{"id":103810,"date":"2014-07-03T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103810"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:55:09","slug":"t-j-dillashaw-refuses-to-be-a-diva-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/t-j-dillashaw-refuses-to-be-a-diva-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"T.J. Dillashaw Refuses To Be A &#8220;Diva Champion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-173-results-dillashaw-dethrone-barao-becomes-the-new-ufc-bantamweight-champion\/tj-dillashaw-wins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98714\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/TJ-Dillashaw-WINs.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"TJ Dillashaw WINs\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/TJ-Dillashaw-WINs.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/TJ-Dillashaw-WINs-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/TJ-Dillashaw-WINs-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC bantamweight champion T.J. 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