{"id":145548,"date":"2015-05-24T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=145548"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:17:26","slug":"weidman-i-knew-id-finish-him-but-didnt-expect-to-get-punched-so-much1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-i-knew-id-finish-him-but-didnt-expect-to-get-punched-so-much1\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman: &#8216;I Didn&#8217;t Expect to Get Punched In the Face So Much&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chris-Weidman-Vitor-Belfort.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chris-Weidman-Vitor-Belfort.png\" alt=\"Chris Weidman Vitor Belfort\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chris-Weidman-Vitor-Belfort.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chris-Weidman-Vitor-Belfort-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chris-Weidman-Vitor-Belfort-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chris-Weidman-Vitor-Belfort-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Weidman has been confident about his championship defense against Vitor Belfort before the bout was even announced for &#8220;UFC 187&#8221;. 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