Penn announced via his website, BJPenn.com, that he will be competing against an unnamed opponent at UFC 197 on April 23 in Las Vegas. The Hawaiian legend said he was originally planning on fighting at UFC 196 on March 5.
"I thought the fight guaranteed was going to happen because the UFC, they set up medicals for me to do," Penn said. "I did the medicals and they were sending a film crew down and we were getting all that together and I assumed we were setting up the fight, and that might have been what was happening. But, at the end of the day, [UFC matchmaker] Sean Shelby called me and said it would be more convenient for all of us to move the fight to April 23."
Penn, a UFC Hall of Famer, said he would be staying in Albuquerque to train at JacksonWink MMA right up until April 23.
"You have heard ‘what you feed the most, grows the biggest,' and I'm going to stay here and immerse myself in the martial arts and see how good I can get," Penn said.
LINK: B.J. Penn announces his return to fighting will come at UFC 197, not UFC 196
