The sport has definitely moved beyond that founding idea of MMA, but without a doubt we wouldn't be sitting here right now if the Gracies didn't come here and teach their style and create the UFC. — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
It isn't always the funnest feeling, sparring three days a week, getting punched in the face at 38 years old, it might not always… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
We see fighters fight their whole career and never get a title shot. It doesn't matter if they rack up 10 wins if people… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
I want to get one more world title. Three titles at three weight classes, and without a doubt 145 is my best option. — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
Fighting, to me, has always been something different than what everybody's else opinion is. I've never believed what everybody else has. — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
My greatest moment in my whole career is when I became the first non-Brazilian to win the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship. That was my… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
You look at somebody like Frankie Edgar and you think, 'oh, that little guy,' this and that. But these guys, they want it. And… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
It does blow me away, though, when I see Werdum just got the belt at 37 and then you see Mark Hunt still fighting… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
