{"id":157768,"date":"2015-07-28T10:24:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=157768"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:35:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:35:36","slug":"bang-ludwig-apologizes-to-team-alpha-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/bang-ludwig-apologizes-to-team-alpha-male\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bang&#8217; Ludwig Apologizes To Team Alpha Male"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ludwig1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157773\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ludwig1.png\" alt=\"ludwig\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ludwig1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ludwig1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ludwig1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ludwig1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Team Alpha Male coach Duane &#8216;Bang&#8217; Ludwig has apologized for his comments regarding the team. Ludwig did an interview, prior to TJ Dillashaw&#8217;s win at UFC on FOX 16, and said that no one else on the team wants to be champion except TJ.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/7\/28\/9050107\/duane-ludwig-apologizes-for-stupid-team-alpha-male-comments-but-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a> Ludwig wanted to say sorry and clarify his thoughts a little bit.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I love you guys. Sorry for being stupid.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I say some stupid stuff sometimes. And they&#8217;re training at their full potential. T.J. just really wants it. If you look at it in comparison, there&#8217;s a difference. If someone is training a certain way &#8212; and not just coming out to Colorado &#8212; it&#8217;s the focus and the intensity and the desire in the room. You can just see it, you can feel it. And it&#8217;s just different with T.J.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;They train their butts off and for me to say they don&#8217;t want to be champ, that&#8217;s not fair. That&#8217;s not actually true. T.J. just puts in a little extra effort, a bit more focus and a bit more desire. That&#8217;s what I see and that&#8217;s what I was truly meaning, not to discredit anybody.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><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>Former Team Alpha Male coach Duane &#8216;Bang&#8217; Ludwig has apologized for his comments regarding the team. 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