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B.J. Penn

1978 - Today

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Jay Dee "B.J." Penn III (born December 13, 1978) is an American former professional mixed martial art fighter and 5th degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner. A former UFC Lightweight Champion and UFC Welterweight Champion, he is the second of nine fighters in UFC history to win titles in multiple weight classes.Prior to his MMA career, Penn was known as the first non-Brazilian to win the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship at black belt level. In mixed martial arts, Penn has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and in K-1 in the Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, and Heavyweight/Openweight divisions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B.J. Penn has received more than 5,554,137 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). B.J. Penn is the 102nd most popular martial arts (down from 82nd in 2019), the 14,327th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,586th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Martial Arts.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of B.J. Penns by language

Over the past year B.J. Penn has had the most page views in the with 470,777 views, followed by Russian (29,173), and Spanish (26,528). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (96.27%), Korean (49.25%), and Portuguese (41.68%)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, B.J. Penn ranks 102 out of 179. Before him are Nick Diaz, Jiří Procházka, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Nazim Huseynov, Gökhan Saki, and Dennis Siver. After him are Frank Mir, Shinya Aoki, Girolamo Giovinazzo, Eddie Alvarez, Rafael dos Anjos, and Tyron Woodley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, B.J. Penn ranks 466. Before him are Ekaterina Klimova, Pastora Soler, Swizz Beatz, Kossi Agassa, Tim de Cler, and Jaime Ray Newman. After him are Yohann Diniz, Feng Kun, Lara Dutta, Thiago Lacerda, Matthew Conger, and Lee Chae-yeon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, B.J. Penn ranks 14,327 out of 20,380. Before him are Nell Carter (1948), Polly Draper (1955), Gertrude Berg (1899), Betty Wright (1953), Claire Dodd (1911), and Jaime Ray Newman (1978). After him are Seth Meyers (1973), Max Casella (1967), Randall Thompson (1899), Jules Feiffer (1929), Elaine Showalter (1941), and Sinitta (1968).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In United States

Among martial arts born in United States, B.J. Penn ranks 26. Before him are Nate Diaz (1985), Jorge Masvidal (1984), Matt Hughes (1973), Max Holloway (1991), Tito Ortiz (1975), and Nick Diaz (1983). After him are Frank Mir (1979), Eddie Alvarez (1984), Tyron Woodley (1982), Donald Cerrone (1983), Stephen Thompson (1983), and Matt Serra (1974).

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