{"id":146079,"date":"2015-05-28T01:41:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T08:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=146079"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:12:12","slug":"then-and-now-a-retrospective-look-at-ufc-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/then-and-now-a-retrospective-look-at-ufc-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday &#8212; UFC Champs of Yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/champs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146331\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/champs.jpg\" alt=\"champs\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/champs.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/champs-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/champs-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/champs-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talk about a Throwback Thursday. Check out this picture from back in 2011, showing all the (then current) UFC champions together.<\/p>\n<p>Oh how times have changed. Aside of Cain Velasquez and Jose Aldo, everyone else is no longer the champ. Anderson Silva is out waiting because of his failed drug tests, Jon Jones is out because of his legal troubles, GSP is out because he said adi\u00f3s, and we&#8217;ve seen Dominick Cruz fight maybe once since then. The only guy there besides the two current champs that is actually active and maybe on the verge of getting gold again is Frankie Edgar.<\/p>\n<p>Funny how time works.<\/p>\n<p>[picture source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedmartialarts.com\/mma.cfm?go=forum_framed.posts&amp;forum=1&amp;thread=2449763&amp;page=1&amp;pc=59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Internet<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH Nick Diaz Train On The Beach &#8212; EXCLUSIVE! <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"container1\" class=\"outer-container\">\n<p><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\"><\/script><object id=\"myExperience4236894392001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"playerID\" value=\"4174782329001\" \/><param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAADV3-cjCE~,liy9q4yw9hqmtNPERf0MOvxn6JKOOxF3\" \/><param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"isUI\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4236894392001\" \/><\/object> <!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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