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B.J. Penn

United States
Born 1978-12-13

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)

  • Ralph Gracie
    swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “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

Lineage

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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Cite and reuse

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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.
BibTeX
@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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