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BJ Penn Returns To The UFC Octagon This June

After months of speculation, legendary two-class UFC champion BJ Penn will officially return to the Octagon. ‘The Prodigy’ will face off with featherweight Dennis Siver on the main card of June 4’s UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, UFC President Dana White confirmed to Yahoo! Sports today. Penn was last seen losing his

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After months of speculation, legendary two-class UFC champion BJ Penn will officially return to the Octagon.

‘The Prodigy’ will face off with featherweight Dennis Siver on the main card of June 4’s UFC 199 from The Forum in Inglewood, California, UFC President Dana White confirmed to Yahoo! Sports today.

Penn was last seen losing his third consecutive match to top-ranked featherweight Frankie Edgar at July 2014’s The ultimate Fighter (TUF) 19 Finale, a brutal affair that saw him retire afterwards. Penn has lost three of his last four UFC bouts, with the fourth a draw versus Jon Fitch at 2011’s UFC 125, and five of his last seven.

Before the disappointing downswing, however, Penn cut a swath in MMA history as arguably the most dominant lightweight champion in promotion history, submitting Joe Stevenson for the belt in 2008 before defending it three times against Sean Sherk, Kenny Florian, and Diego Sanchez. He also famously won the welterweight title over Matt Hughes in his 170-pound debut at UFC 46, and his UFC 58 decision loss to Georges St. Pierre is still talked about as a robbery.

Penn will return to the UFC as a member of the Hall of Fame, having been inducted into the select group last summer.

Some dire allegations threatened his return to fighting when he was accused of sexually assaulting the girlfriend of a former editor at his website BJPenn.com, but UFC executive Lawrence Epstein said Penn had been cleared of all charges after an investigation:

“We have taken a look at the available facts, which aren’t too substantial, and there are two stories of what happened,” Epstein said. “To date, there has no action at all taken by any law enforcement agency. We decided to allow B.J. to fight. However, we are going to continue to monitor to the situation. If new information, more information, becomes available to us, obviously, we reserve the right to re-evaluate.”

Penn has apparently taken his newfound return seriously, moving his camp to Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA in Albuquerque after the main critique of the ultra-talented superstar was always that he ran his own camp and it allowed him to slack at times.

He’ll return to action against Siver, another falling fighter who has lost three of his previous five fights.

UFC 199 is headlined by the middleweight title rematch between Luke Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman, and bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will finally settle his rivalry with Urijah Faber in the co-main event.

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BJ Penn’s Camp Responds To Sexual Assault Allegations

Former UFC lightweight and welterweight world champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn was gearing up to make his return to competitive mixed martial arts (MMA), likely at April 23’s UFC 197. Penn’s return has now been postponed, however, after the Hawaiian legend recently came under some serious allegations. A former writer of BJPenn.com and an apparent

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Former UFC lightweight and welterweight world champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn was gearing up to make his return to competitive mixed martial arts (MMA), likely at April 23’s UFC 197.

Penn’s return has now been postponed, however, after the Hawaiian legend recently came under some serious allegations.

A former writer of BJPenn.com and an apparent friend of the fighter has recently accused “The Prodigy” of sexual assault. The accuser has reportedly filed a police report, and claims that he has the evidence to prove his statements.

Penn obviously isn’t too pleased with the recent events, and his camp recently released a statement on the scenario, indicating that someone is trying to “extort” him (Via TMZ):

“In the almost 15 years that Penn has been a champion fighter there has not ever been any incident or allegation in regards to his conduct with women. He is a family man and father of two young daughters with a long term girlfriend. It is unfortunate that someone that BJ considered family is trying to extort him.”

The UFC also released a statement, saying that they too are launching an investigation on the matter.

Of course these are all just allegations as of now, and Penn could return to action in the near future, but he also could have a huge problem on his hands if any of this proves to be true.

Stay tuned.

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BJ Penn Set To Make Return At UFC 197

Legendary former UFC two division champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn announced last month that at age 37 he would be making a return to competitive mixed martial arts (MMA). Recently guaranteeing that he would make his comeback at March 5’s UFC 196, it appears as if the plan has now changed. Speaking with his own

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Legendary former UFC two division champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn announced last month that at age 37 he would be making a return to competitive mixed martial arts (MMA).

Recently guaranteeing that he would make his comeback at March 5’s UFC 196, it appears as if the plan has now changed.

Speaking with his own BJPenn.com, “The Prodigy” said that he and the UFC have agreed that returning at April 23’s UFC 197 would make more sense for all parties involved:

“I thought the fight guaranteed was going to happen because the UFC, they set up medicals for me to do,” Penn said. “I did the medicals and they were sending a film crew down and we were getting all that together and I assumed we were setting up the fight, and that might have been what was happening. But, at the end of the day, [UFC matchmaker] Sean Shelby called me and said it would be more convenient for all of us to move the fight to April 23.”

While an opponent for Penn has still yet to be named, the tough and gritty Hawaiian has been preparing nonetheless, and he has been doing so under some of the best in the game at Jackson’s MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Training alongside top names such as former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, bantamweight title holder Holly Holm, Donald Cerrone, and Carlos Condit, Penn is undoubtedly giving himself the best chance possible to make another run in this sport.

With that being said, he plans to stay put up until the fight:

“You have heard ‘what you feed the most, grows the biggest,’ and I’m going to stay here and immerse myself in the martial arts and see how good I can get,” Penn said.

Despite having gone winless in his last four bouts to date, “The Prodigy” feels as if he can still hang with the best.

Are you interested in seeing Penn back in the Octagon?

