{"id":196337,"date":"2016-06-10T10:04:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T17:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196337"},"modified":"2016-06-10T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T17:07:01","slug":"brock-lesnar-recalls-meeting-muhammad-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/brock-lesnar-recalls-meeting-muhammad-ali\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar recalls meeting Muhammad Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, tragic news surfaced that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/muhammad-ali\/breaking-boxing-legend-muhammad-ali-passes-away-at-age-74\/\">boxing legend Muhammad Ali had passed away at the age of 74<\/a> after being hospitalized and placed on life support.  Friday afternoon there was a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/muhammad-ali\/video-muhammad-alis-casket-being-brought-into-funeral\/\">funeral procession in Louisville<\/a> to bring Ali home for a Muslim funeral service. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, Brock Lesnar spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/brock-lesnar-muhammad-ali-ufc-remembers-his-meeting-with-greatest-of-all-time-061016\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> to recall the time he met Ali:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I got to meet Ali one time. Alls I remember when I met and shook the man&#8217;s hand was, he never talked, at that point Parkinson&#8217;s, the illness had taken over, but I just remember when he extended his hand and he didn&#8217;t have to say anything. It was such a gracious handshake and it was just a very, I can&#8217;t even put a word to it. 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