Penn: I did more than I ever wanted

He thanked, family, friends, trainers, peers and the UFC, and then BJ Penn thanked his fans for making it all possible.

“If I forget anybody, you saw how many punches I took, you know why I forgot,” Penn said.

After an unforgettable career that began while training in local gyms, picked up when he became a jiujitsu world champion and reached a pinnacle when he became the second man to win UFC belts in two divisions, Hilo’s “Prodigy” now can call himself a UFC Hall of Famer. On Saturday in Las Vegas, Matt Hughes introduced Penn as “the greatest lightweight whoever lived.”

“Fans ask me all the time, ‘B.J., do you think you did enough with the time that you had?’” Penn said. “To them I answer,…