{"id":123313,"date":"2014-12-20T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T17:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=123313"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:00:47","slug":"pete-spratt-ufc-offered-8k-fight-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pete-spratt-ufc-offered-8k-fight-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Spratt: The UFC Offered Me $8k To Fight Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Spratt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Spratt.jpg\" alt=\"Spratt\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Spratt.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Spratt-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Spratt-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement of a class action lawsuit against the UFC, former UFC fighter Pete Spratt came forward about his past experience with the UFC when they wanted him to fight Matt Hughes.<\/p>\n<p>He posted the following comment on BJ Penn&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBNLukeThomas\">@SBNLukeThomas<\/a> This is what Pete Spratt said about the UFC on <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/QsX5710KtL\">http:\/\/t.co\/QsX5710KtL<\/a>&#39;s facebook page earlier. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/i8eH9zSp1e\">pic.twitter.com\/i8eH9zSp1e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bang Zoom MMA (@BangZoomMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BangZoomMMA\/status\/545786350621192193\">December 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To read about the lawsuit filed against the UFC, click <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/investigative-report-breaks-ufc-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the announcement of a class action lawsuit against the UFC, former UFC fighter Pete Spratt came forward about his past experience with the UFC when they wanted him to fight Matt Hughes. 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