The last time B.J. Penn was on the winning side of a UFC fight was in 2010, when he knocked out Matt Hughes in the first-round at UFC 123. Since then, he has fought Jon Fitch to a draw, racked up three straight losses, retired for 18 months, and returned early this year to once again incur a string of two defeats in a span of five months.
It is clear as day that the B.J. Penn of today is a far cry from “The Prodigy” that was destroying all comers in the late 2000s.