{"id":139353,"date":"2015-04-22T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=139353"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:35:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:35:02","slug":"mcgregors-first-title-defense-will-croke-park-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mcgregors-first-title-defense-will-croke-park-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;McGregor&#8217;s First Title Defense Will Be at Croke Park in Ireland&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B5gM5iP9IVs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m Irish, Lorenzo is Italian. Lorenzo is Irish now, Lorenzo has turned the corner, he&#8217;s Irish! We want to do Croke Park, we really do. If this kid wins that title, we want his first defense to be in Croke Park. 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