{"id":138186,"date":"2015-04-16T02:07:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T09:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=138186"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:36:34","slug":"rockhold-machida-like-upgraded-michael-bisping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rockhold-machida-like-upgraded-michael-bisping\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhold: Machida Like An Upgraded Michael Bisping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3hIHldaWuzU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s predominantly a stand-up guy. He&#8217;s got a good ground game and he&#8217;s got decent wrestling. A very upgraded version of Michael Bisping maybe. I guess. I don&#8217;t know. I see this fight going very similar to Bisping. 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