{"id":134700,"date":"2015-03-30T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=134700"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:40:53","slug":"ufc-champ-aldo-denies-mcgregor-slapping-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-champ-aldo-denies-mcgregor-slapping-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Champ Aldo Denies McGregor Slapping Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134267\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldo.png\" alt=\"Aldo\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldo.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldo-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldo-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldo-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Early in the week Dana White talked about an incident that occurred between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo during the UFC 189 World Tour. 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