Quote Originally Posted by ironchef
They also wiped off the vaseline, so it was a non factor. Especially by the end of the 4th round both would've been naturally sweaty anyway, so that wouldve affected his grip more than any vaseline residue. But it doesn't even matter, vaseline doesn't make your punches land on someones face. Vaseline also doesnt prevent the other person from trying to cover up, switch positions, or scramble to get out from the bottom.
vaseline is used to keep the person's sweat from interferring with the fighters. it allows to person to see without having shit constantly getting in their eyes, and i don't know if you have ever had sweat in your eye, but that shit doesn't feel too nice.

and the fight, penn didn't seem to care to much about the fight, its like he was like "whatever", kinda like he didn't have the heart to win the match. GSP came in with a fire in his eyes, wanting to take the win and keep his title as top dog for his division. i was pulling for gsp and i thought it was gonna be a lot better of a fight than what it was. when penn was on the ground, it just kinda seemed like he was just trying to avoid getting hit over trying to take a more dominate position or trying to advance from the bottom position.
i think this has to be one of penn's weakest fights, and from the look of it, didn't seem like he should have been fighting. almost to a point where he didn't take it all that serious.