Where Does BJ Penn Stand in the Pound-for-Pound Rankings?
Penn’s complete domination over Diego Sanchez is just another title defense for the best lightweight fighter on the planet. Sanchez was considered a legitimate contender, yet Penn stifled everything sent his way. Not only was Sanchez a legitimate contender, but he was one of the final challengers available for Penn, who finds himself atop a division filled with fallen contenders. What we can be sure of is that BJ Penn is the most dominant lightweight of all time. However, victory after victory, Penn’s name still fails to make it into the same class as the likes of Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, and Fedor Emelianenko. Yet, Penn is the only one out of any of them to hold a belt in two different weight classes The single greatest factor for Penn, falling short of the pound for pound trinity, will possibly forever remain his two losses to Georges St. Pierre. However, both those fights were at the 170-pound mark, Georges St. Pierre’s kingdom, and out of the 155-pound comfort zone Penn
