B.J. Penn, who faces Nick Diaz in the headlining bout at UFC 137, made some comments recently about getting another title shot, Jon Fitch, and more. Check out the highlights of his statements:
On his view of MMA and the UFC: "I'm trying to fight my best, and like all fighters say, the fight's against yourself. So I'm just going to try to push myself to my personal best. For me, it's always been a love-hate relationship with MMA, and maybe with the UFC at times. I'd love to stick around as long as Randy (Couture) has stuck around, if I could do something like that. But it's one day, I want to fight 100 more fights, and the next day, I'm like I don't want to do this any more. I think a lot of fighters feel that way, but maybe I'm just more vocal about it."
On Jon Fitch: "He's not getting my goat or nothing, but he keeps on saying all this stuff – that he can beat me easy and all these things."
On facing Nick Diaz: "It's not a fight that either of us asked for, but it's a job, and at the end of the day, we've all got to go to work."
On the possibility of getting another title shot: "I think ... it's all about the right time," he said. "Who's open, who's injured, who's not injured, and I'd love to maybe win the welterweight title one more time, and if possible, win the lightweight title another time. But I'm not going to sit there and dwell on it. Dana was saying that if I beat Jon Fitch, I'd be getting ready to fight for the title. Now they're saying, 'Maybe he's not getting ready to fight for the title.' I just [ignore] all that stuff. Water off a duck's back. One day you're fighting for a title; one day you're not. It would be great to get another title, but I just want to keep moving forward, making money and try to feed myself."
