{"id":139355,"date":"2015-04-22T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=139355"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:35:01","slug":"rashad-evans-plans-fall-return-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rashad-evans-plans-fall-return-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sugar&#8217; Rashad Evans Eyeing Fall Octagon Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rashad-evans-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rashad-evans-PNG.png\" alt=\"rashad-evans-PNG\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rashad-evans-PNG.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rashad-evans-PNG-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rashad-evans-PNG-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rashad-evans-PNG-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m looking to return in September, October, but I\u2019m not gonna try to push it. 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