{"id":163461,"date":"2015-08-30T22:47:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T05:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=163461"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:55:05","slug":"scott-coker-breaks-down-his-first-year-as-bellator-boss1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-breaks-down-his-first-year-as-bellator-boss1\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker breaks down his first year as Bellator Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been just over a year since Scott Coker marched in to Bellator and turned it into the company it is today. 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