{"id":145582,"date":"2015-05-24T13:13:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T20:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=145582"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:17:24","slug":"weidman-i-knew-i-was-going-to-finish-belfort-in-the-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-i-knew-i-was-going-to-finish-belfort-in-the-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman: &#8216;I Knew I Was Going to Finish Belfort In the 1st&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bghspJVrf6w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chris Weidman finally got to shut his doubters down last night when he dominated Vitor Belfort and by successfully defending his UFC Middleweight Championship. 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