{"id":155847,"date":"2015-07-17T09:20:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=155847"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:37:59","slug":"former-ufc-champ-cleared-to-start-training-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/former-ufc-champ-cleared-to-start-training-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Champ Cleared To Start Training Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anthony-Pettis.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141309\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anthony-Pettis.png\" alt=\"Anthony Pettis\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anthony-Pettis.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anthony-Pettis-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anthony-Pettis-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anthony-Pettis-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guess who&#8217;s back? Former UFC lightweight champion and final WEC lightweight champion Anthony &#8216;Showtime&#8217; Pettis has been officially cleared by his doctor to start throwing punches again.<\/p>\n<p>Pettis was on the sidelines after undergoing elbow surgery following his loss to Rafael dos Anjos.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to his Instagram post, he&#8217;s ready to get back to training.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/5NZOYZojGL\/<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see him fight upon his return?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cris Cyborg: &#8216;I dont hate Ronda Rousey, I&#8217;m just promoting the fight&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 315px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/85a087e8-34ee-4e16-8629-2b0895086535_default\/index.html?videoId=4355630077001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess who&#8217;s back? Former UFC lightweight champion and final WEC lightweight champion Anthony &#8216;Showtime&#8217; Pettis has been officially cleared by his doctor to start throwing punches again. Pettis was on the sidelines after undergoing elbow surgery following his loss to Rafael dos Anjos. Now, according to his Instagram post, he&#8217;s ready to get back to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":155859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former UFC Champ Cleared To Start Training Again | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/former-ufc-champ-cleared-to-start-training-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former UFC Champ Cleared To Start Training Again | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guess who&#8217;s back? 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