{"id":166223,"date":"2015-09-17T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T21:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=166223"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:48:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:48:39","slug":"legends-sakuraba-and-royce-gracie-tie-up-at-bellator-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/legends-sakuraba-and-royce-gracie-tie-up-at-bellator-event\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGENDS! Sakuraba And Royce Gracie Tie-Up At Bellator Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about star power. Bellator &#8216;Dynamite&#8217; goes down on Saturday night and will be the first of it&#8217;s kind, with a massive night of MMA fights and GLORY kickboxing matches going on in the same venue.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion didn&#8217;t hold back and brought out all the big guns to help promote the event. 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