Penn and Silva fight 10 rounds, win at least 8, both end up losers.

What bitter irony. Hardly anyone doubts Penn and Silva are better fighters than Edgar and Maia in every way, but both turned in truly forgettable performances yesterday. Silva was called a disgrace by UFC president Dana White, and Penn looked pedestrian enough that the judges and some fans were duped into thinking Edgar somehow won that fight.

I can't get over how terrible the last cycle of fights has been for the UFC p4p elite.

edgar won. You were saying he got robbed before you even watched the fight.

IMO both champions combined only won 7 rounds.

Penn wasn't robbed.

I was saying he got robbed because I read play by play after play by play and all scored it for Penn and scored it for him big. I read the sherdog play by play live yesterday at work and it looked like Penn was going to take a lopsided decision.

I said it appears he was robbed, then upon watching it it was confirmed to me. I kept an open mind going into watching it. Edgar did absolutely nothing to win the title.

BJ was robbed. He won the fight. This event was a complete joke and maybe the worst UFC in the last 50.

Oggy who won on your card?

if that wasn't BJ Penn in there and instead just some random fighter, more people would think Frankie won. But because of who BJ is and his legacy, people think it's impossible for him to lose to a guy like Frankie Edgar. Reality check people. BJ got pushed to the limit in a very close fight, and he didn't do enough to earn the decision.

At the same time most of the people saying BJ didn't win also don't like BJ

i can see it going either way, but imo Penn didn't do enough to win the decision and i think Frankie deserved the win. He was the better fighter on that night imo.

i've come along way since my hatred of Bj, i semi-like him now. But he still didn't earn the win.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

At the same time most of the people saying BJ didn't win also don't like BJ

Exactly. Strange bedfollows today we are LA.

If Dan Hardy vs GSP looked just like this, and GSP lost this type of decision, the internet would explode.

People allow emotions to influence them way too much.

at the same time most of the people saying Bj won are well ... u know

Yeah but that doesn't work with me whose been talkin up Frankie forever and is my second fav LW.

Fact is there is more BJ haters on this board than fans and that is coming into play here.

i know what i saw. For you guys to try to say that this fight was a robbery, i honestly dont see that. What did BJ do to win the fight? Even the rounds he won were close. Bj was outpaced the whole fight and that was clear in the 4th and 5th when Frankie took those rounds. I have no problem with the decision, it was a close fight that could have gone either way. There is no sense in calling this a robbery, that is a complete overexagheration.

What did Frankie do to win the fight?

Machida/Shogun ws closer than this, I thought it was a clear 3-2 rds for BJ, and all but one place scored it either to BJ (or a draw at one place I forget which)

Bj wins the first four rounds.

pfft like hell he does

1st 2 yea, 3rd can go either way, Frankie wins the 4th and 5th

I think its funny that people say Frankie outpaced BJ when BJ threw and landed more. YES, Frankie had more movement, NO he did not land more.

Ali_1748 wrote:

IMO both champions combined only won 7 rounds.

That's right about where my scorecards were.

Penn 3-2
Silva 4-1

The fight was close, and BJ had the cumulative edge through 5 rounds. But this was like a pick pocketing compared to Shogun's mugging. Hence the nearly universal reaction differences abound. Though there is plenty reaction to this loss, but it was a closer fight I think. The biggest outrage in this whole situation to me has everything to do with judging once again. A 48-47 card in favor of Frankie is as far as I could ever imagine a poor but close score being judged in that match. But a 49-46 and a 50-45 is inconceivable to me.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

I was saying he got robbed because I read play by play after play by play and all scored it for Penn and scored it for him big. I read the sherdog play by play live yesterday at work and it looked like Penn was going to take a lopsided decision.

I said it appears he was robbed, then upon watching it it was confirmed to me. I kept an open mind going into watching it. Edgar did absolutely nothing to win the title.

BJ was robbed. He won the fight. This event was a complete joke and maybe the worst UFC in the last 50.

It didnt remind you of the first Pulver Penn fight a little?

Birdofthad wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

I was saying he got robbed because I read play by play after play by play and all scored it for Penn and scored it for him big. I read the sherdog play by play live yesterday at work and it looked like Penn was going to take a lopsided decision.

I said it appears he was robbed, then upon watching it it was confirmed to me. I kept an open mind going into watching it. Edgar did absolutely nothing to win the title.

BJ was robbed. He won the fight. This event was a complete joke and maybe the worst UFC in the last 50.

It didnt remind you of the first Pulver Penn fight a little?

Actually it did resemble that fight some. Frankie did not land the same punches though.

muayjitsu wrote:

I think its funny that people say Frankie outpaced BJ when BJ threw and landed more. YES, Frankie had more movement, NO he did not land more.

+1