{"id":115649,"date":"2014-10-17T18:28:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T01:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=115649"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:16:46","slug":"bellator-129-results-vedepo-smothers-clark-earns-3rd-round-tko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-129-results-vedepo-smothers-clark-earns-3rd-round-tko\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bellator 129&#8217; Results: Vedepo Smothers Clark, Earns 3rd Round TKO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bellator-129-results-vedepo-smothers-clark-earns-3rd-round-tko\/vedepo-wins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115652\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vedepo-wins.png\" alt=\"Vedepo wins\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vedepo-wins.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vedepo-wins-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Vedepo-wins-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Vedepo utilized his wrestling skills to take the fight to the ground where he put an end to things with his ground and pound.<\/p>\n<p>Vedepo took Clark down to the mat with ease and was able to soften him up for two rounds before finishing him in the third. 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