{"id":171861,"date":"2015-10-18T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T16:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=171861"},"modified":"2015-10-18T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T18:32:00","slug":"an-emotional-nick-newell-breaks-down-why-hes-retiring-after-wsof-24-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/world-series-of-fighting\/an-emotional-nick-newell-breaks-down-why-hes-retiring-after-wsof-24-win\/","title":{"rendered":"An emotional Nick Newell breaks down why he&#8217;s retiring after WSOF 24 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WSOF 24 - Nick Newell Retirement\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBAaAr7S-1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>World Series of Fighting returned to the airwaves with &#8220;WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami&#8221; and it was a night filled with emotions after the inspirational <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/nick-newell-announces-retirement-from-mma-following-win-over-tom-marcellino\/\">Nick Newell announced his retirement after his fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lightweight started gaining momentum while fighting for XFC where he won their lightweight championship while putting together an impressive undefeated record, but it was at World Series of Fighting where truly made a name for himself. 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