{"id":170886,"date":"2015-10-13T06:57:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T13:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=170886"},"modified":"2015-10-13T06:59:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T13:59:46","slug":"this-mma-fighter-with-downs-syndrome-battling-for-the-right-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/this-mma-fighter-with-downs-syndrome-battling-for-the-right-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"This MMA fighter with Down&#8217;s syndrome battling for the right to fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.theguardian.com\/embed\/video\/society\/video\/2015\/oct\/12\/martial-arts-fighter-downs-syndrome-right-fight-video\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out the video above, showing the story of Garrett Holeve, who has been training MMA for a while and just wants to fight. 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