JD "BJ" Penn yug Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 13, 1978. Nws yog Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion thiab ob zaug MMA tus yeej hauv ob pawg, tam sim no sib tw rau UFC.
Raws li Freddie Roach, tus kws qhia ntaus kis las nto moo, BJ Penn yog tus ntaus kis las zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Lub npe zoo tsim nyog nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm kev ua si nawv, nws txoj kev tswj hwm kev sib cais, thiab nws qhov kev ua yeeb yam hauv cov chav kawm hnyav dua ua rau nws yog ib tus neeg sib tw loj tshaj plaws.
Biography
BJ Penn yog plaub ntawm tsib tus tub nrog JD Penn Sr. thiab Lorraine Sheen. Txawm hais tias nws yug los hauv Hawaii, nws yog neeg Irish-Asmeskas (los ntawm nws txiv) thiab Korean-Hawaiian (los ntawm nws niam) cov ntshav.
Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 17 xyoo, nws nkag mus hauv ntiaj teb ntawm Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) ua tsaug rau nws tus phooj ywg ntev thiab tus kws qhia Tom Kallos. Kev xyaum ua yeeb yam no thaum kawg coj Penn mus rau Northern California, qhov chaw nws tau kawm nyob rau hauv Ralph Gracie thiab mus txog qib ntshav siv. Nrog rau kev muaj peev xwm pom tseeb, nws tau nce sai los ntawm qib ntawm BJJ txoj siv sia. Ua tsaug rau nws txoj kev tutelage ntawm Brazilian Nova Uniao Jiu-Jitsu Academy, BJ Penn tau txais nwsib txoj siv tawv dub los ntawm André Pederneiras hauv tsuas yog peb xyoos ntawm kev cob qhia hauv Brazilian martial arts yog qhov kev qhuas uas tau muab rau cov kws tshaj lij feem ntau rau 10 xyoo lossis ntau dua.
Tom qab tso qhov thib peb hauv 1999 Ntiaj Teb Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt Division, BJ rov qab xyoo tom ntej (2000) thiab tau los ua thawj tus neeg tsis yog Brazil hauv keeb kwm los ua thawj zaug hauv World Championship Black Belt Division Jiu-Jitsu.
Sib ntaus sib tua
Tom qab nws txoj kev vam meej sai thiab zoo kawg nkaus, nws tau lub npe menyuam yaus "Tus Prodigy" (prodigy) thiab raug caw mus rau kev sib ntaus sib tua. Nws ua nws qhov UFC debut thaum lub Tsib Hlis 24, 2001 hauv Atlantic City, New Jersey ntawm UFC 31: Xauv thiab Loaded tawm tsam Joey Gilbert. Nws siv Penn tsawg dua tsib feeb los tuav TKO yeej ntawm nws tus nrog sib tw.
Nws tau ua raws li ob qhov kev yeej thawj zaug ntxiv rau Dean Thomas thiab lub hnub qub Japanese Caol Uno. Tom qab ntawd, ib tug neeg tua rog tau tawm tsam nws, uas twb tau koom nrog 14 kev sib tw. Ntawm UFC 35: Pov tseg, Penn tau sib tw tawm tsam Jens Pulver rau thawj zaug UFC lub npe hnyav. Tom qab 25 feeb ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua (5 rounds) nws yeej tsis tuaj yeem - nws yog nws thawj qhov kev poob haujlwm.
Tom qab kev ua tsis tiav hauv lub nplhaib, BJ Penn muaj peev xwm yeej ob qhov kev sib tw. Ntawm UFC 41: Onslaught, BJ ntsib ib tus ntawm nws tus qub neeg tawm tsam, Caol Uno, tab sis nws tsis muaj peev xwm thov tau lub npe.
Tom qab ntawd, nws tau koom nrog Rumble on the Rock 4 hauv Honolulu, Hawaii thiab muab tso rau ntawm lub xub pwg hniavTakanori Gomi, uas yog tus naj npawb thib ib sib sib zog nqus thaum lub sijhawm.
