{"id":146370,"date":"2015-05-28T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=146370"},"modified":"2018-02-24T21:02:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T05:02:18","slug":"ex-ufc-fighter-facebook-post-cost-me-my-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/ex-ufc-fighter-facebook-post-cost-me-my-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex UFC Fighter: Facebook Post Cost Me My Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.54.57-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146377\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.54.57-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-28 at 4.54.57 PM\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.54.57-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.54.57-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.54.57-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.54.57-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC fighter and TUF alum says he got cut from ONE FC because of a Facebook post he sent out.<\/p>\n<p>James McSweeney talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/5\/28\/8664569\/tuf-alum-james-mcsweeney-facebook-post-got-me-cut-from-one\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a> and told them that he has been released from ONE FC because of a post on his Facebook page. The fighter took to his social media to express his frustration with not fighting in such a long time. Then the promotion emailed him and said he was cut. They cited the post as the reason.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;What upset me is the childishness of it and the way it was done. For two years, I gave them my career. I fought three times. I gave my heart in my fights and won by big knockouts. I did a lot of social media for them and appearances and then just to do that is unprofessional.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what his original post on FB said:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Constantly in shape constantly ready but nothing, I am a fighter a real fighter that needs to fight!!! Not one that says he is and happy to sit around, I haven&#8217;t come this far in my life and in my career to waste it in the end!!!! Things need to change.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What do you guys think, is it fair to release him because of that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 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