Frankie Edgar on The Current State of BJ Penn | Joe Rogan

Yeah, I'm not complaining. Especially the B.J. Penn fight. I remember the first one in Abu Dhabi. I was there for that one. I was like holy shit. That was a big victory, Matt. Yeah, that was big. The second one was probably even better just because I more definitively won. I felt like too, B.J. had my back in that second fight. And everybody thought, B.J., get your back back then. You're in trouble. And I was able to defend. I think I reversed him. So I kind of showed a little bit of all my complete skills in that fight. Out of all the guys that I've ever seen fight, I've never seen anybody who controls people with the legs the way B.J. does. He's got the craziest dexterity in his legs. He does. I heard when he was younger he could stand up and put his leg over his head standing up. Jesus Christ. Yeah, I don't know if that's true. Like just lift it up and put it back there? Yeah, like not even grab it? Just stand up there, not even grab it, put it over his head. I don't know if that's true. I've seen him jump out of the pool too. That's pretty wild. Yeah, no, he's an incredible athlete. Yeah. And his physical talents were unusual, but he worked on it. Like this other thing a lot of people don't realize, there's some great videos of B.J. stretching. Right. And he would stretch with bands. So he has all this crazy, like he would grab his foot, like put it on his chest. He's got bands and he's stretching the shit out of himself. So it wasn't just natural ability. Just natural, yeah. He was also like he realized, well he realized that his legs were like other arms. Like because he, when you were in his guard, he would just, those legs would come up and just pinch you down. And his mount, he would cross his legs underneath dudes and his back mount was incredible. Yeah, he was one of a kind I think, you know, on the ground. And just as a fighter, I mean, I looked up to him coming up, you know, he was the man licking blood off his hands. I was actually with him. We did the UFC gym 10 year anniversary party up in Concord. Dana was there and B.J. was there. So I was hanging out with B.J. B.J. is a good dude, man. We get along really well. Is he done fighting or what is he going to do? I don't know. I think he wants to fight. I don't think Dana wants him to fight, but I'm pretty sure. You're that crazy brawl in Hawaii. Yeah, yeah. Outside of the bar. I mean, people are also like, oh, look at B.J. You're getting mad at a fighter for fighting. You know, come on. Is it that surprising? It is a funny way to look at it, right? Like if a singer gets in a fight, what is he doing? A fighter fighting. It's like a basketball player having to pick up games. Yeah, exactly. Can't get mad at him for that. That is kind of weird when you stop and think about it, you know. And that's the nature down in Hawaii, I think. A lot of people get down. That's how they get down out there. Yeah, they get down. Yeah. Tough motherfuckers in Hawaii. Yeah, for sure. You know, that fight that was so sad to watch, like that dude clipped him with the left hook and dropped him and bounced his head off the concrete. I know. I was like, fuck B.J. Did he say hit me? He said you let him hit him. Yeah, he let the guy hit him. But then he came back. He went out. He flashed out and went down. And then I don't know if the video was continuous or what, but later is a video of him having the guy's back and smashing him. It's like, God damn it. Yeah, I mean, you got to be careful. You never know what got happened in the street fight, too. Oh, yeah. So you got to be careful. Guys go home, open the trunk, come right back. Yeah, that or I mean, you should throw someone in their head and they don't wake up. That's a big one. Yeah. You know, that happened to a buddy of mine in Long Island, Kevin James, actually, the comedian. Yeah. His buddy, they're working together as bouncers and he was working with this guy. And this guy got in a fight with a patron, punched the guy, knocked him out. The guy fell, banged his head off the ground, died. Wow. Dude wound up doing jail time. Wow. And that happens. I heard the story of some wrestler kind of same thing. Got into a fight, picked the guy up, slammed him on his head and ended up in jail. Oh my God. Can you imagine a wrestler like a Yol Romero fucking suplexing you on the street? You ain't getting up for that one. What in the fuck? That's it's over forever. Absolutely. Yeah. It'll flatten the top of your head.