According to the story, which was initially reported by Combate and picked up by MMA Fighting, a pilates instructor by the name of Camila Amado Ribeiro has filed a lawsuit against former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn, asking for paternity recognition and alimony.
The 41-year old Penn reportedly met Amado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil back in 2018, when he was training at Nova Uniao for his fight against Ryan Hall.
The story also states that Amado flew to Hawaii in January of 2019 to spend time with Penn, and discovered of her pregnancy on her way back to Brazil a month later. In October of that year, Mahina Amado was born.
While BJ Penn himself has recognized Mahina as his daughter on social media, Mahina’s mother claims that she spent a whole year trying to get the UFC legend to legally recognize the child as his daughter.
In January of 2020, a DNA test was done using samples from one of Penn’s older daughters, and it revealed that “the probability of half-siblingship is 99.99999%.”
Camila Amado told Combate:
BJ Penn says he’s interested in legally recognizing daughter
Combate was also able to get the side of BJ Penn, who says that he is fully interested in legally recognizing daughter Mahina:
While Penn has had it rough outside the Octagon, his MMA career hasn’t gone so smoothly either.
BJ Penn was released from from the UFC in mid-2019 following his involvement in a bar fight. Prior to his UFC release, Penn had lost nine of his last eleven UFC appearances.
While the latter part of his career may be forgettable, Penn’s legacy as one of the best lightweights to ever compete in the UFC will likely remain.
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