B.J. Penn vs. Dennis Siver Added to UFC 199

According to mmajunkie.com, B.J. Penn (16-10-2 MMA, 12-9-2 UFC) vs. Dennis Siver (22-11 MMA, 11-8 UFC) has been added to UFC 199. Penn’s UFC return was delayed by a third-party investigation, following recent allegations from a former employee. UFC COO Lawrence Epstein told Yahoo! Sports had the following to say about the situation…

“We have taken a look at the available facts, which aren’t too substantial, and there are two stories of what happened. 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 reevaluate.”

UFC 199 takes place June 4 at The Forum in Los Angeles with the following card…

* Champ Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman – for middleweight title
* Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber – for bantamweight championship
* Bobby Green vs. Dustin Poirier
* Evan Dunham vs. Leonardo Santos
* Kevin Casey vs. Elvis Mutapcic
* Luiz Henrique da Silva vs. Jonathan Wilson
* “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim vs. Polo Reyes
* Tom Breese vs. Sean Strickland
* John Makdessi vs. Mehdi Baghdad
* B.J. Penn vs. Dennis Siver