Post #257788 by Bay Park Buzzy on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 1:48 AM

THE UFC-TIKI CONNECTION
I really wanted to see GSP and Matt Hughes fight for the second time after GSP beat BJ Penn. Too bad George hurt himself training. I like the little of what I've seen of BJ in the past, but I was disappointed that he gassed against GSP in his loss to him a couple months back. I didn't really have a favorite between Hughes and Penn this weekend;I just wanted to see a good fight. Even up until right before the fight started, I still had no favorite.
Then...
The arena went dark, the camera cut to BJ walking out of his dressing room, and I saw the team shirts that BJ's crew came down in:

After seeing his choice of walkdown attire, he was obviously my choice to win the fight. Every molecule of my body wanted him to win that night. I've watched that fight about ten times now, and each time it gets harder for me to watch. That sucks that the Hawaiian guy with the tiki shirt lost. I still think Matt Hughes is cool;but, BJ is just way cooler, and way more tiki, in my opinion too.

I think: We, as Tiki Central participants, should adopt BJ Penn as our favorite fighter, from now on, because he wore a tiki shirt into the octagon-Thus solidifing the Tiki-UFC connection that I've been encouraging on this thread. Who else, other than a Hawaiian in a tiki shirt, could possibly be a better fighter for we, the Tiki and fighting enthusists to rally behind?

BJ Penn Fan Buzzy Out!