Penn completely worked the best WW in the world on their feet the first time they fought. Illegal pokes or not he worked GSP in every exchange.
He's never been rocked.
He gets through fights without a nick on his face.
I assume you're referring to the first BJ/GSP fight, you know, the one a year before Serra destroyed GSP on the feet.
Pulver had him visibly staggered.
And yes he doesn't cut / bruise much, he has very tough skin.
Also, there's more to boxing than just technique. If technique alone won fights then Fedor should have been put to sleep vs. Arlovski. Same thing goes with other really technical fighters. Sure, Aoki's a skilled grappler but he doesn't have the size or power to get someone like Penn to the ground. And even if he did, what's he gonna do?
Fedor doesn't use boxing technique for his punches in most fights -- that "wild looping punch" as several idiot commentators refer to it is called a Casting Punch and is commonly used in combat Sambo to set up throw and clinch opportunities (thus Fedor tossing Rogers down like a rag doll amongst others).
At any rate, RE: technique.
Fedor doesn't move directly backwards with his chin out (which has cost Arlovski both the Rogers and Rizzo fights).
Fedor doesn't drop his hands or forget to defend properly when he has his opponent hurt (which has cost Arlovski twice -- Fedor and Timmy II).
Those are 2 massive technical holes in Andrei's game.
