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Originally Posted by rivethead

That's one of the issues, particularly because Rogan stated repeatedly that he'd gassed...Joe later went on to retract that statement, but the damage was done, becuase if people see/hear it on TV, then it must be true.


He's said he's worked to improve it, but the myth is that it cost him multiple fights.

I can guarantee that there will be a ton of dipshit posters who will question Penn's conditioning and cardio for the Fitch fight as it gets closer. It's too firmly imbedded in the public psyche to go away.

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Well Penn even said he didn't have the conditioning for the Edgar rematch.

BJ Penn Still Looking to Pass Cardio Quiz After 23 Professional Fights | 5thRound.com – UFC News, Strikeforce and MMA News, UFC 125 Play-by-Play Results

“I tried some stuff in the Frankie Edgar fight. I didn’t defend the takedowns as hard as I wanted to because I wanted to try a couple sweeps, but I didn’t have the conditioning,” Penn admitted in an interview with Joe Rogan (Transcribed by CagePotato). “[It’s] always a wake-up call when you lose because you know you’re going to alter something in your training. Something has to change in the training.