Clearly things did not go the way BJ Penn had hoped they would on Saturday night. For all purposes if that was his first defense of "his belt" then he's no longer champion. Rematches w/ GSP and Hughes are definetly possible and would be huge draws.
The question now is "Is BJ's heart still in this?".
He was dejected as fuck in the octagon and after the fight backstage and I'm curious right now to see what they do with him. They can't give him the winner of Hughes/GSP, not without him getting a victory in between then over a higher-ranked WW. I'm not sure he'll move up to MW because of the score he's got to settle with St. Pierre. There are a few options, though.
- BJ vs Karo
- BJ vs Diego
A win over either of these guys would allow BJ to stay in WW title contention and would give him something to do while waiting for a winner of GSP/Hughes. I'm currently operating on the assumption that GSP is going to beat Hughes for the title and if that happens they could easily just do Hughes vs Penn as a straight-up grudge fight but also make it a #1 contender fight. Penn vs GSP as St. Pierre's first title defense would be awesome but a lot of people would complain that the first guy GSP is facing is the last guy he beat.
So, what would you do with BJ Penn?