82523 – no, jcohl2 is not friend of mine, and yes he’s an imposter, sort of.
I honestly don’t think he was trying to swerve anyone into thinking his posts were mine, but was rather an immature way of displaying disrespect…
hey jcohl, i didn’t realise you took it so seriously dude, guess i overlooked the disrespectful part of it but if you don’t think its cool neither do i. Apologies if i’ve offended you
@petterson – no worries.
Maybe I am taking it too seriously, fair point.
I guess I just don’t want to see the frenZy get like other sites, where posters spend more time dissing fighters and each other than they do resonably and intelligently discussing MMA.
A good friend of mine hits another site [poor fool] and I actually see posts like, “Chuck Liddell was never that good” or “Randy Couture blows”.
And they are usually more the rule than the exception.
I also see names like “______’s b!tch” and “_______ sucks hole”, and apparently the sites are modless, or their mods are asleep at the wheel.
The frenZy isn’t that bad yet, but but bit by bit I see posters disrespecting each other with names like “jcohl2″ and “bsbiz’s daddy”.
I also see more and more posts sliding by with fighter-bashing.
Its one thing to question a fighter’s judgement when it comes to his management, like Anderson Silva and Fedor, or another to question a fighter who doesn’t walk away when he should, like Jens Pulver and Chuck Liddell.
But when I see stuff go unmodded questioning guys like Lyoto Machida, Randy Couture, and BJ Penn, I worry that we all look like we don’t know what we’re talking about…
Ok sorry I couldn’t tune into the Frenzy discussions lastnight after the fight. You know, I don’t take sobriety very seriously while watching these events lol. First of all, congrats to Randy in what most people knew was going to be a total dismantling of the Loud mouthed James Toney. I can’t believe he actually wanted Brock! Imagine what Brock would’ve done to him. Toney looked like an over weight fish trying to squirm his way out from underneath Randy!
Secondly, please someone tell me what the hell is wrong with B.J. Penn!! I’m so disappointed in his performance….so disappointed. He came into that fight with the exact same game plan, no adjustments whatsoever and got completely dominated by a much better, WAY more confident Edgar. I was not impressed, actually, I was downright shocked by the way that B.J.’s corner was handling the situation, there was no sense of urgency whatsoever!! And what made it even worse was all the talking he did about how he was gonna finish Edgar.
I mean, is B.J. done? What’s he gonna do, stay at LW and get dominated by Edgar again after he works his way up to another title shot? Go to WW? No ok….JUST NO! the talent pool at 170 will eat B.J. alive IMO plain and simple! it seems to me he’s had his run and unless he wants to tarnish his legacy, he needs to just hang em up. I know it sounds harsh, but before thinking I’m nuts, just really consider his options.
Kenny Florian totally deserved to lose that fight as he clearly came unprepared to combat the wrestling skills of Gray Maynard. How many times have we seen excellent strikers with a somewhat decent ground game who dominate their division matched up with a wrestler just to be matt schooled for three entire rounds? I always considered Florian top 3 LW in the world, but after lastnight some serious holes in his game have been exposed and he needs to work on them if he ever plans on being LW champ, period.
Nate Diaz is the man!! No matter how much I try to dislike him cuz he is a bit of a *#@!$ he gets better with every fight. I can totally see Lauzon wearing gold at LW sometime in the future. He’s got excellent well roundedness and he’s got the finish instinct to go along with it. I can’t wait to see his next fight, all in all it was a great card.
“What the He11 is wrong with BJ Penn?”
Good question, justice b.
I’m thinking a lot of us will be weighing in on this moving forward.
Some will say that Edgar is simply a bad match-up for Penn, and that is partly true, but doesn’t completely answer the question.
Penn, his corner, and the majority of their supporters will probably be rolling out the “explanation” in the days and weeks to follow, and that for damned sure won’t come close to answering the question.
dbiz will probably post something really funny like it has something to do with Penn being half Hawaiian and half-princess, which is why sometimes he looks like the MMA god of a$$-beating and other times he folds up like a cheap lawn chair under a fat guy’s a$$ and a half.
;)
As funny as dbiz can be, that doesn’t completely answer the question either.
In addition to the above, consider that every fighter has a flaw.
In Penn’s case, its his mental/emotional resiliency, because physically he has all the tools and skills he needs to be the best at his weight, and some have said at higher weight as well.
