{"id":193954,"date":"2016-05-12T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=193954"},"modified":"2016-05-12T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T17:30:23","slug":"cole-millers-statement-fighting-bj-penn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cole-miller\/cole-millers-statement-fighting-bj-penn\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Miller&#8217;s statement on fighting BJ Penn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/jose-aldo-discusses-fighhter-pay-on-inside-mma\/\">American Top Team&#8217;s Cole Miller<\/a> is now <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bj-penn\/report-ufc-targeting-cole-miller-fight-bj-penn-ufc-199\/\">officially set to face BJ Penn<\/a> in a featherweight bout on June 4 in the UFC 199 event at The Forum in California.<\/p>\n<p>Miller stepped in with just over three weeks notice for the fight after Penn&#8217;s original opponent Dennis Siver pulled out after suffering an injury in training.<\/p>\n<p>Miller was actually a contestant on &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter&#8221; season where Penn coached opposite of former rival Jens Pulver back in 20007. Miller was on Team Pulver but has always had a great deal of respect for Penn, a former UFC two division world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Miller told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/cole-miller-ufc-199-allows-me-to-fight-a-legend-and-feed-my-baby-son-051116\" target=\"_blank\">FOX Sports<\/a> via text message, &#8220;I&#8217;m grateful to BJ and the UFC for giving me the opportunity to fight a legend and feed my son.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This will be Miller&#8217;s first fight in 2016 after his last <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-on-fox-17-results-cole-miller-vs-jim-alers-ends-in-a-no-contest\/\">fight with Jim Alers<\/a> back in December. The fight ended in a No-Contest after Miller suffered a devastating eye poke from Alers and the contest was called off.<\/p>\n<p>Who are you picking to win the bout on June 4 between BJ Penn and Cole Miller? 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