UFC 101
Saturday, Aug. 8
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
UFC Lightweight Championship
B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer
Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
George Sotiropoulos vs. Robert Emerson
BJ PENN
“The Prodigy”
5’9” 170 lbs.
Born: 12/13/78
Style: Jiu-Jitsu
Record: 14-4-1
Seen wearing Cage Fighter at:
UFC 80 (1/19/08)
UFC 84 (5/24/08)
The current UFC Lightweight Champion is known for his unbelievable Jiu-Jitsu and beautiful submissions. Possesses a very strong stand up game as well. In 2000, BJ became the first non-Brazilian to win the world championships in Jiu-Jitsu at the black-belt level. BJ is looking to hold to 2 belts simultaneously when he goes up one weight class to challenge current welterweight champion Georges St Pierre on January 31, 2009.
Posted: 09/05/2009
Go Back
Comments:
There are currently no comments for this blog.
Login to Post comment