Two big fights were just announced for June’s UFC Fight Night event in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n
Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn will return to the octagon on June 25 when he squares off with Dennis Siver in a featherweight bout.<\/p>\n
The UFC Hall of Fame fighter, Penn, was last seen in action this past January in the main event of UFC Fight Night 103 in Phoenix, where he suffered a second-round TKO loss to surging division contender Yair Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
The Prodigy has scored thirteen finishes in his sixteen career victories including seven knockouts and six submissions.<\/p>\n
Penn’s most recent victory came over former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes at UFC 123, who he defeated via knockout in just 21-seconds.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, Dennis Siver has not competed inside the octagon since suffering a decision loss to Tatsuya Kawajiri in June of 2015.<\/p>\n
Siver’s most recent victory came in October of 2014 against Charles Rosa.<\/p>\n
The second fight announced for the UFC Fight Night event in Oklahoma City was a middleweight bout between former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks and Tim Boetsch. <\/p>\n
Hendricks recently snapped his three-fight losing skid by scoring a unanimous decision victory over Hector Lombard in February, in a bout which served as his middleweight debut (185-pounds).<\/p>\n
Bigg Rigg has gone 2-3 over his past five contests suffering loses to Stephen Thompson, Kelvin Gastelum and Neil Magny in that time.<\/p>\n
As for Tim Boetsch, the middleweight staple was last seen in action at UFC 208 where he suffered a first-round submission loss to perennial division contender Ronaldo Jacare Souza.<\/p>\n
Prior to the setback, the Barbarian had scored back-to-back wins, including a brutal first-round knockout victory over Rafael Natal at UFC 205 this past November in New York City.<\/p>\n
Who do you think will emerge victorious in these two newly announced UFC scraps? Sound off PENN Nation! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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