{"id":115820,"date":"2014-10-19T15:16:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=115820"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:16:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:16:37","slug":"joe-warren-eyes-return-to-wrestling-gunning-for-olympic-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/joe-warren-eyes-return-to-wrestling-gunning-for-olympic-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Warren Eyes Return To Wrestling, Gunning For Olympic Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/joe-warren-eyes-return-to-wrestling-gunning-for-olympic-gold-medal\/bellator-logo-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115822\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bellator-logo.png\" alt=\"bellator logo\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bellator-logo.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bellator-logo-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bellator-logo-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Newly crowned Bellator MMA champion Joe Warren is no stranger to wrestling competition.  After winning the Pan American Championships in 2006 as well as the World Championship, a failed drug test cut his Olympic hopes short in 2008.  Now, nearly 6 years later, Warren is eyeing an Olympic gold medal at the 2018 games.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to Ariel Helwani on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/10\/19\/6989465\/bellator-champ-joe-warren-still-eyes-olympic-gold-medal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have an idea of maybe winning the Olympics, too.  I don\u2019t know why, man. It\u2019s my birthday yesterday, and that was in my mind again. \u2026 I don\u2019t know. If the Worlds are in Las Vegas next year, a year from now, it would be pretty sweet to win the World Championship in Las Vegas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tried to do it last time. Pat Curran knocked me out seven days before the trials (in 2012). I lost in the trials, but I probably shouldn\u2019t have been wrestling in the first place.  I didn\u2019t think, at this age, I\u2019d be talking about this again, but I\u2019m faster, stronger, lighter, older, and all those things that makes wrestlers better. I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I can get the support that I need, to be able to do the fighting and wrestling.  You know, I\u2019ll still fight, that\u2019s what I do. The wrestling would be just for fun. I\u2019m open-minded, I need another goal to set in front of me. I\u2019m sitting here with too many belts, and I\u2019m thinking maybe I\u2019ll get another wrestling one.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is your take on fighters competing in the Olympics?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly crowned Bellator MMA champion Joe Warren is no stranger to wrestling competition. After winning the Pan American Championships in 2006 as well as the World Championship, a failed drug test cut his Olympic hopes short in 2008. 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