BJ in his prime was a force of nature. He was like Rickson Gracie meets Manny Pacquiao for a good while.

@ryu9687

7 ай бұрын

Great way to put it. Fastest reflexes and most dexterity with his legs

Outstanding grappling, hits like a truck, never got scared to challenge himself against heavier fighters, the lightweight Goat.

Black belt in only 3 years I think. Absolute beast

One of the true legends of MMA and BJJ!

Had BJ Penn actually trained and put effort instead of relying on Yes Men and his natural talent, we might have seen the GOAT.

@weirdgilly8727

8 ай бұрын

🤝

new fans will never know how crazy bj penn was out the gate. he was the khabib of our generation.

@craigh6805

10 ай бұрын

Except BJ was actually fun to watch

@JA-ru3il

6 күн бұрын

​@@craigh6805yup

Gsp studied him endlessly even talked about he’s striking speed being the best of any welterweight at the time

@rintubag8751

Жыл бұрын

89

I've never had a "favorite" fighter. Never been that into MMA. But I think I just found my favorite.

BJ was such a legend. Didn't deserve that losing streak

@luhbruno9848

Жыл бұрын

how long was it

@JamaisArriere1

Жыл бұрын

@@luhbruno9848 7 fights in a row if memory serves correctly. Not a great way to end your career but he just kept fighting. Still one of the best of all time and the guy who really got me into watching MMA

@derrickc3173

Жыл бұрын

@@luhbruno9848 7 fights that stretched over 8 years. Plus got knocked out in a street fight which unfortunately sealed his career as over officially

@kevinhanandi

Жыл бұрын

He shouldn't fight that long, he should have let it go after last hughes fight

@FatalShotGG

Жыл бұрын

he probably got paid more by dana to lose

Too bad you didn't include his Rumble on the Rock finishes. Bloodied and battered a prime Takanori Gami.

BJ WAS A MONSTER IN THE MMA ART 💪 RESPECT

Khabib vs prime BJ Penn would've been a epic trilogy in UFC history for sure.

@rodneyhewitt2772

11 ай бұрын

I'd pay $100 just to watch them roll. BJJ world champion against best wrestler in 155 history. I'd give the edge to Penn on the ground because I've seen him get the better of Matt Hughes and GSP who are much bigger men and all time great wrestlers

this man fought since May 24, 2001 until he retired, god damn.

Every finish they got comboed or submitted and they just kept getting better and more brutal

BJ stepped up and went three full rounds with a prime Lyoto Machida who weighed in over 205 lbs, Machida had just knocked out prime Rich Franklin with relative ease and Penn only lost by decision. Imo the most impressive feat ever by a fighter who was a true 145 lbs. I'd like to see Khabib step up and fight any LHW much less a man who went on to be LHW champ and competed competition for the MW belt and actually banged GOAT Jon Jones up a bit before he sunk in that guillotine. Khabib has never faced but one man who will be a hall of fan and that's Conor who had stepped up weight classes 135-45 being his true class. BJ broke the nose and battered GSP even having him tied up and punching him in the face when the buzzer sounded ending there first match but somehow George got the nod BJ said i went and had a beer George went to the hospital. That's WW GOAT GSP. Khabib won the title fighting unranked Al Ianquinta who was given a days notice. How does that happen? I know all about what happened that week buy that still doesn't mean one guy who has been preparing for months gets to fight an unranked fighter for the belt who had a day notice. And it went the distance. Please.

@Billy-rq9hs

11 ай бұрын

That’s it. He competed and was good at multiple weights. Unreal.

Man bj was and is my all time favorite I just wish he had got his against gsp, with that being said all props to gsp the goat of 170

BJ is legend!

@N8iveDigital

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. My favourite fighter still to this day.

BJ Penn was the fighter that got me hooked on UFC when Spike would have it on all day every day

Legendary.

bj penn was my favorite ufc fighter for a long time,

Great BJJ + boxing is a recipe for a dangerous finisher

Love bj. Favorite UFC fighter.

That was a vicious butcher cut he did on Diego Sanchez

Badass video

Great fight

Bravo to bj pen he fight lightweight and midleweight . Big bravo

@seanmeyre4172

Жыл бұрын

Not middleweight it was lightweight and welterweight and heavyweight once in another org

@ateam137

Жыл бұрын

​@@seanmeyre4172 Yep, against Machida and gave him problems.

4:22 The way Penn used those short ranged kicks as a distraction to sink in the choke is just great stuff! Not sure if I’ve seen any recent fighters today use it in the UFC today. Penn’s flexibility, and with how he used it, was what made him so successful on the ground, and to add on to that whenever he’d mount his opponent he would slide his leg underneath their waist, possibly to stuff ground passes from the bottom.

@muysantos2859

Күн бұрын

Built like Gracie and Pacman at the same time.

He was oliveria before oliveira became the beast he is at lightweight

@JA-ru3il

6 күн бұрын

That's his idol lol

The Prodigy

Бж Пен 👍👍👍

BJ is the lightweight GOAT.

@weirdgilly8727

8 ай бұрын

🤝

Uno runs out to try and grab penn soon as the fight starts then penn drops him immediately lol

The world needs more BJ Penns and less Paddy Pimbletsesss. (and I like the guy)

Everytime they scream “DJ PENN” what i hear in my head DJ KHALIDDDDDDD we the best music

I love how pen started kicking his stomach to disract his brain to move his hands to block and switch so fast to a rear naked choke on Kenny Florian. Krazy

🐐

hughes thought he'd been kicked in the head

What happened to him? In a technical sense? Guy went from a goat, highest of highest to the lowest of lows in the sport

@flowcoforever

2 ай бұрын

Age don't do you any favors bruv

4:58: Did you mean Joe "Stevenson".? It's not Stevens.! GodBless BTW Mayne, Much Love, Prayers, N, Positivity To You N Your Family, Amen, 777, G-Yeah, Yeah Uh Yeah, Salute.!!!!

I don't know that dea Thomas is a fighter I thought he is mma analysr

@declamatory

Жыл бұрын

*Din

Bj, even though he was small for welterweight, he tested himself in the category and was champion by submitting Matt Hughes. Khabib has never tested himself at welterweight with real wrestlers of his level.

Did BJ lick Matt's sweat off his finger after he mimes a cat licking it's paws at the end of the fight

@TheDiepzone

Жыл бұрын

He likes to lick his opponents blood

@charliealyea5502

Жыл бұрын

Usually he's licking off blood lol but Matt hadn't even broke a sweat at that point

@weirdgilly8727

8 ай бұрын

bj "consuming", i guess for lackof better wording right off, his opponents blood etc is archaic baller (borderline mastermind/psycho) psychology shid lol. dunno if i would tbh but hey id never question homie, was a straight fighting style role model for me personally growing up. 🤝

Bj shoulda called time earlier

6:52 bad stoppage tbh

Please let's acknowledge that the level was lower back then, look at the second fight of this video, the Asian dude looks like he doesn't know what is a fight..

@Jlastinger88

7 ай бұрын

Dude stfu. Common sense tells you that every sport evolves. Always gotta be one idiot tho. Foh 🤡

@samuelfernandezbjj

5 ай бұрын

L comment

Mazagatti didn't stop that at all he was clearly done. What a piece of she let that fight get beat down

Was all good till he met 209