{"id":157232,"date":"2015-07-25T07:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=157232"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:36:11","slug":"interim-i-am-the-featherweight-champion-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/interim-i-am-the-featherweight-champion-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim? &#8216;I Am The Featherweight Champion Of The World!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-189.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-154863\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-189.png\" alt=\"Conor McGregor UFC 189\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-189.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-189-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-189-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-189-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember when Conor McGregor was humble in victory after UFC 189? Yeah that phase has passed. In a recent interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/video\/clip?id=13315266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s Sportscenter<\/a>, the new UFC interim featherweight champion returned to his usual self and trashed everyone, including Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>He also wanted to make something very clear, he believes he is the true featherweight champion and doesn&#8217;t listen to any of this interim BS.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am now the world champion. You claim it\u2019s the interim champion, but Jose went running. Jose\u2019s a scared little man who did not show up to fight and sat under his covers praying for Chad Mendes to win. His whole team were praying for Chad Mendes to win so he would not face me. But his prayers went unanswered and I dominated and won. Now I am the featherweight world champion of the UFC. We will schedule a fight against Jose in the future and see how it plays out. Hopefully he stops running and man\u2019s up and let\u2019s do this damn fight.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, &amp; Frank Trigg Talk Fighting&#8230; Eachother &#8212; EPIC! &#8211; AMAZING! &#8211; MUST WATCH!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4362815275001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when Conor McGregor was humble in victory after UFC 189? Yeah that phase has passed. In a recent interview on ESPN&#8217;s Sportscenter, the new UFC interim featherweight champion returned to his usual self and trashed everyone, including Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes. He also wanted to make something very clear, he believes he is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":154863,"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>Interim? &#039;I Am The Featherweight Champion Of The World!&#039; | 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\/interim-i-am-the-featherweight-champion-of-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interim? &#039;I Am The Featherweight Champion Of The World!&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Remember when Conor McGregor was humble in victory after UFC 189? 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