He looked soft ? What does that mean? The fact that he never dpoeprd from Diaz' REPEATED strikes to the body is proof that his body was NOT soft.Looks mean nothing. Do you know how you get a hard looking midsection? Lots of ab work and weight loss. Any idiot can do that and it has absolutely nothing to do with being fighting tough. Cardio also has nothing to do with toughness. You can be a marathon runner and it wouldn’t keep you from being “winded” by body shots. Speaking of which, Penn wasn’t “winded” from the body shots. As I’ve already pointed out, a relentless body attack will zap the energy out of a fighter, and that’s what happened to him—he wasn’t “winded”. When you’re winded you can’t catch your breath. So, all the cardio in the world would not have helped him in this fight.I don’t care how well you train or how tough your midsection is, if you get punched enough to the body it will eventually begin to take its toll on you. While Diaz is not the most powerful puncher, he has what I call “hatchet” punches and they are devastating—as many fighter have realized first hand when they stepped into the cage with him. Like chopping a tree down with a hatchet, Diaz keeps chopping away at his opponent and, like a tree, his opponent eventually drops to the ground. Again, the fact that he didn’t knock Penn out is absolute proof that Penn was well-prepared for this fight. A lesser fighter would have been stopped. So, no…you are wrong.