Either B.J. Penn and the UFC are working us, or he’s really upset at how he was portrayed during last week’s show. It showed him specifically hiding from Dana White because he took five days off training so that he could peak properly and not too early. He already has a reputation of not being the hardest trained athlete in the world, and it didn’t help. However, he’s the “heel” here. The only way this matters is if he goes into the cage next weekend and under performs because he didn’t train properly. If he beats GSP and shows that he trained well, the joke is on us right?

According to MMA Junkie, Penn shut down an interview session early and doesn’t want to be involved in the project anymore. I think that Penn is a smart man and understands that it’s far more about hype than how good he really is when it comes to selling a fight. If it wasn’t, he wouldn’t lick blood off his hands or tell anyone who’s listening that he wants to fight Anderson Silva after GSP. I hope he’s not being overly sensitive.

Let’s get to episode two.

Penn says that he was portrayed inaccurately in the first episode of the show. Penn says that by taking days off, it makes him hungrier. He says that St. Pierre wants to be a legend. He just wants to kick his ass. He says that St. Pierre quit against Serra and that’s why he thinks he’s a quitter. He says if you tap from strikes, you’re a little bitch. He says he’s going to end it with one right hand.

Penn just stole a line from Rocky Balboa.

He looked dead into the camera and said, “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.”

But he didn’t say that’s how winning is done.

Taking a page right out of 24/7 and Freddie Roach’s haircut, St. Pierre is in the barbershop. He then talks about how people don’t have sex while in training. He doesn’t seem to like that idea. They’re trying to make GSP look like a playboy.

GSP says you have to believe in yourself, your trainer, and your whole entourage. He says it’s the three laws, though he really said tree laws. He says he grew up with a lot of anger and instead of using it to get in trouble, he used it on martial arts. He says he has more heart, more will, and more desire to win than Penn.

Penn says that people might think it’s not normal that he’s a father and takes care of his three month old daughter. But he says that he wants to do everything for her so she knows who is taking care of her.

Penn talks about how everyone is Jay Dee, including JD’s newborn who becomes LJ, which stands for Little Jay. He’s B.J. for Baby Jay.

GSP has Nate Marquardt, Donald Cerrone, John MakDessi, Yves Jabduin, Keith Jardine, and someone who looks like Jon Fitch in his camp helping him train. His muai thai trainer says that GSP faces great athletes every day and he knows that Penn doesn’t have that.

Penn says martial arts isn’t about size and strength. It’s about skill, technique, and the will to win. Penn says he’s just going to go in there and kick his ass. He says that GSP doesn’t know what’s going to happen to him and it’s time to find out.

This episode was like a rebuilding of Penn as someone who has a chip on his shoulder. But they also showed a soft side to him with his family, which nearly turned him face until the end. Right now, to me, GSP looks like someone who is a machine and who is expected to win. They’re definitely building Penn as the underdog. I’m sure he won’t like that either.

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