Anthony Pettis chooses ‘pioneer’ B.J. Penn as light-weight GOAT: ‘Without B.J., none of this would even be possible’

Anthony Pettis believes B.J. Penn was critical in structure the light-weight department.

Pettis, a previous WEC and UFC light-weight champion, noted his leading 5 biggest lightweights of all time.

His No. 1 choice was previous champ Penn, who safeguarded his UFC light-weight title 3 times with surfaces of Sean Sherk, Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez. Penn likewise is a previous UFC welterweight champ

“(I’ve) got to go B.J. Penn,” Pettis stated in an interview with Low Kick MMA. “I imply, B.J. Penn is one of the leaders of the entire thing. Without B.J., none of this would even be possible. Ben Henderson’s in my leading 5, as well. You’ve got to go with Khabib (Nurmagomedov). He’s certainly on there – a dominant guy, neverever lost. Dustin Poirier is another guy that’s on my top-five list, and then I would take myself.”

Pettis believes it’s too early to in