{"id":172614,"date":"2015-10-22T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172614"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:34","slug":"smolka-talks-emotional-rollercoaster-leading-up-to-headlining-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/smolka-talks-emotional-rollercoaster-leading-up-to-headlining-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Smolka talks emotional rollercoaster leading up to headlining bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it was revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/breaking-joseph-duffy-injured-out-of-ufc-fight-night-dublin-main-event\/\">Joseph Duffy would be unable to fight Dustin Poirier in the main event of &#8216;UFC Fight Night: Dublin&#8217; on Saturday<\/a> due to a concussion sustained in training.  Dustin Poirier was offered <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/dustin-poirier-turned-down-replacement-fight-against-norman-parke\/\">Norman Parke as a replacement opponent, however Poirier declined.  <\/a>  In addition, interim UFC featherweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mcgregor-offers-to-fight-poirier-on-short-notice\/\">Conor McGregor offered to fight Poirier again on short notice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UFC then decided to promote the co-main event bout between Paddy Holohan and Hawaii&#8217;s very own Louis Smolka to the main event.  <\/p>\n<p>Following that announcement, the 24 year-old Hawaiian spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/10\/video-louis-smolka-discusses-emotional-rollercoaster-leading-to-ufc-fight-night-76-headliner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss the emotional rollercoaster he&#8217;s been on this fight week.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s been an emotionally rollercoaster.  It&#8217;s typical fight week, right? A lot of changes happening, people getting injured, whatever &#8211; whatever the case may be I&#8217;m just ready to go out there and do my job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s still the same approach, I&#8217;m still the same guy and we&#8217;re going to do the exact same thing, but it is nice to be the main event; it&#8217;s pretty cool.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can see Smolka making the announcement that he will be headlining the event <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/exclusive-video-new-main-event-poirier-vs-duffy-hawaii-boy-louis-smolka\/\">by clicking THIS LINK.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it was revealed that Joseph Duffy would be unable to fight Dustin Poirier in the main event of &#8216;UFC Fight Night: Dublin&#8217; on Saturday due to a concussion sustained in training. Dustin Poirier was offered Norman Parke as a replacement opponent, however Poirier declined. 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