It was early in the morning, and we were at the [UFC Fan] Expo, and I just…you know, I’m done,” he told Ariel Helwani. So I just kind of fade off into the sunset and be done with it. Jens Pulver just said he'd come out of retirement to face BJ Penn at #UFCHawaii. The talk of a UFC event in Hawaii has been going on for years but it looks like it might finally happen this year. That all but sealed the deal and the belt for Pulver, who had just fought the fight of his life. The first ever Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver retired this Sunday, right before his biggest rival BJ Penn retired Sunday night. I didn’t understand what he was doing. But the reality was he was up on his feet and there was no life, there was no activity. Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. By: Matt Erickson, Bellator 247: Make your predictions for Paul Daley vs. Derek Anderson. His opponent? In his first defense, he was a part of the first Lightweight fight to headline a UFC event. It would just feel wrong for UFC Hawaii to not include their all-time greatest fighter, but who he may fight is the biggest question.
You bring your feet together and you know he’s going to shoot for a takedown.”, “You know there’s a part of me that actually said, I should have finished definitely the Faber fight,” he said. He has 47 mma fights With wins over Dennis Hallman Joe Stevenson Bj penn … I wasn’t really, I was just kind of going through the motions and fighting. Jens Pulver defeats BJ Penn via 5 Round Decision #28. The first time going to Pulver, which was Penn’s very first career loss. I understand it, because it was a battle making 135. Surely all longtime fans of the sport would get some strong nostalgia just from seeing each fighter stand across from each other one last time.
In rounds three and four Pulver gave back what Penn gave to him in the first two. BJ Penn vs Clay Guida UFC Rio Fight Video Part 2 Watch UFC 237 Free Stream Replay watch video >> BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes III Full Fight UFC 123 Part 1. Heading into this fight BJ Penn had already taken the UFC by storm, plowing through fighters like a hurricane and turning the heads of fans and writers alike. The first ever Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver retired this Sunday, right before his biggest rival BJ Penn retired Sunday night. Few fighters were as essential to the lighter weight classes’ growth back in the early days of MMA as Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver. BJ "The Prodigy" Penn. After that he kind of just shut down. “But we got to talk after that, and man, I love him. I was happy that he made 145, but I guess in my mind I think the fight for him was making 45. This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 1/25/2018. Nothing says brother like punching each other in the face. And while their careers have went in polar opposite directions with Penn now a top five pound for pound fighter and Pulver losing five of his last seven fights, we will always have that super fight between the two of them to remember that for one night it was all right to be a little bit evil. The first ever Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver retired this Sunday, right before his biggest rival BJ Penn retired Sunday night. The UFC Hall of Famer, BJ Penn last fought in June of 2017 when he lost a majority decision to Dennis Siver in a Featherweight bout. Media That time when BJ Penn and Jens Pulver fail at picking TUF teams Discussion in ' UFC Discussion ' started by giovanni002 , Sep 20, 2020 at 6:46 AM . Biggest Upset of All Time #24. TUF 5 Finale: BJ Penn vs. Jens Pulver … The future two-division champion, Penn would square off with Pulver twice throughout their careers going 1-1 against each other. While Jens Pulver was the champion after defeating Dennis Hallman , nobody really thought that (lil evil) Pulver could hang with the prodigy, especially for five rounds , but on this night, even the great Penn would have to agree that he fought the toughest fight he has ever fought at 155 pounds. I think that first fight I was ecstatic. The second going to Penn five years later after the two coached opposite squads on season 5 of The Ultimate Fighter. It’s sad, and again, I’ll never make excuses, but around that time. BJ Penn defeats Jens Pulver via Submission at 3:12 of Round 2 Penn Submission Round 2. Pulver spoke to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour to talk about his retirement. I didn’t really want people…I mean, there’s no much to celebrate.
Then the emotion flowed, Pulver yelled into the microphone," on the ground again , i've been beatin my whole life ,this ain't nothing". Jens Pulver just said he’d come out of retirement to face BJ Penn at #UFCHawaii. I didn’t want to be the guy who says, oh, I’m retired and then I’m come back and do it again.