Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division titleholder, BJ Penn, tried to make his return to mixed martial arts (MMA) as a featherweight after more than two years on the sidelines.
Despite a 1-6-1 record dating back to 2009, along with his 38 years of age, promotion matchmakers likely believed “The Prodigy” had done enough throughout his hall-of-fame career to warrant a main event slot against a dynamic young up-and-comer like Yair Rodriguez.
And even if they were wrong, well ... he still had that iron chin.
But it soon became painfully obvious that Penn did not belong inside the cage with a savage like “Pantera,” after a brutal technical knockout loss in the UFC Fight Night 103 main event earlier this month in Phoenix, Arizona.