Title yeej
Hauv 2004 nws ntsib Matt Hughes hauv UFC Octagon ntawm UFC 46: Supernatural. BJ Penn tau ua nws qhov kev sim thib peb ntawm UFC lub npe, lub sijhawm no hauv UFC welterweight faib. Nws siv sijhawm 4 feeb 39 vib nas this los ua tus yeej.
Tom qab yeej UFC welterweight siv los ntawm ib qho ntawm cov neeg sib tw tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm ntawm kev ua si nawv, Penn ib zaug ntxiv tawm ntawm kev nce qib. Nws yog lub sijhawm no uas nws tau tsiv los ntawm welterweight mus rau hnyav hnyav thiab ntsib cov neeg sib tw tseem ceeb xws li Duane Ludwig, Rodrigo Gracie, Renzo Gracie thiab Lyoto Machida.
Kev ua haujlwm txuas ntxiv
Tom qab ob peb xyoos nyob txawv teb chaws, nws rov qab mus rau UFC. Tom qab ob qhov tsis zoo welterweight tshwm sim tawm tsam Georges St-Pierre thiab Matt Hughes, BJ Penn tau rov qab mus rau nws qhov sib faib hnyav. Ntawm UFC 80: Hluav Taws nrawm, Penn yeej Joe Stevenson. Tom qab ntawd nws tau ua peb qhov kev tiv thaiv zoo ua ntej poob rau Frankie Edgar ntawm UFC 112: Undefeated rau lub Plaub Hlis 10, 2010.
Tom qab poob nws lub npe, BJ Penn rov qab mus rau UFC welterweight faib, qhov chaw nws ua tiav nws qhov kev sib ntaus ntawm UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida nrog Matt Hughes. Nws yeej los ntawm knockout hauv tsuas yog 21 vib nas this hauv thawj puag ncig. Tom qab ntawd nws tawm tsam Jon Fitch ntawm UFC 127 thaum Lub Ob Hlis 27, 2011 - qhov kev sib ntaus no tau xaus rau hauv kev kos los ntawm kev txiav txim siab ntawm feem ntau ntawm cov kws txiav txim plaub.
Kev ua tiav
BJ Penn (duab) koom nrog kaum ib qhov kev sib ntausrau lub npe UFC, yog ib qho ntawm ob tus neeg sib tw hauv UFC keeb kwm los yeej ob lub npe hauv ob qhov sib txawv hnyav, thiab yog thawj zaug hauv UFC keeb kwm los tawm tsam nws tus kheej hauv plaub qhov sib txawv. Ntawm UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn 2, nws tau los ua thawj zaug thiab tsuas yog UFC tau sib tw rau hnub no los tawm tsam lwm tus yeej UFC rau lub sijhawm tuav ob txoj siv sia ib txhij hauv ob qhov sib txawv, tib tus txiv neej hauv UFC keeb kwm los ntsib xya qhov sib txawv. champions.
Ntawm ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ntaus kis las, B. J. Penn tau ua yeeb yaj kiab, ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv xov tooj cua, thiab tau sau ib phau ntawv sau keeb kwm, Vim li cas kuv sib ntaus: Txoj siv sia tsuas yog kho kom zoo nkauj. Nws yog tus kws sau ntawv ntawm ib qho ntawm cov ntawv thov kev qhia ntaus kis las tshaj plaws hu ua "Mixed Martial Arts: Book of Knowledge" thiab muaj lub gym hu ua "Penna Training and Fitness" hauv nws lub nroog Hilo, Hawaii. Tsis tas li ntawd, nws yog ib tus neeg ua lag luam muaj kev vam meej, nthuav tawm nws tus kheej cov khaub ncaws kab thiab ua haujlwm hauv tsev neeg hauv ntau cov lus qhia.
Nws khiav lub PENN HAWAII YOUTH FOUNDATION, uas tau pab ntau pua tus menyuam yaus los ntawm kev qhia lawv cov txiaj ntsig tseem ceeb thiab kev ua yeeb yam. Nws ua haujlwm nrog cov koom haum Hawaii thoob plaws hauv lub xeev, xws li Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm Hawaii, Kau Inoa, thiab Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm Hawaii rau cov nyiaj pab los ntawm nws lub hauv paus hluas. Lub Kaum Hli 25, 2008, nws tus ntxhais yug los.
