{"id":141414,"date":"2015-05-01T02:05:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T09:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=141414"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:11","slug":"im-keeping-my-word-even-if-it-means-fighting-makdessi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/im-keeping-my-word-even-if-it-means-fighting-makdessi\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;M KEEPING MY WORD, EVEN IF IT MEANS FIGHTING MAKDESSI&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Go-Get-Some-Donald-Cerrone.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Go-Get-Some-Donald-Cerrone.png\" alt=\"Go Get Some Donald Cerrone\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Go-Get-Some-Donald-Cerrone.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Go-Get-Some-Donald-Cerrone-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Go-Get-Some-Donald-Cerrone-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Go-Get-Some-Donald-Cerrone-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald Cerrone took his first official interview after it was confirmed that Khabaib Nurmagomedov was forced out of his fight due to an injury. <\/p>\n<p>On UFC Tonight, Cerrone admitted he was disappointed he wouldn&#8217;t get to fight Nurmy, but knew he had to stay on the card and take an opponent no matter what. &#8220;I was really looking forward to fighting Khabib. 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