from mmaweekly.com:
B.J. Penn is uncertain of what the future holds for his complaint against Georges St. Pierre. He wasn't sure what to expect of his plea to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and after an inconclusive meeting with regulatory body, he is weighing his options.
"Honestly, I didn't know what to expect," he told MMAWeekly.com after the Tuesday meeting. "We didn't even know if we were going to get a chance to talk, but honestly I don't even know exactly what happened yet. I've still got to sit down with the lawyers and see. I don't even know how to judge this or gauge this. I'm a fighter, not a litigator."
The NSAC took no formal action against the subject of Penn's complaint, St. Pierre and cornermen Phil Nurse and Greg Jackson, but Penn felt the meeting might be a positive step in the right direction, even if it wasn't exactly what he had hoped for.
"It seemed like the commission knew about how we can help the commission and the sport move forward with some rules, and that's definitely great," he continued. "We want to help the sport as much as we can, and that's why we're here. But we're definitely interested to find out what's going on with my fight and... what is (the commission's) opinion on what happened.
Late in the proceedings, Penn went directly to the commission to try and satisfy his curiosity.
"I was just wondering what you guys thought about the intention," he said. "I know you guys said this is a learning process... was there any intention by these guys to create an unfair fight?"
Of course, intention is at the heart of the controversy surrounding Penn's second fight with Georges St. Pierre at UFC 94. While NSAC Commissioner Bill Brady and Executive Director Keith Kizer were clear that Tuesday was about fact finding - not punishment - they indicated that changes could be on the horizon for the handling of cornermen's duties and the enforcement of NSAC statutes concerning the use of grease.
"They could make regulatory changes, they could issue some sort of directive to me or the inspectors or referees to handle situations differently," Kizer said afterwards.
If there was one thing B.J. Penn and Georges St. Pierre's cornermen could agree on, it was that grease would be best applied by a neutral party.
Not offered was what Penn seemed to want more than anything else - was he right?
"They didn't express that today, so maybe we look to the future to see what happens," he said.
While Penn's lawyer, Raffi Nahabedian, met his goal in opening the door to further investigation into the matter, there is no certainty that the Commission will do anything other than look at it as a lesson to learn from.
"I have no clue, we've just got to wait and see," Penn said of his camp's plan of attack.
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