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Morning Report: B.J. Penn talks 'expanding his arsenal' with Greg Jackson ahead of bout at UFC 197

"Motivated B.J. Penn" wouldn't be a meme if not for the dreaded "Unmotivated B.J. Penn."

After drawing with Jon Fitch at UFC 127 in 2011 Penn dropped three straight bouts to Nick Diaz, Rory MacDonald and Frankie Edgar before hanging it up in 2014.

Penn's introverted training routine in Hawaii didn't appear to be doing him justice years ago and it's exactly why he's joined up with Greg Jackson and his elite camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"The plan is 100 percent to stay in Albuquerque the whole way," Penn told UFC commentators Kenny Florian and Jon Anik on their podcast.