He thanked, family, friends, trainers, peers and the UFC, and then BJ Penn thanked his fans for making it all possible.
“If I forget anybody, you saw how many punches I took, you know why I forgot,” Penn said.
After an unforgettable career that began while training in local gyms, picked up when he became a jiujitsu world champion and reached a pinnacle when he became the second man to win UFC belts in two divisions, Hilo’s “Prodigy” now can call himself a UFC Hall of Famer. On Saturday in Las Vegas, Matt Hughes introduced Penn as “the greatest lightweight whoever lived.