If Penn is 100%, no one on the planet can touch him in the cage at 155 IMO.
But if something isn’t right in his life, or he’s feeling less than 100%, or his opponent doesn’t sufficiently motivate him, or a fight isn’t going his way, or he doesn’t feel like he’s getting a big enough slice of the pie, he sort of just…checks out, like he did after round 3 against Edgar last night, and like he did the last time he faced GSP.
Simply put, if Penn isn’t feeling it, he’d rather be back in Hilo cliff-diving and enjoying oyster lunch with his family.
Penn is a bit unique in MMA, in terms of his upbringing.
I agree that his behavior can be viewed as both unprofessional and unsortsmanlike. His skill is unqustioned.
His heart on the other hand?
Eehhhh…
“If Penn is 100%, no one on the planet can touch him in the cage at 155 IMO.”
Im in total agreement. Penn is one of the most dangerous fighters EVER. But when he isn’t emotionally invested in a fight, he loses and loses poorly. I think Penn could of won that fight but knowing your going in with a younger, faster fighter, you need to change things up. It almost seemed as if Penn needed motivation to fight this time but didn’t hate Edgar enough to really push himself. Oh well…
But to be totally honest, this is the best thing to happen to the LW division. So many fights can happen now! Edgar vs. Maynard II! Pumped for that. Penn vs. Florian II? The list goes on…
Diaz vs, Lauzon?!
Honestly, I think BJ is just being a prissy lil mama’s boy who can’t decide if he wants to BE a fighter or if he wants to give interviews. We were going to see something amazing out of him. He promised it against GSP and he promised it in this fight. And all we saw was a guy who knew he couldn’t win either fight. It was just depressing. If that’s the best you can do now, BJ Penn, I won’t even call you the best 155er in your state. Because you clearly aren’t #1 in the world or in the org.
Maybe he needs to go roll in some grappling tournaments for a while. At least there he won’t have to worry about the skill sets he can’t seem to dominate anymore: boxing and wrestling.
We also kicked around a little bit that there is the possibility that he still hasn’t gotten mentally past the beating he received in the GSP fight. Yeah, he’s been beat before, but not to the degree that he was just mentally broken by the work that GSP put on him. I don’t know if there’s any truth to it, but it is out there.
It looked to me like BJ had slowed down considerably. His reflexes and timing were off, his footwork was nil, and it looked like his head just wasn’t in the game. I think it’s either a case of BJ being his own worst enemy with regards to training and focus, or quite simply he’s starting to show his age a little.
Toney pretty much went out the way I thought he would. It doesn’t really prove anything…….the ring is not a cage and the cage is not a ring.
I was definitely surprised at Maynard beating Florian. Maynard seemed to be a touch carefree in Kenny’s guard, and I was sure he was going to get subbed.
What is it with the Penn hate Dbiz? Is it because all of that smack talk he did before the Penn vs. GSP II?
Edgar is the Dominique Cruz of the UFC, basically same fighting style and apparently very affective.
he’s nothing like cruz, edgar is tiny for his weightclass and cruz is huge, cruz is mainly a kickboker with good grecko like takedownd frankie is a wrestler with good boxing only
I would also respectfully suggest that all of you who yet haven’t, pick up and read BJ Penn’s book, “Why I Fight”.
If you do, you’ll notice a jarring discrepancy between the man ostensibly writing the book, and the man who stepped in to face GSP and Frankie Edgar last Saturday night…
BJ needs Greg Jackson. Yoda is his only hope.
I say BJ needs a serious camp/gym. Maybe an appearance at Blackhouse is in order. At any rate I think BJs best move is to head north to WW and fight Hughes in a rubbermatch. Get some momentum in his sails to erase the bad taste of two defeats back to back.
with the last 2 performance by bj .. and in the work ups to the fights he seemed pretty motivated it me….
so to be honest i think matty would win a rubber match, he has looked really good as of late and lastnight was just sad
i am a huge bj fan and always will be, but he said he knew the things he had to change to beat frankie, but frankie fought the same fight imo with some more takedowns yes, but to me pretty much the same picking really quick in and out jabs and odd power punch (that really didnt do much but he still landed them)
Na i’m callin Penn vs. Gomi!!! Put Lauzon in with a rematch with Florian or if he needs more time let him fight a Tyson Griffin or something. I think it would be sick to see him fight Dunham too! Lightweight division is starting to shuffle pretty nicely. And as for Diaz he is the freaking man! His swag is just so cocky but it’s in a more confident way and it’s awesome. Idk who he should fight next though…maybe Dong Hyun Kim or something. Anyone else?
