BJ Penn Out Of UFC Fight Night 97 With Injury
BJ Penn was supposed to make his big MMA return at UFC Fight Night 97 later this month against Ricardo Lamas. However, Penn has suffered an injury in training and has pulled out of the bout, according to MMA Junkie. The UFC has yet to officially announce the withdrawal of Penn or his replacement.
Penn has not fought since 2014 and ended his career on a three-fight losing streak. His last bout was a one-sided loss to Frankie Edgar in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 19 Finale in July 2014. He was previously scheduled to take on Dennis Siver and cole Miller at June’s UFC 199, but a six-month USADA suspension for IV use pushed his original return back.
UFC Fight Night 97 takes place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines on Saturday, October 15th. This event will air live on UFC Fight Pass. Here is the updated card:
MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 10 a.m. ET)
Ricardo Lamas vs. TBA
Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura
Janel Lausa vs. Yao Zhikui
Mizuto Hirota vs. Cole Miller
PRELIMINARY CARD (6:45 a.m. ET)
Sam Alvey vs. Alex Nicholson
Mehdi Baghdad vs. Jon Tuck
Ryan Janes vs. Dongi Yang
Seo Hee Ham vs. Danielle Taylor
James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono
Ali Bagautinov vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
