B.J. Penn to Face Dennis Siver at UFC 199

Following weeks of speculation, B.J. Penn will get to fight at UFC 199.

Promotion officials announced on Tuesday that Penn will lock horns with Dennis Siver in a featured bout on the June 4 bill, which takes place at the The Forum in Los Angeles and airs on pay-per-view. UFC 199 is headlined by a middleweight title rematch pitting Luke Rockhold against Chris Weidman.

Penn’s return is reported to have been delayed to an accusation of sexual assault.

“We have taken a look at the available facts, which aren't too substantial, and there are two stories of what happened,” Lawrence Epstein, the UFC's chief operating officer told Yahoo Sports. “To date, there has no action at all taken by any law…