By Mike Chiappetta
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UFC lightweight champion
B.J. Penn says that he will next defend his belt at
UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi.
The champ made the claim on a video posted to his official site,
BJPenn.com. Though no opponent has been named and no contracts have been signed, it's quite likely that Penn will face one of two opponents:
Frankie Edgar or
Gray Maynard, who represent the highest-ranked UFC lightweights that yet to face Penn.
Maynard is a 8-0 with one no contest, but puts his unbeaten record on the line at Monday's UFC Fight Night event against
Nate Diaz. Edgar, meanwhile, is 11-1, and has reeled off consecutive wins against
Hermes Franca,
Sean Sherk and
Matt Veach.
Penn added that he would have preferred to fight at the March event in New Jersey, but was pushed back to April because the card already had two title fights: a welterweight bout pitting
Georges St. Pierre against
Dan Hardy, and an interim heavyweight tilt between
Frank Mir and
Shane Carwin.
The Hawaiian most recently defended his belt with a fifth-round stoppage of
Diego Sanchez at December's UFC 107.
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