{"id":121481,"date":"2014-12-04T19:24:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T03:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=121481"},"modified":"2018-02-24T20:57:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T04:57:39","slug":"brandon-vera-respect-wasnt-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/brandon-vera-respect-wasnt-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Vera: &#8216;The respect wasn&#8217;t there with the UFC&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/brandon-vera-respect-wasnt-ufc\/brandon-vera-one-fc-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121482\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121482\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Brandon-Vera-one-FC.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Vera one FC\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Brandon-Vera-one-FC.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Brandon-Vera-one-FC-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Brandon-Vera-one-FC-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t handled the way it should be. I was a loyal employee, never did anything incorrectly. Never beat up my wife. Never had a DUI. The respect wasn&#8217;t there.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about this. Let&#8217;s fix this. I&#8217;d really like to have you finish out your career here. I said, &#8216;OK.&#8217; He said, &#8216;I&#8217;ll call you back when I get back from China.&#8217; He never called me back.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/12\/4\/7321521\/one-fcs-brandon-vera-comfortable-with-ufc-release-the-respect-wasnt\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, former UFC heavyweight veteran Brandon Vera discusses his former employ under the UFC banner.<\/p>\n<p>Vera fought for the UFC from 2005-2013, and he makes his ONE FC debut Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t handled the way it should be. I was a loyal employee, never did anything incorrectly. Never beat up my wife. 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