8 UFC Careers That Ended In The Worst Way Possible
2. BJ Suffering A Knockout Loss Outside A Bar In Hawaii
Of all the fighters to have suffered a decline in their in-ring performances towards the end of their careers, few have been quite as abrupt and depressing as that of B.J. Penn.
Penn is a bonafide legend in both MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, becoming the first American to win a world championship at blackbelt in the grappling art and is part of the select group of UFC legends to have captured titles in two different weight classes.
In recent years though, Penn's performances inside the Octagon have begun to suffer, and he currently holds the unenviable record of the longest winless streak in UFC history, having failed to have his hand raised in his last eight trips to the cage.
Despite this, Penn's status as a pioneer of the sport meant that he was unlikely to have been released from the promotion, regardless of his performances in the Octagon. However, reports of incidents in the Hawaiian's private life have multiplied in the last year punctuated by a video of Penn engaged in a drunken brawl outside a bar, where he appeared to be knocked unconscious by a fellow patron.
The clip was the final straw for the UFC, and Dana White has since stated that he will not offer Penn another fight.