With a recent drug test officially completed and passed, Sean Sherk will be licensed to fight BJ Penn later this month at UFC 84: Ill Will.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today released the news with an email to media members.

"The NSAC received Mr. Sherk's steroid and drug test results this morning, and they were all negative," he wrote.

Although recent reports stated that Sherk had already passed the tests, the NSAC only recently received the results. Sherk provided a testing sample a little more than two weeks ago.

UFC 84: Ill Will takes place May 24 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Sherk, who will compete for the first time since failing a drug test after a victory over Hermes Franca in California this past summer, will try to win back his title from Penn. Sherk was stripped of the title late last year after the California State Athletic Commission suspended him six months, and Penn won the vacant title with a win over Joe Stevenson in January.

Sherk was tested as part of new year-round testing procedures implemented by the NSAC.

Additional UFC 84: Ill Will fighters have been or will be tested by the NSAC prior to the event. Penn has already been tested and cleared to fight.

Source: mmajunkie.com