{"id":161171,"date":"2015-08-17T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=161171"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:18:38","slug":"watch-ben-askren-shows-off-strength-by-crushing-watermelons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/watch-ben-askren-shows-off-strength-by-crushing-watermelons\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH! Ben Askren shows off strength by CRUSHING watermelons!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DvHWFmOosmA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ben Askren is arguably the best welterweight fighting outside of the octagon. He is a former Bellator champion, the reigning ONE Welterweight Champion, AND an olympian. 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