{"id":147121,"date":"2015-06-01T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=147121"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:11:33","slug":"rashad-evans-i-still-wake-up-with-the-desire-to-be-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rashad-evans-i-still-wake-up-with-the-desire-to-be-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans: &#8216;I Still Wake Up with the Desire to be Champion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M0OxNbvR-hE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has fallen into some hard times with injury trouble. 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