{"id":189242,"date":"2016-03-12T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T17:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=189242"},"modified":"2016-03-12T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T18:25:26","slug":"jean-claude-van-damme-congratulations-nate-diaz-on-ufc-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/jean-claude-van-damme-congratulations-nate-diaz-on-ufc-196\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Claude Van Damme congratulates Nate Diaz on UFC 196 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Martial Arts icon Jean Claude Van Damme is a big UFC fan. Van Damme even offered to train Conor McGregor after his UFC 189 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-189-mcgregor-vs-mendes-super-slow-mo\/\">win over Chad Mendes<\/a> for the interim UFC featherweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday at UFC 196, Nate Diaz shocked the world as he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">defeated Conor McGregor<\/a> via 2nd round submission. While Van Damme was not one of the celebrities in attendance at UFC 196, he did watch the event.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a week following the bout, Van Damme took to Instagram to congratulate Diaz on the win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BC1igKOqQzy\/\" target=\"_blank\">I am a @diazbrothers209 fan! I was late but just watched the fight. GREAT fight @natediaz209!! &#x1f44a;&#x1f3fb; &#8211; JCVD @anchorsocial is one of my employees who took a photo for me the morning after the fight with Nate! #repost @anchorsocial with @repostapp. \u30fb\u30fb\u30fb Big @natediaz209! Huge upset last night. Great fight man. You really stepped up #UFC196 #NateDiaz #conormcgregor<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by jcvd (@jcvd) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-03-12T02:40:16+00:00\">Mar 11, 2016 at 6:40pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Martial Arts icon Jean Claude Van Damme is a big UFC fan. Van Damme even offered to train Conor McGregor after his UFC 189 win over Chad Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight championship. 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