B.J. Penn was given an ideal stylistic matchup at UFC 232 against an opponent who would do little to threaten him on the feet.
However, Ryan Hall is a wizard on the mat, and the Brazilian jiu-jitsu pulled off an extraordinary submission by tapping out Penn with a heel hook 2:46 into the opening stanza of their encounter at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday night. It was the sixth consecutive defeat for “The Prodigy,” a former two-division champion and a UFC Hall of Famer.
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