{"id":191194,"date":"2016-04-06T09:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191194"},"modified":"2016-04-06T09:41:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T16:41:07","slug":"corey-beastin-258-anderson-pays-it-forward-with-generous-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/corey-anderson\/corey-beastin-258-anderson-pays-it-forward-with-generous-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey &#8216;Beastin 25\/8&#8217; Anderson pays it forward with generous act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the UFC announced that the tryouts for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter would be held at the end of April in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The season will be unlike any other in the show&#8217;s history given the fact that the winner will get a flyweight title shot against the winner of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-henry-cejudo-doesnt-want-to-hear-excuses-after-he-beats-demetrious-johnson\/\">UFC 197&#8217;s co-main event<\/a> bout between Demetrious Johnson and Henry Cejudo.<\/p>\n<p>Former TUF contestant, and now #12 ranked UFC light heavyweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-196-results\/ufc-196-results-corey-anderson-vs-tom-lawlor\/\">Corey &#8216;Beastin 25\/8&#8217; Anderson<\/a> decided to buy a plane ticket for a fighter to the TUF tryouts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" 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:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\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%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BD1__-fveMe\/\" 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;\" target=\"_blank\">Earlier I posted on my FB &#34;time to pay it forward&#34;. Well today I did for a young man what @bobzombie265 and Nick Renfro for me 3 years ago&#8230; Made a way for me to get to the TUF tryouts&#8230; Well you all know the rest. Go make 217 proud @twardmma125 @ufc #payitforward #changinglives #chasingdreams<\/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 Corey Anderson (@coreya_mma) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-04-06T03:29:25+00:00\">Apr 5, 2016 at 8:29pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the UFC announced that the tryouts for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter would be held at the end of April in Las Vegas. 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