The Prodigy

Much respect to one of the American pioneers in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts, BJ Penn. BJ is someone that I looked up to when I first started BJJ in 2003. He was the first non-Brazilian to win the World Championships, with only one other American winning it since then. He was the former UFC lightweight and welterweight World Champion, defeating Matt Hughes when Hughes was at the top of his game. His contributions to BJJ and MMA will live on forever. Click the link below to read about BJ’s historic performance at the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championships in 2000.

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