{"id":242831,"date":"2017-06-22T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=242831"},"modified":"2017-06-22T08:39:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:39:03","slug":"bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, on the main card of the UFC&#8217;s anticipated stop in Oklahoma City, our very own <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/bj-penn\/\">BJ Penn<\/a> will return to the Octagon opposite dangerous German veteran Dennis Siver. In advance of this compelling scrap, Penn joined host Kinch on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-38-alexander-volkanovski-ray-sefo-colby-covington-bj-penn\/\">BJ Penn Radio<\/a> to discuss Siver as an opponent.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think he\u2019s a great opponent,\u201d Penn said of his Oklahoma City dance partner. \u201cI think it\u2019s a great matchup for me. Other people might not. I don\u2019t know if Siver was watching my last fight [against Yair Rodriguez] and was like \u2018oh we can capitalize here and there,\u2019 but that\u2019s on him. That\u2019s his work he\u2019s got to do. But I think he\u2019s a great fighter. I\u2019ve never really seen him be disrespectful to any opponents or anything like that. He\u2019s just out there doing his thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think he\u2019s just dangerous because he\u2019s a tough strong guy; a kickboxer,\u201d Penn said. \u201cBut you know what makes him most dangerous? He\u2019s had a lot of fights in the UFC. That\u2019s what makes him the most dangerous angle. He\u2019s a veteran. He\u2019s been in there. He can punch, he can kick, he can take you down, he\u2019s not easy to take down himself. He\u2019s a good opponent. He\u2019s a good measuring stick for me at this point. I\u2019m glad he took the fight. I\u2019m glad we\u2019re both here. I don\u2019t know if he saw me, but I was out by the pool, and I saw him out there. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s here and we both get to do our work.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When we last saw Penn in action, he came up short to Yair Rodriguez in his anticipated comeback fight. Siver, meanwhile, has been on the shelf since a June 2015 loss to Tatsuya Kawajiri.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins Oklahoma City&#8217;s scrap between BJ Penn and Dennis Siver?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/22\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, on the main card of the UFC&#8217;s anticipated stop in Oklahoma City, our very own BJ Penn will return to the Octagon opposite dangerous German veteran Dennis Siver. In advance of this compelling scrap, Penn joined host Kinch on BJ Penn Radio to discuss Siver as an opponent. \u201cI think he\u2019s a great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":216978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10143,10099,2674],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, BJ Penn weighed in on his UFC Oklahoma opponent Dennis Siver and what makes him so dangerous.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, BJ Penn weighed in on his UFC Oklahoma opponent Dennis Siver and what makes him so dangerous.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BJ-Penn-gi.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87\"},\"headline\":\"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"BJ Penn\",\"Dennis Siver\",\"Exclusive MMA Interviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\",\"name\":\"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, BJ Penn weighed in on his UFC Oklahoma opponent Dennis Siver and what makes him so dangerous.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Exclusive MMA Interviews\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87\",\"name\":\"Tom Taylor\",\"description\":\"Tom Taylor is a globetrotting writer currently based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a staff writer for BJPenn.com, and also covers mixed martial arts for Fightland and Vice Sports. Follow him on Twitter @TomTayMMA.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/tom-taylor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent | BJPenn.com","description":"On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, BJ Penn weighed in on his UFC Oklahoma opponent Dennis Siver and what makes him so dangerous.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent | BJPenn.com","og_description":"On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, BJ Penn weighed in on his UFC Oklahoma opponent Dennis Siver and what makes him so dangerous.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BJ-Penn-gi.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Tom Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87"},"headline":"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent","datePublished":"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/"},"wordCount":350,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["BJ Penn","Dennis Siver","Exclusive MMA Interviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/","name":"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-22T15:39:03+00:00","description":"On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, BJ Penn weighed in on his UFC Oklahoma opponent Dennis Siver and what makes him so dangerous.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/bj-penn-breaks-dennis-siver-opponent\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Exclusive MMA Interviews","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"BJ Penn explains what makes Dennis Siver such a dangerous opponent"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87","name":"Tom Taylor","description":"Tom Taylor is a globetrotting writer currently based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a staff writer for BJPenn.com, and also covers mixed martial arts for Fightland and Vice Sports. Follow him on Twitter @TomTayMMA.","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/tom-taylor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}