They just point the camera at you, then you kind of do your thing, whatever that thing is. Even recently, when I was first approached about writing a book, it was not something I was overly excited about. In fact, I don’t even really know if they would read it, let alone a lot of people I don’t know! I would bet my mom would, but I am not sure how much I would wager. In 2010 he authored Why I Fight: The Belt is Just an Accessory, an autobiography he wrote with Dave Weintraub.THINKING BACK TEN YEARS AGO, if someone told me I was going to write a book about myself, I could think of a handful of people who would read it, and all of them would probably have the name Penn. He has also co-authored the book Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge. In 2009 he was featured in Never Surrender film. This is a reality TV show featured on Spike TV. He was the coach to a group of lightweight fighters who took part in The Ultimate Fighter 5. Penn has also had other careers other than martial arts. The referee had to stop the fight in the 3rd round after Penn was greatly injured.ī.J. Pierre beat him during UFC 58.He lost again to Matt Hughes in UFC 63. On March 2006 he continued his UFC battles. However, he bounced back after he won against Renzo Gracie in the K-1 World Grand Prix which took place in Hawaii. Penn later lost in the event of K-1 Hero in Japan to Lyoto Machida. He also won in the Rumble on the Rock 6 against Rodrigo Gracie. He later fought for the first time in K-1 in 2004 where he knocked down Duane Ludwig. He won in the fight against Takanori Gomi in 2003 during the Rumble on the Rock tournament. He took part in Rumble on the Rock as well as K-1 organization. Penn also participated in other fights other than the UFC. In 2004, Penn faced the 5-times UFC champion of welterweight, Matt Hughes and won the fight.ī.J. In 2003 he fought in UFC 41 in a rematch against Caol Uno which ended up in a Draw. However, later that year he bounced back with other triumphs at UFC 37 and UFC 39. Penn had his first loss in a title fight. He defeated Din Thomas UFC 32 and Caol Uno in UFC 34. He also won two other consecutive fights that year. He took part in the UFC 31: Locked and loaded where he fought against Joey Gilbert and won. Penn officially began his professional career at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Why I Fight by Jay Dee &quot;B.J.&quot; Penn

Why I Fight by Jay Dee "B.J." Penn