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United States of America “The Prodigy” 2001-2019 · 90 rounds on file

BJ Penn

16-14-2 W-L-D in this database

BJ Penn, photograph by Vanessa M. Forloine, Hickam Air Force Base Public Affairs
Strike accuracy 1,146/2,346
Takedown accuracy 33/60
Sig. strikes / round 12.7
Control / round 0:39
Inside the distance 81% 13 of 16 wins
Height
5′9″175.3 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4713 DEC 1978
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 32 fights - 2.0 takedown attempts and 15% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 19 9-8-2 vs 1597 avg
Positional Controller 16 7-7-2
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 9 3-6-0 vs 1596 avg
Well-Rounded 9 3-6-0
Striking 2 2-0-0 vs 1526 avg
Pressure Striker 2 2-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 19 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

04 MAY 2001 - beat Joey Gilbert · Technical Knockout 29 JUN 2001 - beat Din Thomas · Technical Knockout 02 NOV 2001 - beat Caol Uno · Technical Knockout 11 JAN 2002 - lost to Jens Pulver · Decision (Majority) 10 MAY 2002 - beat Paul Creighton · Technical Knockout 27 SEP 2002 - beat Matt Serra · Decision (Unanimous) 28 FEB 2003 - drew with Caol Uno · Decision (Split) 10 OCT 2003 - beat Takanori Gomi · Submission 31 JAN 2004 - beat Matt Hughes · Submission 22 MAY 2004 - beat Duane Ludwig · Submission 20 NOV 2004 - beat Rodrigo Gracie · Decision (Unanimous) 26 MAR 2005 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Decision (Unanimous) 09 JUL 2005 - beat Renzo Gracie · Decision (Unanimous) 04 MAR 2006 - lost to Georges St-Pierre · Decision (Split) 23 SEP 2006 - lost to Matt Hughes · Technical Knockout 23 JUN 2007 - beat Jens Pulver · Submission 19 JAN 2008 - beat Joe Stevenson · Submission 24 MAY 2008 - beat Sean Sherk · Technical Knockout 31 JAN 2009 - lost to Georges St-Pierre · Technical Knockout 08 AUG 2009 - beat Kenny Florian · Submission 12 DEC 2009 - beat Diego Sanchez · Technical Knockout 10 APR 2010 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 28 AUG 2010 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 20 NOV 2010 - beat Matt Hughes · Technical Knockout 26 FEB 2011 - drew with Jon Fitch · Decision (Majority) 29 OCT 2011 - lost to Nick Diaz · Decision (Unanimous) 08 DEC 2012 - lost to Rory MacDonald · Decision (Unanimous) 06 JUL 2014 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Technical Knockout 15 JAN 2017 - lost to Yair Rodriguez · Technical Knockout 25 JUN 2017 - lost to Dennis Siver · Decision (Majority) 29 DEC 2018 - lost to Ryan Hall · Submission 11 MAY 2019 - lost to Clay Guida · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 90 rounds across 32 of 32 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.8
Takedowns landed 0.4
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:39 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 49% 1,146/2,346
Takedowns 55% 33/60
Opponents’ accuracy 43% 1,328/3,071

Where the strikes land

Head 77% 879
Body 18% 202
Leg 6% 65

And from where

At distance 59% 672
In the clinch 23% 258
On the ground 19% 216

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-4
Submission 6 won Submission · 6-1
Decision 3 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-6 Decision (Majority) · 0-2 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
11 MAY 2019 Clay Guida Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 64 80 UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade
29 DEC 2018 Ryan Hall Lost Submission R1 2:46 3 6 UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2
25 JUN 2017 Dennis Siver Lost Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 57 103 UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee
15 JAN 2017 Yair Rodriguez Lost Technical Knockout R2 0:24 4 55 UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn
06 JUL 2014 Frankie Edgar Lost Technical Knockout R3 4:16 13 90 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale
08 DEC 2012 Rory MacDonald Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 24 116 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz
29 OCT 2011 Nick Diaz Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 88 178 UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz
26 FEB 2011 Jon Fitch No decision Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 12 47 UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch
20 NOV 2010 Matt Hughes Won Technical Knockout R1 0:21 7 3 UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida
28 AUG 2010 Frankie Edgar Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 36 94 UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
10 APR 2010 Frankie Edgar Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 71 61 UFC 112: Invincible
12 DEC 2009 Diego Sanchez Won Technical Knockout R5 2:37 70 8 UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez
08 AUG 2009 Kenny Florian Won Submission R4 3:54 57 19 UFC 101: Declaration
31 JAN 2009 Georges St-Pierre Lost Technical Knockout R4 5:00 16 92 UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2
24 MAY 2008 Sean Sherk Won Technical Knockout R3 5:00 122 46 UFC 84: Ill Will
19 JAN 2008 Joe Stevenson Won Submission R2 4:02 41 17 UFC 80: Rapid Fire
23 JUN 2007 Jens Pulver Won Submission R2 3:12 23 6 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale
23 SEP 2006 Matt Hughes Lost Technical Knockout R3 3:53 17 35 UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn
04 MAR 2006 Georges St-Pierre Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 37 59 UFC 58: USA vs Canada
09 JUL 2005 Renzo Gracie Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 36 16 K-1 World Grand Prix Hawaii
26 MAR 2005 Lyoto Machida Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 53 K-1 Hero's 1
20 NOV 2004 Rodrigo Gracie Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 31 7 ROTR 6
22 MAY 2004 Duane Ludwig Won Submission R1 1:45 6 0 K-1 ROMANEX
31 JAN 2004 Matt Hughes Won Submission R1 4:39 17 4 UFC 46: Supernatural
10 OCT 2003 Takanori Gomi Won Submission R3 2:35 42 13 ROTR 4
28 FEB 2003 Caol Uno No decision Decision (Split) R5 5:00 67 64 UFC 41: Onslaught
27 SEP 2002 Matt Serra Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 8 UFC 39: The Warriors Return
10 MAY 2002 Paul Creighton Won Technical Knockout R2 3:23 39 6 UFC 37: High Impact
11 JAN 2002 Jens Pulver Lost Decision (Majority) R5 5:00 49 38 UFC 35: Throwdown
02 NOV 2001 Caol Uno Won Technical Knockout R1 0:11 5 0 UFC 34: High Voltage
29 JUN 2001 Din Thomas Won Technical Knockout R1 2:42 6 1 UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands
04 MAY 2001 Joey Gilbert Won Technical Knockout R1 4:57 22 3 UFC 31: Locked and Loaded

Photographs on this page

  • BJ Penn - Vanessa M. Forloine, Hickam Air Force Base Public Affairs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.