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B. J. Penn

American former mixed martial artist99 QUOTES

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Jay Dee "B.J." Penn III is an American former mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He is known for becoming a UFC champion in two weight classes and for his place in the sport's early modern history. Penn first made his name in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, where he became the first non-Brazilian to win the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship at black belt level. In mixed martial arts, he competed in the UFC and K-1 across several divisions, including featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, and heavyweight or openweight. He also drew with Caol Uno in the UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament, later held the lightweight and welterweight titles, and was inducted into the Modern-era wing of the UFC Hall of Fame in 2015.

“Keith Kizer doesn't want to look anyone in the eye.”

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“I would never take a fight with someone to one-up someone else. You know, you do things because you want to do them.”

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“I don't want to be a shell of my former self.”

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“I don't want any freebie fights.”

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“It is not constantly in my head that I am a champion or a UFC fighter. I forget about that. It is very important to other people, and I am glad to have the support, but fighting is my passion. It is what I like to do.”

PASSION

“There's more opportunity for me to get three UFC belts at 145 than going to 185.”

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“I just love the fighting.”

LOVE

“I'm definitely excited to be a part of the UFC spreading out globally around the world.”

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“Jiu-jitsu is created where the small man can beat the big man.”

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“I know there are a lot of others who are willing to take shortcuts for the sake of money, but when I see that... I get real irritated. I hate it.”

MONEY

“Of course I can't retire on a win - but then, I can't retire on a loss either.”

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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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“I wish I owned the UFC, you know?”

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“Tsunamis are always big news around Hilo, grew up always getting ready to escape a tsunami.”

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“The training camps are tough, going through that.”

TRAINING

“Out of Brazil, they're always gonna have another Wanderlei Silva, another Minotauro, another Anderson Silva.”

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“My dad took us to a couple of karate classes when we were young but we didn't really get into it.”

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“This is a fight. This isn't putting a ball in a hole. This has always been a fight for me, and I just love it when it's that way.”

LOVE

“I guess looking back you're only as good as you think you are. You can lie to yourself and that's what you have to do.”

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