Am I the only one irritated with Penn’s performance. I didn’t care whether he won or not, but he didn’t come to fight. I thought he started fight ok and when he got taken down in first rd, his motivation was gone. Penn needs to decide now if he wants to keep fighting. Penn’s next fight should be either at WW now, or if he stays at lightweight, he needs at least 2 good wins to get back in to title picture. I look for BJ to fight a Tyson Griffin next. As for Florian, well I love Kenflo, but he’ll have to go through a Penn or Maynard again for another title shot, so I think he’s done with his runs. I see Gomi getting an opportunity in a number 1 contender fight next, not sure who his opponent will be, have to think about that one, maybe the matchup that didn’t happen in Joe Stevenson, although i think Joe Daddy needs a couple fights before he gets back in to title mix. Nate Diaz is the man, it’s time for step up in competition for him.
Don’t forget about Ross Pearson and Charles Oliviera. Both are up and comers with some serious skills…
Don’t forget George Sotiropoulos either!
I couldn’t agree about BJ would be #1 if he is 100%……Look at franki. He just took the fight into a whole different level. At times BJ and his camp where just stunned by Franki’s performance and as a result they couldn’t come up with any plans during the fight, they didn’t even advice him to mix it up or do so and so….. IMO even being in smaller size Franki did better job than GSP to BJ. Frankie is just the MMA version of Pacquiao. As there is a say every dog has it’s own day and the fact is bj has passed his days.
Mods, can jcohl2 please be asked to change his name? I just don’t think it’s cool.
It’s worse than when that guy copied his name off of MarvelKnight3.
Much obliged for the support, garrule.
I’m not going to turn this into a thing.
The frenZy catches enough troll drama for one of us to add to it.
Hopefully the mods deal with it, but if they don’t, they don’t, and I won’t let it spoil my frenZy experience.
The guy sort of tipped his hand by suggesting that first by riffing on my name and then by asking that I change my name, so I sort of know all I need to know about him.
Peace…
If the mods want, they can easily figure out who he is by matching the IP.
Lol..I don’t care who you are thats funny..
What happened to all of the people who thought Toney was going to KO Randy? I think it took about 15 seconds for “lights out” to be taken down and full mounted…Congrats and props to Frankie Edgar
The most dissapointing thing for me was Kenflo getting layed on and the most impressive thing was “STOCKTON B1TCH!!”
lol about Kenflo…..But I think the most disappointing(boring wise) match was Damian maya vs miranda. Before last night I b1tched the hell out of Silva about abu dhabi match but after last night performance of maya I think they both(Silva and maya) were in the same boat in Abu Dhabi.
We were saying that Maynard may be the Jon Fitch of the 155 division. Read into that what you will.
bj still one of my all time favs
But i honestly was so frustrated watching him fight last night.
Maynard still boring but still effective imo,
Frankie and maynard will be interesting to watch but i dont see it being FOTN. Does anyone if rampage and machida is official. i would love to see randy against rampage. I think he needs a decent fight next toney, coleman and barely winning against vera. I really want to see him get challenged
Rampage and Couture is a good fight. But it won’t happen unless they fight for the belt somehow. I don’t think either one of these guys are going to be in title contention for a while though, if ever again. 205 has way to many stud’s, but Captain America get’s another big win I think they will give him a shot, definately if he strings two more wins together. I think Couture’s next fight could possibly be against Jon Jones. This would be a great fight.
Oh man… I hope your not right on this one. I like Randy too much to watch Bones Jones put him in the hospital. Anyone but Jones for Randy’s next fight pls ;P
i agree with bj goin into a new camp.
His trainners dont push him enough, i mean hes the really only star in the camp if im not mistaken and they treat him more like a friend/ celebrity/ boss rather than just a fighter trying to get better.
Not to change the subject, but quick question: why is the UFC promoting UFC 119: Mir vs Nogueira 2 instead of Mir vs Cro Cop? In the rumor section, this site also lists it as Mir vs Nogueira 2. Does anyone know why?
Nog is injured and crocop replaced him.