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Looking Back: Five Of BJ Penn’s Best Moments

Although our most recent memories of BJ Penn inside of the Octagon may be difficult to digest, the former UFC lightweight and former UFC welterweight champion remains as a pioneer of the sport, and simply one of the most influential mixed martial artists of all-time. That being said, heads were turned when the 37 year

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That being said, heads were turned when the 37 year old Penn confirmed earlier this week that he would be making a return to competitive fighting.

“The Prodigy” had previously went into retirement after suffering a brutal beat down at the hands of Frankie Edgar back in 2014, a fight that marked his third consecutive loss.

Now apparently re-motivated and rejuvenated, “The Prodigy” is ready to make a comeback training under the tutelage of world class coaches Greg Jackson and Mike Winklejohn.

Despite some not being in favor of Penn’s decision, it should be interesting to see what he makes of the opportunity.

As one of only two men to hold titles in two different weight classes, “The Prodigy” has sure had an illustrious career. Ahead of his upcoming return, let’s take a closer look at five of BJ Penn’s best moments:

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BJ Penn Confirms Return, Eyes Third UFC Title

Last week legendary former UFC lightweight and former UFC welterweight champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn took to his official twitter account, hinting at a potential return to action and indicating that he would be training with highly touted coach Greg Jackson. Appearing on today’s (January 19, 2016) edition of the MMA Hour, the 37 year

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Appearing on today’s (January 19, 2016) edition of the MMA Hour, the 37 year old confirmed his comeback, noting that he has his eyes on the featherweight title:

“That’s who I am, Ariel,” Penn told host Ariel Helwani. “That’s who I am. That’s what I do.

“I want to go get that 145-pound belt. That’s definitely a huge motivation for me. I believe with Greg Jackson’s help, I can get that done. And I believe that I will be able to walk away as the only man with three titles in three weight divisions.”

Although it would be incredibly difficult given the current state of his career, Penn would indeed make history if he were able to capture 145-pound gold.

Losing his last three bouts to date, the former two division world champion retired after coming out on the short end of a one sided beating against Frankie Edgar in 2014. Apparently not quite ready to call it quits just yet, “The Prodigy” knows this is his last chance, but with Jackson in his corner he seems confident in his future:

“I’ve been kind of thinking about it for a while. But, this is my last resort, and I’m going to give it everything I got,” Penn said.

“I made sure to tell Greg, I let him know the other day that if I can’t do this, Greg, in any way, shape, or form, you feel that B.J. doesn’t belong in the ring, please let me know. Please let me know. And he’s very confident that we can get something done. With somebody like that, who has so many champions himself and who has does as well as he has in this sport, when he tells me that: ‘I know you can go out and I know you can beat all these guys,’ it gives me a lot of confidence.”

Having not won a single bout since 2010, Penn wants to assure himself that he won’t return in the form he had been fighting in near the tail end of his run, but at the end of the day, he’s eager to challenge himself against the best fighters in the world:

“I don’t want to be a shell of my former self,” Penn said. “And I told Jackson that if I can’t do this, you let me know. You come straight to me, Greg. You see me sparring one day, you look at me and say ‘this guy don’t got it anymore,’ pull the plug right now. I got a wonderful life back in Hawaii. I love my life. But I love fighting more.

“I realize what I’m up against. I’ll go out right now and give all my respect to these guys. These guys are animals. These guys are the best athletes in the world, and I want to go and take my place among them.”

Although the cards seemed to be stacked against him, Penn is a special type of athlete, and Jackson is notorious for reviving the careers of those who have seemed to be passed by.

As for what the future holds, UFC President Dana White also confirmed the news, but has nothing planned as of now:

“(It’s) true,” White wrote via text message when contacted by MMAjunkie. “But I don’t know when or who he will fight.”

Who would you like to see “The Prodigy” return against?

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Nik Lentz Just Reacted To BJ Penn’s Callout & It’s Freakin’ Hilarious

If you though BJ Penn was staying retired, think again. You have to check out Nik Lentz’s reaction to Penn’s statement though, it’s priceless… Former UFC welterweight and lightweight champ BJ Penn recently announced he was training at the famed Jackson’s MMA with fellow ex-champion Jon Jones. He issued a stern challenge to his rival

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If you though BJ Penn was staying retired, think again. You have to check out Nik Lentz’s reaction to Penn’s statement though, it’s priceless…

Former UFC welterweight and lightweight champ BJ Penn recently announced he was training at the famed Jackson’s MMA with fellow ex-champion Jon Jones. He issued a stern challenge to his rival Nik Lentz, stating he wanted to fight ‘The Carny’ at UFC 197. It all stemmed from an offensive poem that Lentz wrote about Penn and his family, that got the Hawaiian BJJ ace all riled up, and now looking like he is fully ready to make his comeback to MMA.

RondaBJPenn — BJ Penn and Ronda Rousey during a recent grappling session…

So the news of Penn’s potential comeback hasn’t even began to settle in, and already Lentz has fired back with a wicked comeback, half statement, and half poem. Who’d have known that Nik Lentz was such a poet? This runs a lot deeper than just a little beef before a potential fight though, the situation with famed nutritionist Mike Dolce is embroiled in this whole saga too.

‘The Prodigy’ had hired Mike Dolce to handle his gruesome final weight cut for his trilogy making fight against Frankie Edgar back in 2014. Of course we now know that Penn had no business fighting at featherweight, where Frankie is more of a beast than he was at lightweight in all fairness. As it was, BJ got smashed, but he came out and blasted Dolce in the media after the fight, claiming he hadn’t done his job at all, and refusing to pay the dietary advisor the $22,000 that was owed to him.

So there’s the background of this beef, with the most recent shots coming from BJ Penn during his video with Jon Jones.

Lentz’s hilarious reaction is so long that we dedicated a whole page to it, skip to page 2 to see it…

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