Cole Miller Will Face BJ Penn At UFC 199

Just a day after Dennis Siver bowed out of a planned UFC 199 meeting with BJ Penn, the former UFC champion has a new opponent.

Cole Miller will replace Siver and meet Penn next month from The Forum in California.

The fight announcement was made …

bj-penn-3

Just a day after Dennis Siver bowed out of a planned UFC 199 meeting with BJ Penn, the former UFC champion has a new opponent.

Cole Miller will replace Siver and meet Penn next month from The Forum in California.

The fight announcement was made official on “UFC Tonight” Wednesday.

Miller (21-9) is coming off a December no-contest with Jim Alers and is winless since a 2014 victory over Sam Sicilia. He is 4-4 with the no-contest over his last nine fights.

Penn (16-10-2) announced plans to return earlier this year and is searching for his first victory since a 2010 knockout of Matt Hughes. He is one of two former two-division UFC champions.

UFC 199 features Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman for the middleweight belt and Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber for bantamweight gold.