The UFC continues to flesh out its 2015 Hall of Fame class with the announcement that former lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn will be inducted into the "modern" wing of the Hall of Fame. The announcement was made during the UFC 187 broadcast.
After failed lightweight title runs in 2002 and 2003, Penn moved up to welterweight in order to face Matt Hughes for the 170-pound title in what seemed to be a one-off affair. A massive underdog, he shocked fans, oddsmakers and the UFC by submitting him via rear-naked choke in the first round in January 2004 at UFC 46.