BJ Penn still plans on returning to the octagon when his suspension for violating an anti-doping policy is finished. In the meantime, he and UFC president Dana White have gotten in some verbal jabs at each other.
Penn was on Oahu on Wednesday to promote his new gym in Mililani, and in an interview with KHON-TV he responded to White referring to the UFC Hall of Famer as an underachiever.
“It’s flattering and it makes you sad at the same time,” Penn said in the interview, parts of which were posted on BJPenn.com. “It’s strange for me to talk, because it’s like one side we’re talking about this Hall-of-Fame career guy, and on the other side, I’m just trying to prove myself.