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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.
The Florian-Penn title fight was scheduled for UFC 99, but B.J. Penn requested more time off after his fight with GSP. He defended his title against Florian on August 8, 2009, at UFC 101. Penn looked noticeably in better physical shape than his previous outings at 155 lbs and negated any sort of takedown offense from Florian the entire match ...
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 ...
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 ...
After conferring with management and UFC officials, Condit elected not to compete against a replacement fighter at UFC 137, but face St-Pierre in early 2012. [91] [92] In a strange turn of events, Nick Diaz fought and defeated B.J. Penn at UFC 137 and UFC officials decided to have St-Pierre return and fight Diaz at UFC 143. [93]
Stevenson was set to fight B.J. Penn for the UFC Interim Lightweight Championship at UFC 80 due to ongoing litigation regarding Sean Sherk's steroid use. [3] On December 4, 2007, the California State Athletic Commission upheld a reduced suspension for Sherk, prompting the UFC to strip him of the lightweight championship.
The year 2019 was the 27th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ... B.J. Penn - Released in September ... [101] 485 UFC Fight Night: de Randamie ...
A featherweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodríguez and former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn served as the event headliner. [5] This was Penn's first fight in the organization in over two-and-a-half years. Erik Koch was expected to face Anthony Rocco Martin at the event.