{"id":129275,"date":"2015-02-12T04:10:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=129275"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:49:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:49:47","slug":"ufc-champ-esparza-feels-overlooked-ufc-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-champ-esparza-feels-overlooked-ufc-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Champ Esparza Feels &#8220;Overlooked by the UFC Machine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?attachment_id=129274\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129274\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129274\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Carla-Esparza.jpg\" alt=\"Carla Esparza\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Carla-Esparza.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Carla-Esparza-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Carla-Esparza-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Carla-Esparza-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you are asking me if I feel a little overlooked by the \u2018UFC machine\u2019 while Paige seemingly is getting a lot of play, then I would be lying if I said that thought didn\u2019t cross my mind. I feel so lucky to have been able to accomplish such amazing things in my WMMA career, but even through all of my accomplishments, and the extremely hard road it took to get them, I still feel as if I am constantly being overlooked.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a prepared statement to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/02\/ufc-champ-esparza-after-vanzants-reebok-deal-i-am-constantly-being-overlooked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza reacts to the recent Reebok deal struck by Paige VanZant.<\/p>\n<p>Ut-Oh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf you are asking me if I feel a little overlooked by the \u2018UFC machine\u2019 while Paige seemingly is getting a lot of play, then I would be lying if I said that thought didn\u2019t cross my mind. I feel so lucky to have been able to accomplish such amazing things in my WMMA career, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":129274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"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>UFC Champ Esparza Feels &quot;Overlooked by the UFC Machine&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza reacts to the recent Reebok deal struck by Paige VanZant. 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