{"id":141880,"date":"2015-05-04T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T15:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=141880"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:30:48","slug":"johnny-eduardo-cleared-to-fight-a-year-after-upset-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/johnny-eduardo-cleared-to-fight-a-year-after-upset-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Eduardo Cleared To Fight A Year After Upset Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eduardo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141886\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eduardo.png\" alt=\"eduardo\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eduardo.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eduardo-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eduardo-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eduardo-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UFC fighter Johnny Eduardo has been sidelined due to injury for a very long time. Which is unfortunate given the momentum he had behind him prior to the layoff.<\/p>\n<p>Eduardo stunned fans when he knocked out Eddie Wineland in the first round of their fight back in May.<\/p>\n<p>Before injured, Eduardo had won two straight over Wineland and Jeff Curran. Here&#8217;s what the bantamweight fighter had to say to Brazilian journalist about coming back.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m ready for anyone the UFC wants. &#8216;Do you want to fight in six weeks? In two months?\u2019 I\u2019m in. I don\u2019t care if you are a top three, four, or five. I want to brawl, I want to work. I need to work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The UFC won\u2019t give me an easy fight. They will give me the toughest opponent possible because they like to see Brazilians suffer, but we work hard and put on great fights. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m expecting. I still have a lot to show in the UFC. I haven\u2019t showed anything yet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/5\/3\/8502969\/one-year-after-shocking-knockout-johnny-eduardo-finally-cleared-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>]<\/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>REAL TALK! 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