Just hours after earning impressive wins at Saturday's UFC 123, new challenges already await former champ BJ Penn and rising lightweight George Sotiropoulos, as Penn is expected to face welterweight contender Jon Fitch and Sotiropoulos will likely meet Dennis Siver at UFC 127 on Feb. 27 in Sydney, Australia.
UFC President Dana White announced the matchups at UFC 123's post-fight press conference.
Penn (16-7-1) knocked out hall of famer Matt Hughes in just 21-second at UFC 123 in their anticipated rubber match to rebound from-to-back losses to Frankie Edgar, while Fitch (23-3), who was targeted to face Jake Ellenberger in February, has earned five-straight decision wins.
Both Sotiropoulos (14-2) and Siver (17-7) are coming off impressive submission wins, as the Australian Sotiropoulos tapped Joe Lauzon in the second-round of UFC 123's Fight of the Night for his sixth-straight UFC win, while Siver stopped Andre Winner in the opening-round with the Submission of the Night last Saturday at UFC 122.
The UFC 127 fight card is also rumored to include Michael Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera and Carlos Condit vs. Chris Lytle.
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Pictured: BJ Penn
Tags: BJ Penn, Dennis Siver, George Sotiropoulos, Jon Fitch
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