{"id":174614,"date":"2015-11-05T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=174614"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:34:01","slug":"urijah-faber-fires-dana-white-and-takes-his-seat-as-ufc-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/urijah-faber-fires-dana-white-and-takes-his-seat-as-ufc-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Urijah Faber fires Dana White and takes his seat as UFC President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/9rzgjZM4n6\/<\/p>\n<p>UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber just took a huge step in the ladder of the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>In a satirical post to his <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/9rzgjZM4n6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> account, Faber is seen sitting at a desk with UFC President Dana White looking like he is about to get his termination papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe California Kid\u201d captioned his post, \u201cAfter weeks of back &amp; forth banter on IG I&#8217;ve decided to fire @danawhiteufc and take over @ufc. @lorenzofertitta what do u wanna do next?&#8230;. I have some ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White obviously played a part in the photo, but may not have known what Faber was going to caption it.<\/p>\n<p>Urijah Faber\u2019s post was all in fun and games, but if you had Dana White\u2019s job, what changes would you make to the UFC? Lay it all out in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/9rzgjZM4n6\/ UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber just took a huge step in the ladder of the UFC. 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