BJ: McDonald untested, we’ll see about his cardio
BJ Penn fights 22 year old Rory McDonald‘s at UFC 152 on Sept. 22, 2012 at the Air Canada Centre…
BJ Penn fights 22 year old Rory McDonald‘s at UFC 152 on Sept. 22, 2012 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In an interview with the Pulver brothers
Abel Pulver: Wouldn’t that to be just as much to worry about in the MacDonald camp? He’s only been the distance one time and that was against 155lbs Nate Diaz – not to say Nate’s a push over of any kind but he seemed to fade also in the fight with Condit. The guy has 5 TKO’s and 7 subs in 13 victories and the one over Nate so really when you think about it – What does anybody know about his cardio?
BJ Penn: You’re right, you’re right. We don’t know about his cardio, his experience. I believe your body like anything else can put limitation on speed or power or whatever it maybe. I believe some people’s bodies, your cardio goes up to a certain point but you got your own strengths and weaknesses. Over the years I honestly believe training for so long and fighting for so long when I was in my 20’s living more of a carefree lifestyle – all that stuff wears you down over awhile. I definitely had adrenal fatigue. I definitely know that I’ve had issues like that with my adrenaline and different stuff. Everybody knows I’m all natural. I just got to wait and sit around to let my body and organs get back into balance and sync or whatever you want to call it.
As far as that goes with him [Rory] that’s true. He’s still untested. I think everything they are saying is true. He’s very good. I think he comes from a very good team. He’s got a lot of very good people. They are going to have him ready. They are going to have him prepared but yes – like you said this is going to be a big fight this isn’t a small fight so there is going to be a lot on the line. All those different stressers and all those different things is definitely going to play into the cardiovascular system.
