B.J. Penn

By FCF Staff

BJ Penn has been pulled from UFC 199, for violating USADA’s policies on IV use, and the legendary fighter has released a statement regarding the situation.

Penn, who was scheduled to fight Cole Miller at the June 4th card, disclosed that he used an IV in excess of 50 ML in a six-hour period.  The former lightweight and welterweight champ released the following statement to BJ Penn.com.

“I voluntarily disclosed to USADA that during a non-fight period that I had an IV administered under the care of a doctor.

“The rule for IV usage had changed since my last fight in the UFC and was unaware of the change and voluntarily disclosed the information to USADA. I had no idea that IV use was banned 365 days a year.

“At no time in my career in martial arts have I ever doped and anticipate all test results from USADA will come back clean and will be working with the UFC to get the matter cleared up and return to fight as soon as possible.”

The UFC is looking for a replacement opponent for Miller.