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MEMPHIS -- When Diego Sanchez steps into the octagon at UFC 107 in hopes of capturing the UFC lightweight championship, he'll not only be fighting the legendary B.J. Penn; he'll be fighting history. Because for all of Penn's flirtations with different weight classes during the course of his career, the record shows that the Hawaiian's performance at 155 is nothing short of sterling.

Overall, Penn is 14-5-1 in his storied fight history, but only one of those losses has come as a lightweight, and that was a close decision loss to Jens Pulver way back in 2002. His divisional dominance has been ably illustrated in his recent UFC bouts, all four of which he finished. He avenged his last lightweight loss by choking out Pulver, also choked out Joe Stevenson and Kenny Florian, and TKO'd Sean Sherk.

In Sanchez, Penn will not necessarily be experiencing anything he hasn't faced before with one exception, and it is a major one: Sanchez fights with a frenetic pace, one he's historically been able to actually increase as a fight goes on (in his February fight with Joe Stevenson, for example, he threw 82 punches in Round 1, and 111 in Round 3). This factor, however, comes with a caveat. Sanchez has not faced a striker of Penn's caliber in his recent past, and it's quite possible, maybe even likely, that he pulls back from his aggressive nature in favor of a slightly more controlled style.