{"id":105051,"date":"2014-07-15T16:44:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T23:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=105051"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:52:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:52:19","slug":"matt-serra-understands-how-bj-penn-felt-before-edgar-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-serra-understands-how-bj-penn-felt-before-edgar-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Serra Understands How BJ Penn Felt Before Edgar Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/serra-calls-for-macdonald-vs-lombard-title-eliminator\/matt-serra-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90280\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Matt-Serra-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Matt Serra PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Matt-Serra-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Matt-Serra-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Matt-Serra-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former welterweight champion Matt Serra spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/07\/matt-serra-on-retiring-b-j-penn-and-feeling-like-nothing-can-be-wrong-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> about BJ Penn&#8217;s retirement and how he understands why the Octagon drew Penn back in for one more fight.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know why it\u2019s hard to walk away from the game,\u201d Serra told MMAjunkie Radio a few days after cornering UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in his UFC 175 victory over Lyoto Machida. \u201cTrust me, I know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d \u2026 That feeling \u2013 to know you\u2019re never going to have that feeling again? 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