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“I've always thought that being in the UFC is what the name suggests: Ultimate Fighting Championship. As time went on, people started learning to use the rules that suit them.” quote by B. J. Penn — Download Open image

“I've always thought that being in the UFC is what the name suggests: Ultimate Fighting Championship. As time went on, people started learning to use the rules that suit them.”

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I got a wonderful life back in Hawaii.

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Being the champ is fake, all of that is all fake.

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I want to get one more world title. Three titles at three weight classes, and without a doubt 145 is my best option.

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I thought I would go win 100 in a row with 100 knockouts.

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Fighting, to me, has always been something different than what everybody's else opinion is. I've never believed what everybody else has.

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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 greatest moment.

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