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Fight-by-Fight: Breaking down Sunday's action

BJ PENN vs YAIR RODRIGUEZ
Yair Rodriguez is the rising star of the featherweight division. BJ Penn is the Hall of Famer chasing the gold one more time. On paper, this is the coming out party for Mexico’s “Pantera,” the opportunity to put that legendary notch on his belt and continue moving toward a title shot. But BJ Penn is BJ Penn, and if anyone in the fight game can come off two years away and pull off something special, it’s “The Prodigy,” whose return just proves that while everyone says they’re fighters at their core, Penn is a living, breathing example.