Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight strap-hanger, BJ Penn, will duel with dangerous kickboxer, Yair Rodriguez, in a Featherweight match up this Sunday (Jan. 15, 2017) at UFC Fight Night 103 inside Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
Penn’s decision to return from retirement is an odd one. It may have been opposite elite competition, but Penn’s record since 2010 is an uninspiring 1-5-1, and his last comeback attempt produced one of the weirdest and most ineffectual fights ever.
Still, it would be wrong to fully count Penn out. Despite his decline, Penn surely has some world-class skills left and the experience to make them count.