{"id":394130,"date":"2021-09-09T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=394130"},"modified":"2021-09-09T12:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:05:33","slug":"bj-penn-shares-theory-as-to-why-khabib-nurmagomedov-would-not-fight-kamaru-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/bj-penn-shares-theory-as-to-why-khabib-nurmagomedov-would-not-fight-kamaru-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"BJ Penn shares theory as to why Khabib Nurmagomedov would not fight Kamaru Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC legend BJ Penn shared his theory as to why former lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov would not fight welterweight kingpin Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n

Penn was once considered the greatest lightweight in UFC history, but Nurmagomedov and his 29-0 MMA\/13-0 UFC record has surpassed Penn in the eyes of many as the lightweight GOAT. Penn, however, recently shot back at that notion, saying that he believed Nurmagomedov walked away from his career too early<\/a>. In addition, Penn also believes that Nurmagomedov did not challenge himself enough by moving to another weight class.<\/p>\n

In a recent Instagram<\/a> post from the legend, BJ Penn explained why he believes Nurmagomedov would not take the risk to move up to 170lbs and take on Usman.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by BJ Penn (@bjpenn)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n