BJ Penn
“The Prodigy”
LightweightInactive
Career record
16–14–2
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
12–13–2
as stored in the database
Wins by
7KO4SUB1DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
4KO1SUB8DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1978-12-13 · age 47
- Height
- 5′ 9″ (69 in)
- Reach
- 70 in
- Leg reach
- 38 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- Kailua, United States
- Gym / team
- —
- Octagon debut
- 2001-05-04
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.76
- Striking accuracy
- 48%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.20
- Striking defence
- 56%
- Takedown average
- 1.19
- Takedown accuracy
- 55%
- Takedown defence
- 74%
- Submission average
- 0.50
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
27 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-11 | Clay Guida | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade |
| 2018-12-29 | Ryan Hall | Loss | Submission · R1 · 2:46 | Lightweight | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 |
| 2017-06-25 | Dennis Siver | Loss | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee |
| 2017-01-15 | Yair Rodriguez | Loss | TKO · R2 · 0:24 | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn |
| 2014-07-06 | Frankie Edgar | Loss | TKO · R3 · 4:16 | Featherweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale |
| 2012-12-08 | Rory MacDonald | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz |
| 2011-10-29 | Nick Diaz | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz |
| 2011-02-26 | Jon Fitch | No winner recorded | Draw · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch |
| 2010-11-20 | Matt Hughes | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:21 | Welterweight | UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida |
| 2010-08-28 | Frankie Edgartitle | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2 |
| 2010-04-10 | Frankie Edgartitle | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 112: Invincible |
| 2009-12-12 | Diego Sanchez | Win | TKO · R5 · 2:37 | Lightweight | UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez |
| 2009-08-08 | Kenny Florian | Win | Submission · R4 · 3:54 | Lightweight | UFC 101: Declaration |
| 2009-01-31 | Georges St-Pierre | Loss | TKO · R4 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2 |
| 2008-05-24 | Sean Sherk | Win | TKO · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 84: Ill Will |
| 2008-01-19 | Joe Stevenson | Win | Submission · R2 · 4:02 | Lightweight | UFC 80: Rapid Fire |
| 2007-06-23 | Jens Pulver | Win | Submission · R2 · 3:12 | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale |
| 2006-09-23 | Matt Hughes | Loss | TKO · R3 · 3:53 | Welterweight | UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn |
| 2006-03-04 | Georges St-Pierre | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 58: USA vs Canada |
| 2004-01-31 | Matt Hughes | Win | Submission · R1 · 4:39 | Welterweight | UFC 46: Supernatural |
| 2003-02-28 | Caol Uno | No winner recorded | Draw · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 41: Onslaught |
| 2002-09-27 | Matt Serra | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 39: The Warriors Return |
| 2002-05-10 | Paul Creighton | Win | TKO · R2 · 3:23 | Lightweight | UFC 37: High Impact |
| 2002-01-11 | Jens Pulver | Loss | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 35: Throwdown |
| 2001-11-02 | Caol Uno | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:11 | Lightweight | UFC 34: High Voltage |
| 2001-06-29 | Din Thomas | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:42 | Lightweight | UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands |
| 2001-05-04 | Joey Gilbert | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:57 | Lightweight | UFC 31: Locked and Loaded |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 27 rows in the archive list BJ Penn as one of the two fighters. 2 of them do not record a winner that resolves to either fighter, so they are shown as such rather than being assigned a result. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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