“I Will Miss You for Life” – UFC Legend BJ Penn Joins MMA World in Mourning the Devastating Loss of BJJ Champ Orlando Sanchez

BJ Penn is an unforgettable name in the world of MMA. The American is known to fans for his unusually strong ground game. But Penn was dejected by the news of the untimely passing of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu phenomenon, Orlando Sanchez. ‘The Prodigy’ is also a former Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and garners massive respect from a lot of BJJ athletes. Penn started practicing BJJ way back in 1997, which made it one of the most significant parts of his life. Hence, he was hit hard by the news of Sanchez’s demise. Sanchez was also a former ADCC World Champion and was just 40 years of age when he passed away. Penn took to Instagram and vented out his heartbroken feelings about Sanchez’s demise.

BJ Penn got nostalgic in his Instagram post about Orlando Sanchez

The pain experienced by ‘The Prodigy’ was evident from his unusually long caption for his Instagram post. It also showcased a snap of the duo having some casual training. Penn started off his caption by describing his first meeting with Sanchez. He revealed, “I walked into the Modern Waikiki to meet @pmtenore and some big guy jumps off the couch from a dead sleep and says hi my name is @orlandogb72 and me and you are the fastest to get BJJ black belts in the jiujitsu.”

The respectful nature of Sanchez could be traced from this revelation by ‘B.J’. He himself went up to get introduced to the more accomplished one in the sport. Penn’s caption continued, “I usually don’t pay attention to when people say things like this but then he asked me if he could show me some techniques.”

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Sanchez was understandably very confident about his BJJ skills. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have offered to put them on display before an already-established athlete.

The BJJ athlete inside BJ Penn didn’t falter in recognizing Orlando Sanchez’s class

‘The Prodigy’s’ further stated that there was something in Sanchez due to which he didn’t deny to his offer of displaying some techniques. His caption read, “I just met him but I had a strange feeling he was the real deal so I let him show me some stuff that he knew and we became friends from that moment forward.”

Understandably, Sanchez was quite good in his skill exhibition, which facilitated the process of the friendship between him and Penn. The legend poured his heart out in the final lines of his grievous caption. It read, “I will miss you for life Orlando! “Champions in life” -Orlando Sanchez AbuDhabi & BJJ world champ”.

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Sanchez’s death was also mourned by noted personalities from the world of BJJ. Gordon Ryan, the recent biggest name in BJJ also posted an Instagram update mourning Sanchez’s demise. Jake Shields, the noted MMA fighter, also vented his heartfelt emotions on the demise of the BJJ phenomenon Orlando Sanchez.