Following a Hall-of-Fame career in the UFC, B.J. Penn has shifted his attention to the political arena.
The former two-division UFC champion announced Monday that he plans to run for governor of his home state of Hawaii. While Penn did not explicitly launch his campaign, his social media announcement was accompanied by a montage from the 2006 film “300,” which ended with the words “Governor Penn, November 2022.”
“I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life but I would never run from a fight or sell out my people,” Penn wrote on Instagram. “As soon as I step into Hawaii’s Governor office I will remove All new federal and state mandates that have been hurting our economy, residents, and ‘ohana.