Name B.J. Penn
Nickname The Prodigy
Association BJ Penn’s MMA
Weight Class Welterweight (170 lbs.) / Lightweight (155 lbs.)
Height 5′ 9″ (175 cm)
Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing
Birth Date December 13, 1978
Fighting Out Of Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Country USA
Record 15 – 6 – 1
Wins 6 (T)KOs
6 Submissions
3 Decisions
Losses 2 (T)KOs
0 Submissions
4 Decisions
Jay Dee “B.J.” Penn, best known as, B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn, is a Hawaiian-American mixed martial artist and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight Champion.
In 2000, he became the first American-born winner of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the black-belt category. Penn is also a former UFC Welterweight Champion and was a coach on the The Ultimate Fighter 5: Team Penn vs. Team Pulver reality show on SpikeTV. He became the second fighter to win UFC titles in two different weight classes, after he won the Lightweight title at UFC 80: Rapid Fire, by defeating Joe Stevenson.
Penn has only lost five times in his entire mixed martial arts career, all to top-tier opponents. His losses are to former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver, current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida (who weighed substantially more than Penn), former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, and twice to current UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre.
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Fight Record
Loss Frank Edgar Decision (Unanimous) UFC 112: Invincible 4/10/2010 5 5:00 Lost UFC Lightweight Championship 1
Win Diego Sanchez TKO (Doctor Stoppage) UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez 12/12/2009 5 2:37 Defended UFC Lightweight Championship 1
Win Kenny Florian Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC 101: Declaration 8/08/2009 4 3:54 Defended UFC Lightweight Championship; Won Submission of the Night Honors
Loss Georges St. Pierre II TKO (Corner Stoppage) UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn 2 1/31/2009 4 5:00 For the UFC Welterweight Championship; Penn challenged the outcome with the NSAC due to believed “Greasing” by St. Pierre
Win Sean Sherk TKO (Knee and Punches) UFC 84: Ill Will 5/24/2008 3 5:00 Defended UFC Lightweight Championship
Win Joe Stevenson Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC 80: Rapid Fire 1/19/2008 2 4:02 Won vacant UFC Lightweight Championship
Win Jens Pulver Submission (Rear Naked Choke) The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale 6/23/2007 2 3:12 Avenged first career loss
Loss Matt Hughes II TKO (Punches) UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn 9/23/2006 3 3:53 For UFC Welterweight Championship (replaced injured number one contender Georges St. Pierre)
Loss Georges St. Pierre Decision (Split) UFC 58: USA vs. Canada 3/04/2006 3 5:00 For the number one contender spot in the UFC Welterweight division
Win Renzo Gracie Decision (Unanimous) K-1: World Grand Prix Hawaii 7/29/2005 3 5:00 Bout was at Middleweight (185 lbs.)
Loss Lyoto Machida Decision (Unanimous) K-1: Hero’s 1 3/26/2005 3 5:00 Open-weight bout; Penn weighed in at circa 187 lbs. while Machida fought at his natural weight of circa 215
Win Rodrigo Gracie Decision (Unanimous) ROTR 6: Rumble on the Rock 6 11/20/2004 3 5:00 Bout was at Middleweight (185 lbs.)
Win Duane Ludwig Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) K-1 MMA: ROMANEX 5/22/2004 1 1:45 Welterweight bout
Win Matt Hughes Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC 46: Supernatural 1/31/2004 1 4:39 Won UFC Welterweight Championship; Stripped of his title when he singed with K-1
Win Takanori Gomi Submission (Rear Naked Choke) ROTR 4: Rumble on the Rock 4 10/10/2003 3 2:35 Won Rumble on the Rock Lightweight Championship
Draw Caol Uno Draw UFC 41: Onslaught 2/28/2003 5 5:00 For UFC Lightweight Championship
Win Matt Serra Decision (Unanimous) UFC 39: The Warriors Return 9/27/2002 3 5:00
Win Paul Creighton TKO (Punches) UFC 37: High Impact 5/10/2002 2 3:23
Loss Jens Pulver Decision (Majority) UFC 35: Throwdown 1/11/2002 5 5:00 For UFC Lightweight Championship
Win Caol Uno KO (Punches) UFC 34: High Voltage 11/02/2001 1 0:11
Win Din Thomas TKO (Knee and Punches) UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands 6/29/2001 1 2:42
Win Joey Gilbert TKO (Punches) UFC 31: Locked & Loaded 5/04/2001 1 4:57
