IGN: Everyone seems to think you want to move back from the lightweight division to welterweight.
“Yeah, I think there is a possibility of that. I don’t in no way want to look past Frankie Edgar, he’s a good fighter. You never know what could happen. But if I go back to welterweight, maybe I’ll try to give it a run, maybe fight a couple of fights there, we’ll see how it goes.”
“I might try to do it permanent. We’ll see, I just don’t want to rush anything, just take my time and go out there and do my best.”
“I think I could do good against some of the top welterweights. Yeah, pretty big guys, but you gotta live some times, you gotta step up sometime, huh?”
IGN: Let’s say you vacate the lightweight division, who’s going to be the champ?
“Any of those guys, I think they all can. Those guys are all so good, I wouldn’t be surprised if any one of them–Florian, Maynard, Gomi’s coming in, that’s going to be interesting to see what he can do, you got Frankie in there too. You got a lot of guys. Hopefully I just keep my title on April 10th, huh? I can’t worry about those guys.”
— BJ Penn talks about competing back at the welterweight division.
HT: ign.com