Also known as
The Prodigy
Description
American mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, the best
student of Ralph Gracie; UFC lightweight and welterweight champion.
Teachers (1)
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Ralph Gracie
swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
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“His best student was future ufc champion B.J. Penn, but the two had a falling
out after B.J. challenged Ralph’s brother Renzo Gracie to a fight.”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The
MMA Encyclopedialink
info
Sources
“And B.J. Penn conquered the Mundials, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu’s Super Bowl, after
training in the sport for just three years.”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The
MMA Encyclopedialink
info
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005GP5CPGRV0ZWRDW97
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). B.J. Penn. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005GP5CPGRV0ZWRDW97 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6C1R005GP5CPGRV0ZWRDW97, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {B.J. Penn}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005GP5CPGRV0ZWRDW97}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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