{"id":108000,"date":"2014-08-11T17:57:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T00:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=108000"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:26:53","slug":"tj-grant-ready-to-return-wants-cerrone-or-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/tj-grant-ready-to-return-wants-cerrone-or-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Grant Ready To Return, Wants Cerrone Or Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43699\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-ufc-lightweight-tj-grant-renews-for-four-more-fights-ufc-news\/tj-grant-via-sherdog-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43699\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TJ-Grant-via-sherdog.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"TJ Grant via sherdog.com\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TJ-Grant-via-sherdog.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TJ-Grant-via-sherdog-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/TJ-Grant-via-sherdog-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TJ Grant via sherdog.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TJ Grant has been absent from the UFC for over a year now after suffering a concussion during training.  Prior to that he was in the lightweight title picture after winning 5 straight, including an impressive TKO win over Gray Maynard.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/t-j-grant-would-love-to-fight-cowboy-cerrone-or-nate-diaz-upon-his-return-081014?cmpid=tsmtw:fscom:ufconfox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Sports<\/a> about his return:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I would personally like to fight Nate Diaz or Donald Cerrone. I think they would be exciting fights. I like the way they come forward and they fight. It&#8217;s a competition, but it&#8217;s a fight first, and that&#8217;s what I want. But really I don&#8217;t care. It&#8217;s all about timing and some guys have fights, it&#8217;s nothing personal. I just go out there and do my job. I&#8217;m not picky. I&#8217;d bet Cerrone will probably have a fight booked in the next two days. Anybody in the top 10, it doesn&#8217;t matter.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cerrone is coming off a dominant win over Jim Miller last month, and hasn&#8217;t lost in almost a year.  Whereas Nate Diaz is content sitting on the sidelines for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TJ Grant has been absent from the UFC for over a year now after suffering a concussion during training. Prior to that he was in the lightweight title picture after winning 5 straight, including an impressive TKO win over Gray Maynard. 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