{"id":112599,"date":"2014-09-16T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112599"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:32:00","slug":"fedor-emelianenko-not-impressed-with-ufc-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/fedor-emelianenko-not-impressed-with-ufc-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedor Emelianenko Not Impressed With UFC Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3MLcSvKPF8A?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, the UFC didn&#8217;t want me to fight there, so what could I do? We were unable to make a deal. They offered unacceptable conditions. Actually, when I fought in PRIDE, we had the best fighters in the world. Back then the UFC had a very serious and big crisis. 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