Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra knows exactly why the emotions recently got to fellow ex-titleholder B.J. Penn after his final fight. Following an embarrassing loss to Frankie Edgar on July 6 at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale, a choked-up Penn officially announced his retirement . With just one win in his final seven fights, Penn’s illustrious career concluded with a disappointing end. But Serra, who dethroned Georges St-Pierre in 2007 and ultimately retired in 2010, said he knows all too well why the lure of the cage proved so strong for Penn, who was one of the trailblazers for MMA’s lighter weight classes.
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Matt Serra on retiring, B.J. Penn and feeling like ‘nothing can be wrong in the world’ – MMA Junkie