It's been almost a year in the making, but the day is finally here. The legend, BJ Penn, returns to the UFC Octagon this evening when he takes on upcoming prospect Yair Rodriguez at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona at UFC Fight Night 103.

It's been a year of false starts for Penn who since announcing his return has had three potential fights fall through for various reasons. Penn will return to the Octagon for the first time since 2014 and the former UFC lightweight and welterweight Champion will this evening write the latest chapter in his storied career that stretches back to 2001.
Despite going 1-3-1 in his last five outings, Penn still has plenty of fight left in him and looks to knock off a highly-touted prospect on his return this evening.

Yair Rodriguez has taken the UFC's featherweight division by storm and since winning the first series of TUF Latin America has gone a perfect 5-0 in the UFC. His flashy arsenal of kicks and relentless forwards pressure has won him many fans already in his young career, though this evening he could for the first time play the role of the bad guy as he squares off with the hall of famer Penn inside the Octagon.

This fight and so much more goes down this evening. Keep up with the official results below and follow along on Twitter @FloCombat for up round by round updates.

Main Card -- FOX Sports 1 (U.S.), TSN 5 (Can), BT Sport 2 (UK): 10PM EDT, 7PM PDT, 3AM GMT

Yair Rodriguez def. B.J. Penn via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 0:24

Joe Lauzon def. Marcin Held via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

Ben Saunders def Court McGee via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Sergio Pettis def. John Moraga via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Preliminary Card -- FOX Sports 1 (U.S.), Fight Network (Can), BT Sport 2 (UK): 8PM EDT, 5PM PDT, 1AM GMT

Drakkar Klose def. Devin Powell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Augusto Mendes def. Frankie Saenz via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Oleksiy Oliynyk def. Viktor Pešta via Submission (Ezekiel Choke), Round 1, 2:57

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Tony Martin def. Alex White via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Early Preliminary Card -- UFC Fight Pass: 6PM EDT, 3PM PDT, 11PM GMT

Nina Ansaroff def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger via Submission (RNC), Round 3, 3:39

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Walt Harris def. Chase Sherman via KO (Knee and punches), Round 2, 2:41

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Joachim Christensen def. Bojan Mihajlovic via KO (uppercut), Round 3, 2:05

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Cyril Asker def. Dmitrii Smoliakov via TKO (punches), Round 1, 2:41

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