BJ Penn Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Clay Guida Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	May 11, 2019
L	Ryan Hall Lightweight	Submission	Heel Hook After Drop to Ground	R1	2:46	UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2	Dec 29, 2018
L	#15Dennis Siver Featherweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee	Jun 25, 2017
L	#10Yair Rodriguez Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	0:24	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn	Jan 15, 2017
L	#3Frankie Edgar Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R3	4:16	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale	Jul 6, 2014
L	Rory MacDonald Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz	Dec 8, 2012
L	Nick Diaz Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz	Oct 29, 2011
D	Jon Fitch Welterweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch	Feb 26, 2011
W	Matt Hughes Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:21	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010
L	Frankie EdgarTitle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2	Aug 28, 2010
L	Frankie EdgarTitle Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 112: Invincible	Apr 10, 2010
W	Diego SanchezTitle Lightweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R5	2:37	UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez	Dec 12, 2009
W	Kenny FlorianTitle Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R4	3:54	UFC 101: Declaration	Aug 8, 2009
L	Georges St-PierreTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	to Corner Stoppage	R4	5:00	UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2	Jan 31, 2009
W	Sean SherkTitle Lightweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R3	5:00	UFC 84: Ill Will	May 24, 2008
W	Joe StevensonTitle Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:02	UFC 80: Rapid Fire	Jan 19, 2008
W	Jens Pulver Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:12	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale	Jun 23, 2007
L	Matt HughesTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Crucifix	R3	3:53	UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn	Sep 23, 2006
L	Georges St-Pierre Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 58: USA vs. Canada	Mar 4, 2006
W	Matt HughesTitle Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:39	UFC 46: Supernatural	Jan 31, 2004
D	Caol UnoTitle Lightweight	Draw	—	R5	5:00	UFC 41: Onslaught	Feb 28, 2003
W	Matt Serra Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 39: The Warriors Return	Sep 27, 2002
W	Paul Creighton Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	3:23	UFC 37: High Impact	May 10, 2002
L	Jens PulverTitle Lightweight	Decision	Majority	R5	5:00	UFC 35: Throwdown	Jan 11, 2002
W	Caol Uno Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:11	UFC 34: High Voltage	Nov 2, 2001
W	Din Thomas Lightweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R1	2:42	UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands	Jun 29, 2001
W	Joey Gilbert Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	4:57	UFC 31: Locked and Loaded	May 4, 2001

Outside the UFC

4-1across 5 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 2 sub · 2 decK-1 · ROTR 6 · K-1 MMA · ROTR 4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Renzo Gracie14-7-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K-1	Jul 29, 2005
L	Lyoto Machida26-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K-1	Mar 26, 2005
W	Rodrigo Gracie6-2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROTR 6	Nov 20, 2004
W	Duane Ludwig21-14	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:45	K-1 MMA	May 22, 2004
W	Takanori Gomi35-15	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:35	ROTR 4	Oct 10, 2003

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 4 losses

W7

L4

Submission

6 wins, 1 loss

W6

L1

Decision

3 wins, 9 losses

W3

L9

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.26

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.44

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

BJ Penn

PowerChin

Knockout rate

26%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

0.89 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.13 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

4 scorecards on file

BJ Penn

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 75%

3L

Split

None

Majority1 decision · 25%

1L

10-8 rounds

6 rounds total

0

Won

6

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC52nd

48%999 / 2,101

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.44 differential

Landed2.76

Absorbed3.20

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%55th783
Body16%29th162
Leg5%14th54

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

63%Standing

Standing63%628
Clinch21%210
Ground16%161

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

BJ Penn

Landed per 15

Head

C

55th

33.0

55th

Body

F

24th

6.8

24th

Leg

F

10th

2.3

10th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

48th

33.4

48th

Body

C

53rd

10.2

53rd

Leg

C

44th

8.6

44th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.0	783	1,848	42%
Body	6.8	162	191	85%
Leg	2.3	54	62	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.4	793	2,236	35%
Body	10.2	242	360	67%
Leg	8.6	204	277	74%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

