Penn considering move to 170 following UFC 112
If everything goes well on April 10, I definitely would consider moving up to 170. Not that I’m – not…
If everything goes well on April 10, I definitely would consider moving up to 170. Not that I’m – not that it’s 100-percent guaranteed.”
If I do make that move I’m going to move slow. I’m not going to try to rush anything, Maybe I would think about it more as testing the waters. I’d talk to Dana and see if he would want me to vacate the belt, but maybe try do something like Anderson is doing, test the waters, see how everything is going and see how everything plays out.
I think a fighter has to stay true to himself and what his goals and accomplishments are, what really motivates him. I’ve been the welterweight champion once and in a lot of ways I really wouldn’t mind being the welterweight champion again. And I think it’s just a fun thing to do.
I had my chance to go straight for the championship and things didn’t work out my way. Of course, anybody would like a free shot for the title. But like I said, I want to take my time. I want to test the waters. And it’s exactly what Anderson said, we just want to put on some other great fights.
There’s some top contenders in the welterweight division, of course there is a champion, and there’s other people. There’s Matt Hughes. There’s a bunch of different fights out there. That’s what this whole thing is about is about, putting on the biggest and the greatest fights in history.