I knew that Nog was hurt and needed surgery. I guess I should be more clear with my question: Why is the UFC playing commercials for and promoting UFC 119: Mir vs Nogueira 2 when they’ve already signed Cro Cop on as a replacement for Minotauro? Also, why in the rumor section on this site is 119 billed as Mir vs Nogueira 2 instead of Mir vs Cro Cop? It’s been a few weeks since the announcement of the change so I don’t understand why the UFC hasn’t made another commercial (it only takes minutes to clip hilights together).
I wonder what’s next for Couture? Has anyone heard weather or not he’s planning a return to LHW (where he’s had his most recent success) or now stay at HW?
I know that Shogun has publicly stated that he would love to fight Randy as a title defense (if Evans gets injured or has to pull out of his title fight, for whatever reason, I wouldn’t be surprised if the UFC replaces him with Couture).
He could also fight the winner of Bader / Lil Nog…(winner getting a title shot).
If he does choose to stay at HW, fighting the winner of Mir / Cop Cop would be fun to watch, that or a rematch with Big Nog (that was a classic!).
What do you guys think?
That he certainly won’t have much of a medical suspension to worry about.
I think Couture just stepped up and wanted this fight with Toney, I don’t think he has any intentions of staying at heavyweight. If i recall, he’s only now got 3 fights left on his contract, and I think he will retire at that. I dont like the idea of putting him against bones jones, but I can see him fighting winner of the bader/lil nog fight. I think either is a good matchup for randy. I’m not sure Couture is in to making another title run, so I don’t see him fighting the top guys at lhw. But i can sure see him keeping somebody else from getting in to title picture, like lil nog / bader, or maybe a matchup with franklin early next year. Franklin has a run in him for a title shot, so i think that’s a great matchup for the ufc, but i think ufc has franklin vs griffin maybe in the works.
I don’t like the idea of putting Couture against Bones Jones either, but if they give Jones what he wants, they are both at about the same spot for their next fight time wise. You know Couture would take the fight, and in all reality Couture might just beat him. I think this fight would set Couture up for a title run, and at 205 i think that Couture could hang with the champion. I agree though he will stay at LHW. 205 isn’t really a big cut for him. He fights at 220 (normal weight) when he fights heavyweight.
I honestly think Jones would be just too fast and lethal for randy .
@ drdoom – barring anything unforseen, in about a year, maybe less, Jon Jones is going to be too fast and lethal for everyone at 205, and not just Randy Couture…
;)
man submitting JT got randy his black…IDK!!!!
Randy definitely wouldn’t back down from bones jones, I just don’t see the ufc making that fight unless randy wants to make a run at another title. Although if I recall a while back he did say he’d like to be the one to figure out Machida’s style, so you never know, maybe he does want to make a run. I’d like to see Bones Jones fight the winner of Machida / Rampage in a number 1 contender fight.
I’d love to see Jones vs. Bader at some point to see who is the #1 contender (Assuming Bader wins.)
the UFC will likely do with Jones n Bader what they did with Velasquez n Dos Santos and prevent them from fighting each other so they can build up 2 up and coming top contenders. a plan i think they will use for Dunham n Sotiropoulos at LW as well.
Good thing for Bader if they do that. I think Jones vs. Bader wouldn’t work out much different from Jones vs. hamil. (Minus the illegal elbows)
Why would you think Bader has any chance against Jones. If that is Jones competition in waiting – the one guy who could stop the unstoppable Jones – Ryan Bader? God help us. Because he best Jardine? Knocked him out? Who hasn’t?
Anybody have any thoughts on BJ’s presence before the fight (so diferent than he normally is). I thought it was very strange. Showing him in the locker room yawning. It was very weird. He was so different – like he was drugged or something – no life, none at all. He gave his all when the bell rung but what was that before it rang? I think that possibly BJ and his camp had convinced themselves that Frankie couldn’t hurt him. All his talk – laughing about the Ultimate Fighting Championship like Frankie doesn’t fight – just moves around the ring and jabs – takedowns that result in nothing. He has a point. When Frankie connected a couple of times – it took the life out of BJ. I never had any desire to watch Frankie fight before and I have no desire to see him again. I think he has BJ’s number but not necessarily better than BJ. Doesn’t help that BJ won’t listen to anyone and wants to do it his own way and tosses out any gameplan in place. I don’t think BJ cares about winning as much as how he wins. Standing up. Just my opinions.