Penn: Hendo vs. Shogun best fight I ever saw
BJ Penn is beginning a weekly column on Bleacher Report. For the past couple of weeks, ever since my fight with…
BJ Penn is beginning a weekly column on Bleacher Report.
For the past couple of weeks, ever since my fight with Diaz, I have just been taking it easy. When I am not relaxing at home, I am just hanging out with old friends from high school and spending time with my daughter and family.
After sitting around the house for so long my body started to get achy. So two weeks ago I started to run again. I just couldn’t take sitting around the house anymore without exercising and my body feels so much better now that I have started working out again. I still haven’t gotten into the gym and done any type of martial arts training yet, but the runs are definitely fun and, like I said, they make my body feel better.
I have a foundation here in Hawaii called the Penn Hawaii Youth Foundation. This foundation helps at-risk children that have been in trouble get back on track through martial arts and several other positive activities. This past Saturday, my latest group of kids graduated from the program and I got to go to the ceremony. It was great to see the progress they have all made.
The day after the graduation, my girlfriend and I had our baby shower. I am expecting a new daughter to come into the world this December and the party was fun. We got a lot of support from friends and family and everyone had a great time.
I was given a part in an episode of the hit TV Show, Hawaii 5.0, and I will be filming for the next few days on set. It’s really good timing to be out in Oahu because the president of RVCA, Pat Tenore, and his whole family have taken a vacation this week out there, so when I’m not filming I plan on going and hanging out with them.
I think Dan Henderson versus Shogun was the best fight I have ever seen in my life. What a fight! It was very close; I think the first three rounds were close. I didn’t feel like Dan really pulled away from Shogun in any of those rounds. I know at one point Dan dropped him and went in for the kill and unloaded but Shogun handled it and came back to win the last two rounds.
It was great to see two legends of the sport put it all on the line like that. Dan is just a beast and like I said, it was the best fight I have ever seen.
Until next week, Mahalos.
