BJ Penn was recently in Abu Dhabi were he held a BJJ seminar in the Gi. Penn is the first ever non-Brazilian to win the prestigious BJJ world championships at black belt. A feat that he achieved in Rio de Janeiro 21 years ago. What made it even more impressive is that Penn was promoted to black belt after training just 3,5 years…
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Penn is a UFC Hall of Famer; the promotion’s champion on two separate occasions and in two different weight classes. It was precisely his superb Jiu-Jitsu skill that he used to climb up the ranks of his early MMA rise, using it to ultimately submit Joe Stevenson for the lightweight and Matt Hughes for the welterweight belt.
Unfortunately, his MMA career was brought to a halt in 2019. That’s when he was released from the UFC after being involved in a number of legal disputes and losing the vast majority of his last 10 fights.
Penn’s seminar was the newly opened UFC gym in Abu Dhabi. Penn also owns a UFC gym in Hawaii.
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Check out the Vlog about the seminar by Romanian BJJ black belt Marius Varlan.
