Originally Posted by Not Right Now

The reason Bj Penn is so overlooked is because everyone on the UFC payroll who isn't a fighter (save for Joe Rogan) doesn't even mention BJ until he fights. The biy was a superstar in the early half of his career, but then he stopped doing what the UFC wanted him to do and started handling his career his own way. So they don't wanna push him like they do Chuck Liddell and then have him leave, or change weight classes.