{"id":118746,"date":"2014-11-11T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=118746"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:10:38","slug":"war-machine-i-bitched-out-prematurely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/war-machine-i-bitched-out-prematurely\/","title":{"rendered":"War Machine: &#8216;I bitched out prematurely&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/war-machine-found-unresponsive-following-attempted-suicide-in-jail\/war-machine-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115548\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115548\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/war-MAchine.jpg\" alt=\"war MAchine\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/war-MAchine.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/war-MAchine-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/war-MAchine-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Controversial UFC veteran, War Machine has composed another letter from behind-bards.<\/p>\n<p>The embattled MMA fighter has been struggling, both in, and out of prison, for the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/war-machine-found-unresponsive-following-attempted-suicide-in-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent attempt to take his own life<\/a>, War Machine admits that his attempted suicide was foolish.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt: (Full letter <a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/war-machine-releases-statement-from-prison-regarding-suicide-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It was an extremely hard thing to bring myself to do, guard walks by every 30 mins, still unsure as to what brought him up again early, wasn&#8217;t my time I guess. A few very nice officers came and spoke to me while I was on suicide watch, made me realize a few things, mostly that I called it quits too early. Never in my life have I been a quitter, and I know that my perseverance is the main quality which makes me appealing to fans&#8230;and I&#8217;ll be the first to say that I bitched out way too prematurely. I&#8217;m sorry to all of my loved ones and supporters, this ordeal has just been hell on me. Everything was going so well and this shit just blindsided me. I guess I&#8217;ve just been fighting my entire life, and this time I just don&#8217;t want to, I just want to be happy and relaxed for once&#8230;Fuck.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank again for all the support, sorry again for letting you down, I promised a few people that I&#8217;ll stick around for a bit longer, so don&#8217;t worry about me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controversial UFC veteran, War Machine has composed another letter from behind-bards. The embattled MMA fighter has been struggling, both in, and out of prison, for the past several years. Following a recent attempt to take his own life, War Machine admits that his attempted suicide was foolish. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: (Full letter HERE) &#8220;It was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":115548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[11,649,16,3037],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>War Machine: &#039;I bitched out prematurely&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/war-machine-i-bitched-out-prematurely\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"War Machine: &#039;I bitched out prematurely&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Controversial UFC veteran, War Machine has composed another letter from behind-bards. 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