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BJ Penn flagged for possible anti-doping violation, pulled from UFC 199 fight with Cole Miller

The return of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight and Welterweight champion, B.J. Penn, has hit an improvised roadside U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) device in the form of a banned intravenous (IV) rehydration violation.

Penn -- who earlier this year emerged from another mixed martial arts (MMA) retirement to make one final run at the Featherweight title -- was supposed to collide with Cole Miller at UFC 199, which is scheduled for The Forum in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 4, 2016. However, UFC.com announced earlier this evening that "The Prodigy" admitted that he may have broken the new rules in preparation for the bout.