UFC 127 Fight Card: BJ Penn's Top 7 Career Defining Moments

UFC 127 will be headlined by what Dana White has announced to be a No. 1 contendership welterweight bout between Jon Fitch and BJ Penn.

While Jon Fitch has completely squashed the UFC outside of the Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, it hasn’t always been as smooth sailing for his opponent, former multi-weight champion BJ Penn.

The Hawaiian native began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at just 17-years old. He became the first non-Brazilian in history to in the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the black belt category in 2000, just weeks after being awarded his black belt by Andre Pederneiras.

With his amazing accomplishments in Jiu-Jitsu, Penn was quickly contacted by the UFC who were able to convince him for a multitude of reasons to make the transition to mixed martial arts.

What came of the transition is now the stuff of legend. Many believe BJ Penn to be the greatest lightweight in the history of mixed martial arts and his overall game puts him among the best of all-time at any division.

As he heads into what is one of the biggest fights his his remarkable career, let’s look back at a timeline of some of the biggest career-defining moments in the career of “The Prodigy.”

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