Former UFC welterweight champions B.J. Penn and Matt Hughes will square off for the third time at UFC 123 on November 20th. Penn who won the first fight, said the following about his strategy for the fight:
“I kind of just feel like I want to train, keep improving, keep adjusting,” he said. “You know I tried some stuff in the Frankie Edgar fight. I didn’t defend the takedowns as hard as I wanted to because I wanted to try a couple sweeps but I didn’t have the condition(ing). It’s always a wake-up call when you lose because you know you’re going to alter something in your training, you know, something has to change in the training.”
He continued, giving some insight into his strategy for this fight. “I’m going to train pretty traditional. I’m going to do a lot of striking, a lot of grappling, I’m going to run hard and I’m going to do everything I need to do. I think Matt’s looked good in his last three fights. … Anything Matt Hughes does, doesn’t surprise me.”
Source: Sherdog.com
