{"id":115624,"date":"2014-10-17T13:41:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T20:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=115624"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:16:48","slug":"royce-explains-move-im-here-to-help-bellator-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/royce-explains-move-im-here-to-help-bellator-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Royce Explains Move: &#8220;I&#8217;m here to help Bellator grow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/royce-explains-move-im-here-to-help-bellator-grow\/royce-gracie-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115625\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115625\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Royce-Gracie.jpg\" alt=\"Royce Gracie\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Royce-Gracie.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Royce-Gracie-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Royce-Gracie-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think they made this offer to somehow attack the UFC. They see my value, and invited me to be their ambassador. The UFC was my home and will always be my home. I helped creating and building that home. Now, Bellator is a relatively new organization, and I&#8217;m here to help them grow even more. It&#8217;s always good to have more promotions, give more fighters work. You have tons of talents everywhere you go, so you can&#8217;t be stuck to only one promotion. I&#8217;m here to help Bellator grow.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent sitdown with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/10\/17\/6987615\/royce-gracie-bellator-ufc-ufc-hall-of-fame-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, UFC legend Royce Gracie explained <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/royce-gracie-jumps-ship-enlists-with-bellator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his recent defection to Bellator MMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think they made this offer to somehow attack the UFC. They see my value, and invited me to be their ambassador. The UFC was my home and will always be my home. I helped creating and building that home. 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