Three fights have been announced for the UFC Fight Night 112 card which takes place in Oklahoma on June 25.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced two bouts, the first being a featherweight one between BJ Penn and Dennis Siver, and the second a middleweight contest between Johny Hendricks and Tim Boetsch.

The other fight announced was a women’s strawweight bout between Felice Herrig and Justine Kish. Herrig announced the bout on Instagram.

Looks like my fight was announced. I’ll be taking on Justine Kish June 25th in Oklahoma City

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Hendricks (18-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC) is the former UFC Welterweight Champion, but had struggles making the weight. Following a three fight skid, he moved up to middleweight, and defeated Hector Lombard last time out. His opponent, Tim Boetsch (20-11 MMA, 11-10 UFC) has fought at light heavyweight and middleweight during his career, most recently having a two fight win streak snapped by ‘Jacare’ Souza at UFC 208. 

Penn (16-11-2 MMA, 12-10-2 UFC) is the former UFC Lightweight Champion and has been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. He returned to the octagon after three years out in January, but was stopped by Yair Rodriguez in the second round. He faces Dennis Siver (22-1 1NC MMA, 11-8 1NC UFC) hasn’t fought since June of 2015. The German is riding a two fight skid, with losses to Conor McGreor and Tatsuya Kawajiri. 

Felice Herrig (12-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has won two straight fights, one via submission, and one via decision. This run comes after her loss to Paige VanZant. After that loss, she took over a year off to recover, and returned looking better than ever. She faces Justine Kish (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) who was a part of the same season of TUF as Herrig. Kish has fought twice in the UFC, defeating Nina Ansaroff at UFC 195, and Ashley Yoder at UFC Albany. 

UFC Fight Night 112 takes place live from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma, on Juna 25, 2017. 

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