A biography for B. J. Pennhasn’t been written yet.
“This is my wife. MMA is my wife. For life.”
“I think I could do good against some of the top welterweights. Yeah, pretty big guys, but you gotta live some times, you gotta step up sometime, huh?”
“Anybody they ever offer me in fighting, I'll probably never be surprised, unless it's the guy's first fight in the UFC.”
“Jon Fitch is a great opponent, a tough opponent, but St. Pierre brings the whole backing of Canada with him to a fight.”
“When the whole fighting thing started, I never knew at the end it was going to be all about your record. I never had that mentality. I wanted to fight everybody.”
“I'm a fan of everybody, I respect everyone.”
“2017 is going to be the biggest year for martial arts in the history of the Earth.”
“I have a good team around me and I don't feel anything is anywhere near out of my league.”
“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.”
“I want to go get that 145-pound belt. That's definitely a huge motivation for me. I believe with Greg Jackson's help, I can get that done.”
“I definitely like the rubber guard. I always try to use it, especially when I'm just grappling or at the gym.”
“Back when we won the 170-pound title, I knew we were going to go back and get the 155-pound title but the 145-pound title wasn't even a thought in the mind. We would have had that title already if it was around.”
“I think I should stay retired.”
“The UFC is martial arts and it's all about technique.”
“I'm not just a guy that will walk in the ring and somebody's going to walk across and crush me.”
“I separate my family life from fighting.”
“Some guys are athletes and some guys are fighters. But, whether I look down on that or not, they're just out there trying to do the best job they can to put food on the table, so I can't be too hard on them.”
“You just go out there, you've got to keep training, keeping training as hard as you can and keep winning fights. The only thing that's real is the fight. Everything else is fake.”
“I guess growing up, it was pretty much a normal life, as I got older I used to get into some fights but nothing unusual.”
“Fighting is still not a sport for me.”