{"id":71739,"date":"2013-10-21T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=71739"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:45:38","slug":"dana-white-claims-bj-penn-is-almost-on-weight-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-claims-bj-penn-is-almost-on-weight-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Claims BJ Penn is &#8216;almost&#8217; On Weight Already"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/bjPNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71740\" title=\"bjPNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/bjPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/bjPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/bjPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/bjPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA few weeks ago <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bj-penn-and-frankie-edgar-set-to-coach-the-ultimate-fighter-season-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we announced that BJ Penn will be returning to the cage as the UFC&#8217;s latest addition to their featherweight division.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having contested his last four-bouts at 170 pounds, MMA fans and pundits have been wondering how the former two-division champion will handle the cut down two weight classes.<\/p>\n<p>With &#8216;The Ultimate Fighter&#8217; season 19 taping underway, the UFC boss has had time to assess BJ&#8217;S weight cutting progress and he told the media that Penn, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/penn-in-talks-with-mike-dolce-to-help-make-145-pound-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who has enlisted Mike Dolce in advance<\/a>, is nearly there already!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;First of all, everyone is questioning his weight? He&#8217;s almost there now. Wait till you see how skinny he is, it&#8217;s crazy. BJ is one of those guys, once he sets his mind to something this is what he&#8217;s decided to do. He believes he&#8217;s going to rip through these guys and win that title and I love that. That&#8217;s what I want guys here for. That&#8217;s why when the older guys try and come back, I ask &#8216;why?&#8217; You&#8217;re at this age, you&#8217;ve accomplished so many things, look what BJ Penn has accomplished. BJ Penn built the 155 pound division at a time when people used to go, &#8216;Oh those guys are too small, we don&#8217;t want to see the small guys fight. Those guys will never be a pay-per-view draw.&#8217; BJ was one of the biggest PPV draws in the UFC at the time.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago we announced that BJ Penn will be returning to the cage as the UFC&#8217;s latest addition to their featherweight division. Having contested his last four-bouts at 170 pounds, MMA fans and pundits have been wondering how the former two-division champion will handle the cut down two weight classes. 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