{"id":135887,"date":"2015-04-05T11:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=135887"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:39:58","slug":"pacquiao-enlisting-former-ufc-talent-ahead-mayweather-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/pacquiao-enlisting-former-ufc-talent-ahead-mayweather-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao Enlisting Former UFC Talent Ahead Of Mayweather Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Manny-Pacquiao-.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132632\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Manny-Pacquiao-.png\" alt=\"Manny Pacquiao\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Manny-Pacquiao-.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Manny-Pacquiao--300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Manny-Pacquiao--585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Manny-Pacquiao--390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cGPJDMz5y9w&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESNews.com<\/a>, Manny Pacquiao has enlisted the help of a former UFC fighter.<\/p>\n<p>When you find out who it is you are going to say, What? As in, what, who is that?<\/p>\n<p>The report says that former UFC fighter Dashon Johnson will be a sparring partner for Pac-man ahead of his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Johnson went 0-2 with the UFC&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>He sure is excited though,<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s a dream come true. Watching Manny over the years, and seeing him progress, and him actually having me in camp for arguably the biggest fight in history, it&#8217;s honestly a blessing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ryancmiller1630<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! Luke Rockhold, Daniel Cormier Jump their coach in this exclusive all-access footage. <\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVqgkMIK7kQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from ESNews.com, Manny Pacquiao has enlisted the help of a former UFC fighter. When you find out who it is you are going to say, What? As in, what, who is that? The report says that former UFC fighter Dashon Johnson will be a sparring partner for Pac-man ahead of his fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":132632,"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>Pacquiao Enlisting Former UFC Talent Ahead Of Mayweather Bout | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manny Pacquiao has a former UFC fighter helping him prepare for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Full story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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