{"id":101671,"date":"2014-06-17T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T23:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=101671"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:02:00","slug":"melendez-wants-to-fight-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/melendez-wants-to-fight-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Melendez Wants To Fight In Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/melendez-on-new-ufc-deal-everyone-thinks-im-this-millionaire-now-but-thats-not-the-case\/gilbert-melendez-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88353\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gilbert-Melendez-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Gilbert Melendez PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gilbert-Melendez-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gilbert-Melendez-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gilbert-Melendez-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez is getting ready to coach season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter opposite Anthony Pettis, who Melendez will be fighting at the end of the show.  However he is already looking past that to future events, that he hopes can possibly take place in Mexico. Melendez joined <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/06\/gilbert-melendez-a-proud-american-but-hopeful-for-ufc-fight-in-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> to talk about the UFC&#8217;s future in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt may become tough to stick to a game plan.  I would love to fight in Mexico, and I see the doors opening up there. I\u2019ve only been to Mexico City once, but I went to the pyramids out there, and you see your roots. I didn\u2019t really learn that in high school. You see your roots, where your blood is from and everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a proud American, but also, I\u2019m proud of my roots and just being there, I felt a good energy. If I\u2019m fighting, and it\u2019s live, and I\u2019m in front of my people, I think I would probably get caught in the moment. It might be a positive for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez is getting ready to coach season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter opposite Anthony Pettis, who Melendez will be fighting at the end of the show. However he is already looking past that to future events, that he hopes can possibly take place in Mexico. 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