BJ Penn confirmed on his own website BJ Penn.com that he will indeed be facing Kenny Florian in the main event of UFC 101 in Philadelphia on August 8. The highly anticipated match-up comes on the heels of his loss to regain the welterweight championship belt from Georges St. Pierre.


It appears that BJ Penn is ready to move on from the controversy surrounding his loss to Georges St. Pierre and will have a stiff test ahead of him in the vastly improved Kenny Florian. Florian will be challenging for the lightweight championship for the second time in his career and is riding a six-fight winning streak with notable victories over Joe Stevenson, Roger Huerta, Joe Lauzon and Din Thomas.