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Fight Archives: B.J. Penn moves up to fight 225 lb Lyoto Machida

The last nine years haven’t been kind to B.J Penn.

As a fan, it would be nice to just wipe out the last eight fights off his record. But then you have his extracurriculars outside the Octagon, which definitely rubs salt into the wound.

Sure, “The Prodigy” (if we can still call him that), has taken a lot on the chin, both literally and figuratively, but not all of his Ls were that forgettable.

Take his 2005 fight with Lyoto Machida as an example. It happened a couple of years after winning his first UFC title as the welterweight champion.