Just a day after Dennis Siver bowed out of a planned UFC 199 meeting with BJ Penn, the former UFC champion has a new opponent.
Cole Miller will replace Siver and meet Penn next month from The Forum in California.
The fight announcement was made official on “UFC Tonight” Wednesday.
Miller (21-9) is coming off a December no-contest with Jim Alers and is winless since a 2014 victory over Sam Sicilia. He is 4-4 with the no-contest over his last nine fights.
Penn (16-10-2) announced plans to return earlier this year and is searching for his first victory since a 2010 knockout of Matt Hughes. He is one of two former two-division UFC champions.
UFC 199 features Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman for the middleweight belt and Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber for bantamweight gold.
