{"id":197329,"date":"2016-06-23T21:51:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T04:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197329"},"modified":"2016-06-23T21:51:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T04:51:21","slug":"paige-vanzant-turns-down-wwe-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paige-vanzant\/paige-vanzant-turns-down-wwe-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant turns down WWE offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top ranked UFC women&#8217;s strawweight Paige VanZant announced Thursday morning on SportsCenter that she would be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-paige-vanzant-announces-fight-with-bec-rawling-on-sportscenter\/\">returning to the Octagon in August to fight Bec Rawlings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to that however, VanZant was offered an opportunity to do an appearance in the ring at a WWE event. 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I love WWE and if they ever reached out to me again I would love to work with them but right now I\u2019m focused on Bec Rawlings.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes on the heels of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-paige-vanzant-gets-a-perfect-score-on-dancing-with-the-stars\/\">VanZant&#8217;s successful run on ABC&#8217;s &#8216;Dancing With The Stars&#8217;<\/a> in which she finished as the runner up. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive Videos | JacksonWink Camp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[ooyala code=&#8221;BzMGJpMzE66_qDOVyPdHYEOmhLUCSlUd&#8221; player_id=&#8221;b8fa6431adff441580c2e2bf5e6bd724&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221; width=&#8221;1920&#8243; height=&#8221;1080&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top ranked UFC women&#8217;s strawweight Paige VanZant announced Thursday morning on SportsCenter that she would be returning to the Octagon in August to fight Bec Rawlings. 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