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It was the first UFC event held in Philadelphia. [3] The event featured the second title defense of Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn against Kenny Florian, and a non-title Light Heavyweight bout for Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva against former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.
UFC President, Dana White, credits Penn with bringing the lower weight divisions into the mainstream of mixed martial arts; he describes Penn as "the first crossover pay-per-view star for the Ultimate Fighting Championship's lighter weight divisions", [11] [12] as well as saying that "[through his] accomplishments, B.J. Penn built the 155-pound ...
B.J. Penn: Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC 101: August 8, 2009: 4 3:54 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States For the UFC Lightweight Championship. Win 11–3 Joe Stevenson: Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC 91: November 15, 2008: 1 4:03 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 10–3 Roger Huerta: Decision (unanimous) UFC 87: August 9, 2008: ...
B.J. Penn: Submission (rear naked choke) at 3:54 of round 4 UFC 101: August 8, 2009 For Penn's UFC Lightweight Championship. [106] Loss Diego Sanchez: B.J. Penn: TKO (cut) at 2:37 of round 5 UFC 107: December 12, 2009 For Penn's UFC Lightweight Championship. [107] Loss Josh Koscheck: Georges St-Pierre: Decision (unanimous) UFC 124: December 11 ...
1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002. Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. [1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the ...
UFC 98: Antônio Rogério Nogueira defeats Randy Couture UFC 102: 3 Anderson Silva: Shane Nelson defeats Aaron Riley UFC 96: Frank Mir defeats Cheick Kongo UFC 107: Aaron Simpson: Matt Hamill defeats Mark Muñoz UFC 96: Nate Quarry defeats Tim Credeur UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard: 4 B.J. Penn: Jon Jones defeats Stephan Bonnar UFC 94 ...
Nelson had his second fight in the UFC defeating Aaron Riley at UFC 96, Nelson won via TKO 44 seconds into the first round. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The stoppage is being called one of the worst in UFC history. Nelson was later defeated by Riley via unanimous decision in a rematch at UFC 101 .
The event was headlined by a third bout between former UFC Lightweight Champions Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn. [6] The two previously met at UFC 112 and again at UFC 118 with Edgar winning both fights via unanimous decision.