UFC: BJ Penn wants to Smash Matt Hughes' Face

UFC: BJ Penn wants to Smash Matt Hughes' Face

By DHB (Oct 19, 2006) DoghouseBoxing.com

According to a report on UFC.com by popular scribe Thomas Gerbasi, BJ Penn is unable to train after he was diagnosed by Dr. Sameer Nagda with strained muscles and a broken rib. Gerbasi's report indicates Penn suffered the injury "during a gallant effort in defeat against UFC 170-pound champion Matt Hughes at UFC 63 on September 23rd."

Some questioned whether Penn was truly injured late in the second round of the welterweight championship bout against

Matt Hughes. The medical report conducted by Dr. Sameer Nagda, shed light on Penn's injuries he got in the bout with Hughes. The doctor's exam confimed Penn fracture the right tenth costochondral junction and he also strain the adjacent intercostal musculature and oblique musculature.

Quoted on ufc.com, Penn stated in regards to Hughes: "I want to smash his face so bad. I don't think about anything else except smashing Hughes' face. I don't like him at all."

Penn added: "I've been out for three weeks already and the Doctor said don't do anything for at least another two weeks – nothing at all, just stay on the couch. I've been bored as hell. I can't surf, can't do nothing. When I try to tread water with my hands, it pulls, plus I can only lie in certain ways, so I'm sure I'm out for the rest of the year."

Source of Quotes: Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.com.