{"id":155446,"date":"2015-07-15T11:06:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=155446"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:38:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:38:20","slug":"ben-rothwell-teared-up-during-ufc-189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ben-rothwell-teared-up-during-ufc-189\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Rothwell Teared Up During UFC 189"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Rothwell-Wins.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128752\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Rothwell-Wins.png\" alt=\"Ben-Rothwell-Wins\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Rothwell-Wins.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Rothwell-Wins-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Rothwell-Wins-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Ben-Rothwell-Wins-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Big&#8217; Ben Rothwell was in attendance for this past weekends UFC 189. 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