In a previous article (UFC 94: In Pursuit of Blood-Sweet Revenge) prior to the BJ “The Prodigy” Penn – Georges “Rush” St.-Pierre rematch, I wrote of Penn’s penchant for licking the blood of his fallen opponents, and speculated on what this act would mean should he win against St.-Pierre. I wrote : “It remains to be seen whether BJ Penn has any blood-licking to do. But it’s certainly the one thing that might make revenge a little sweeter.”
That night there wasn’t any blood-licking, there was no revenge for Penn. On that night, St.-Pierre established himself as one of the most dominant fighters in the UFC and the top dog in the welterweight division. And St.-Pierre achieved this by dominating Penn for four rounds before finally winning by TKO at the end of the fourth.
In the runup toward the fight, a couple of concerns were brought up regarding both fighters. In Penn’s case, there were questions as usual about his conditioning and how he would handle St.-Pierre’s relentless style. For St.-Pierre on the other hand, it was whether he still had the hunger to put in one of his superb performances against arguably one of the best lightweights in the game.
It’s safe to say that it was indeed one of St.-Pierre’s most impressive performances, and he showed that he still had the hunger that had won him the UFC Welterweight Championship. In the first round, St.-Pierre established himself in the clinch, looking to neutralize Penn’s strong striking and stand-up game. Penn hardly made a dent in the first round especially since he was kept busy trying to fight his way out of St.-Pierre’s clinch.
In the second round, St.-Pierre continued to batter Penn. He managed to take down Penn at will and was able to get in a few hammer fists to the Prodigy’s face. In the third, Penn, the supposedly stronger striker, was the one absorbing punches. By the fourth round BJ Penn’s face was already puffy, his nose was bleeding, and he was visibly spent. Again St.-Pierre landed punches early in the round, and managed to take down Penn easily. Remaining in a dominant position for most of the round, St.-Pierre kept raining hammer fists and elbows to Penn’s face. Penn spent most of the round on his back, and ended it in the same position.
Due to the punishment that Penn received in the course of the fight, and at the doctor’s advice, his corner was forced to throw in the towel before the fifth round started. Georges St. –Pierre retained his UFC Welterweight title. St-Pierre will now have a mandatory title defense against the new number one contender, Thiago Alves.
Meanwhile, in the undercard, Clay Guida defeated Nate Diaz via split decision, Karo Parisyan decisioned fellow judoka Dong Hyun Kim, and John “Bones” Jones spoiled Stephan Bonnar’s Octagon comeback with a clear-cut unanimous decision victory.
In the co-main event, Lyoto Machida handed Thiago Silva his first loss via knockout in the first round.
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