T-4 BJ Penn
Record: 26-5
Promotion: UFC
Age: 32 years old
Reason:
Despite having not fought since his UFC 127 draw with Jon Fitch, BJ Penn moves up to a tie as the No. 4 welterweight in mixed martial arts in June.
It could be the slightly different group of writers who were ranking the fighters this month, but there may also be a growing consensus that Penn is a bit better than we may have given him credit for shortly after the fight at UFC 127.
After all, he did go the distance and was the only man besides Georges St-Pierre to escape a fight in the UFC against Jon Fitch without a loss.
It has not been officially announced, but Penn and Fitch have been rumored to be meeting again in the co-main event at UFC 138.