Finally, after years of making the community wait, BJ ‘The Prodigy’ Penn (16-14-2) finally arrived in the Joe Rogan Experience (#123 MMA Show). The latest MMA edition of the podcast saw the legendary UFC fighter spending more than 3 hours at the show. The duo touched upon Penn’s Hall of Fame run and his key world title wins during his run. Penn talked about all things great in his life and how he gears up to make a run as the next major candidate for Governor.
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The community may regard Conor McGregor as the first simultaneous two divisional champions, but it was Penn who heralded this era first. In his time with the promotion, he picked up both lightweight and welterweight titles.
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Joe Rogan manages to get a hilarious reaction out of BJ Penn
During their conversation, Joe Rogan brought up the unusually massive size of lions and how humongous their head truly is. Rogan quizzed the former UFC champion about seeing a real-life lion. “Have you ever seen Lion’s head? They’re so big, it is so big. It’s so big, it’s so much bigger than you think it is.”
BJ Penn responded,” You know what you make it a good point, talking about it if you have never seen a lion up close”
Rogan added,” They are so big BJ”
The highlight of BJ's appearance on Rogan's podcast pic.twitter.com/vDcniSBJqm
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BJ Penn is one of the best MMA fighters ever and has faced top-notch contenders in his heyday ranging from Matt Hughes, Diego Sanchez, Kenny Florian, Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz, and more. The Hall of Fame mixed martial artist may not have an impressive record anymore, but he still continues to receive high praise from the community.
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Penn wasn’t ever scared of taking up a daunting fight and even made several jumps in the weight division. Despite having a smaller frame he has fought at multiple weight classes in his time, which has cemented him as a fan favorite.
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