BJ Penn

58%

Takedown accuracy

76%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.9 min net

On top2.4

On bottom4.4

Offense

Takedowns

C

46th

1.1

46th

TD accuracy

A

82nd

58%

82nd

Sub attempts

B

62nd

0.5

62nd

Control

C

50th

2.4 min

50th

Defense

TD defense

A

80th

76%

80th

Controlled

4.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	26 / 45
Submission attempts	12
Control time	58:05

Defense

TDs defended	109 / 143
Control absorbed	103:45

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (356min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

BJ Penn

27 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 356 min

72%

R3 pace · 17 bouts

Penn fades (-7% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Penn drops to 72% of round-1 output by round 3 (17 bouts).

Penn ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Pennlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Pennattempts / min

Control time

Penn% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	3.2	2.5	0.13	26%	27
R2	3.6	2.7	4.0	0.08	17%	21
R3	3.1	2.6	4.9	0.13	3%	17
R4	3.5	2.2	2.1	0.21	18%	7
R5	3.4	2.7	3.1	0.13	9%	5

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

BJ Penn

27 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

50/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

85th

58%

85th

Win quality

D

39th

36%

39th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

5

2

4

3

4

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight eliteTitle fight where opp had an elite UFC record at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	5	0-5	0%
Top-15	2	1-0-1	100%
Cross-div ranked	4	0-4	0%
Title-fight elite	3	2-1	67%
Title-fight challenger	4	2-1-1	67%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Established	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	45	May 11, 2019
L	Ryan Hall	Cross-div ranked	32	Dec 29, 2018
L	Dennis Siver#15	Top-5	72	Jun 25, 2017
L	Yair Rodriguez#10	Top-5	82	Jan 15, 2017
L	Frankie Edgar#3	Top-5	93	Jul 6, 2014
L	Rory MacDonald	Top-5	65	Dec 8, 2012
L	Nick Diaz	Top-5	65	Oct 29, 2011
D	Jon Fitch	Top-15	67	Feb 26, 2011
W	Matt Hughes	Long-tenured vet	60	Nov 20, 2010
L	Frankie Edgar	Cross-div ranked	47	Aug 28, 2010
L	Frankie Edgar	Cross-div ranked	47	Apr 10, 2010
W	Diego Sanchez	Top-15	63	Dec 12, 2009
W	Kenny Florian	Title-fight elite	65	Aug 8, 2009
L	Georges St-Pierre	Champion	88	Jan 31, 2009
W	Sean Sherk	Title-fight challenger	50	May 24, 2008
W	Joe Stevenson	Title-fight challenger	50	Jan 19, 2008
W	Jens Pulver	Established	30	Jun 23, 2007
L	Matt Hughes	Title-fight elite	65	Sep 23, 2006
L	Georges St-Pierre	Champion	76	Mar 4, 2006
W	Matt Hughes	Title-fight elite	65	Jan 31, 2004
D	Caol Uno	Title-fight challenger	50	Feb 28, 2003
W	Matt Serra	Established	26	Sep 27, 2002
W	Paul Creighton	Unproven	8	May 10, 2002
L	Jens Pulver	Title-fight challenger	50	Jan 11, 2002
W	Caol Uno	Unproven	8	Nov 2, 2001
W	Din Thomas	Established	22	Jun 29, 2001
W	Joey Gilbert	Unproven	8	May 4, 2001

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

25 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-4

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-8

12 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

4-8

12 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-4

10 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

2-1

3 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

5-5

10 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

3-2

5 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-3

5 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

2-4

6 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-3

4 bouts

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

BJ Penn

Extended layoff

7y 1mosince last bout

vs Clay Guida · May 11, 2019

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 0-8

64.9

DK avg

57.3

Median

110.4

Ceiling

17.1

Floor

44%

Boom

19%

Bust

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