BJ Penn
- March 6th, 2010
Jay Dee Penn (born December 13, 1978), is an American mixed martial artsist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner of Anglo-Irish and Korean descent who is currently the 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.[3]
Penn is a former UFC Welterweight Champion and was a coach on the The Ultimate Fighter 5 reality show. He became only the second fighter to win UFC titles in two different weight classes (the other being Randy Couture), after he won the lightweight title at UFC 80, having previously won the UFC’s welterweight title from Matt Hughes at UFC 46. He is currently ranked by as the #1 Lightweight fighter in the world.
| Win | 15–5–1 | Diego Sanchez | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez | 2009-12-12 | 5 | 2:37 |
| Win | 14–5–1 | Kenny Florian | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | UFC 101: Declaration | 2009-08-08 | 4 | 3:45 |
| Loss | 13–5–1 | Georges St-Pierre | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 | 2009-01-31 | 4 | 5:00 |
| Win | 13–4–1 | Sean Sherk | TKO (Knee and Punches) | UFC 84: Ill Will | 2008-05-24 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | 12–4–1 | Joe Stevenson | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | UFC 80: Rapid Fire | 2008-01-19 | 2 | 4:02 |
| Win | 11–4–1 | Jens Pulver | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale | 2007-06-23 | 2 | 3:12 |
| Loss | 10–4–1 | Matt Hughes | TKO (Punches) | UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn | 2006-09-23 | 3 | 3:53 |
| Loss | 10–3–1 | Georges St-Pierre | Decision (Split) | UFC 58: US vs. Canada | 2006-03-04 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | 10–2–1 | Renzo Gracie | Decision (Unanimous) | K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii | 2005-07-29 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Loss | 9–2–1 | Lyoto Machida | Decision (Unanimous) | K-1 Hero’s 1 | 2005-03-26 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | 9–1–1 | Rodrigo Gracie | Decision (Unanimous) | Rumble on the Rock 6 | 2004-11-20 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | 8–1–1 | Duane Ludwig | Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) | K-1 MMA ROMANEX | 2004-05-22 | 1 | 1:45 |
| Win | 7–1–1 | Matt Hughes | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | UFC 46: Supernatural | 2004-01-31 | 1 | 4:39 |
| Win | 6–1–1 | Takanori Gomi | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Rumble on the Rock 4 | 2003-10-10 | 3 | 2:35 |
| Draw | 5–1–1 | Caol Uno | Draw | UFC 41: Onslaught | 2003-02-28 | 5 | 5:00 |
| Win | 5–1 | Matt Serra | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 39: The Warriors Return | 2002-09-27 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | 4–1 | Paul Creighton | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 37: High Impact | 2002-05-10 | 2 | 3:23 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jens Pulver | Decision (Majority) | UFC 35: Throwdown | 2002-01-11 | 5 | 5:00 |
| Win | 3–0 | Caol Uno | KO (Punches) | UFC 34: High Voltage | 2001-11-02 | 1 | 0:11 |
| Win | 2–0 | Din Thomas | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands | 2001-06-29 | 1 | 2:42 |
| Win | 1–0 | Joey Gilbert | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 31: Locked and Loaded | 2001-05-04 | 1 | 4:57 |