Renzo Gracie talks about his fight with BJ Penn

I found this interesting interview on Youtube where Renzo talks about the background to his fight with BJ Penn which he acknowledged his loss to BJ Penn. As usual, Renzo is rather humorous with his comments and observations. The end is hilarious when John Danaher, a black belt under Renzo, adds that it was a win for Jiu-Jitsu as BJ Penn was a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu prodigy. Renzo adds he won that day but it could of been him as well.

I got it from:
Renzo Gracie talks what went down with B.J. Penn
October 30, 2008 · Filed Under Off the Mat, Renzo Gracie, Video Interviews · Comment
Renzo Gracie and B.J Penn fought to a decision at K-1 World Grand Prix Hawaii. B.J. Penn first trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Renzo’s brother Ralph Gracie in San Francisco.

When Penn left the Ralph’s school in 2005 B.J. called out Renzo’s cousin Rodrigo Gracie.

After taking the decision win, B.J. Penn was influenced by his father to fight Renzo Gracie. Renzo took exception to the fact that it was Penn’s father who made the call and not BJ himself.

Renzo also went on to say that he is not retired and could possibly make a come back at lightweight.

Renzo explains in a mmamania.com exclusive video:

Johnny Marr - The Story of the Guitar - Part Three

Johnny Marr is interviewed from the BBC series "Story Of the Guitar."
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame and the Edge from U2 are interviewed.
But Johnny Marr has a great interview and demonstration of his style of playing.

He plays three of his Smiths songs and demonstrates his famous "How Soon Is Now?" riff with its massive tremelo effect.

Johnny Marr - falling in love with the guitar

Marr brings out his black Rickenbacker guitar and plays "There Is a Light..."

Billy Bragg and Badly Drawn Boy performing "Walk Away Renee" live

Awesome song originally done on acoustic guitar by Johnny Marr. Story goes that Marr was fiddling around with the old song "Walk Away Renee" and it was recorded. Billy Bragg then wrote "spoken words" and it's a great song. Enjoy.



Here's the lyrics:

She said it was just a figment of speech
And I said "You mean figureAnd she said "No, figment
Because she could never imagine it happening. But it did

When we first met I played the Shy boy
When she spoke to me for the first time my nose began to bleed
She guessed the rest

The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry
And when nobody came to collect our fares
Well I knew then this was something special
I couldn't stop thinking about her
And every time I switched on the radio
There was somebody else singing a song about the two of us

It was just like being on a fast ride at the fun fair
The sort you want to get off because its scary
And then as soon as you're off you want get straight back on again
But all love is strange
And you have to learn to take the crunchy with the smooth I suppose

She began going out with Mr. Potato Head
It was when I saw her in he car park
With his coat around her shoulders that I realized
I went home and thought about the two of them together
Until the bathwater went cold around me
I thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts
And about the point where their bodies met

I confronted her about it
I said, "I'm the most illegible bachelor in townAnd she said "Yeah that's why I
could never understand any of those silly letters you sent me
And then one day it happened
She cut her hair and I stopped loving her