{"id":197418,"date":"2016-06-25T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197418"},"modified":"2016-06-25T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T16:01:49","slug":"video-get-to-know-68-year-old-fighter-ann-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-get-to-know-68-year-old-fighter-ann-perez\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Get to know 68 year old fighter Ann Perez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Get to Know 68 Year-Old Fighter Ann Perez\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZnukcH-l_cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The MMA world was taken by surprise earlier this year when a video surfaced of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-68-year-old-mma-fighting-grandmother-looks-prove-age-just-number\/\">68 year old WMMA fighter Ann Perez losing a fight<\/a> in the cage.  While many called out the promotion for allowing a woman of Perez&#8217;s age to fight, many don&#8217;t know her incredible story.<\/p>\n<p>On Inside MMA, Ron Kruck caught up with Perez and gave her the chance to tell her story to MMA fans.  See the inspiring video, in which Perez explains why she fights, above!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MMA world was taken by surprise earlier this year when a video surfaced of 68 year old WMMA fighter Ann Perez losing a fight in the cage. While many called out the promotion for allowing a woman of Perez&#8217;s age to fight, many don&#8217;t know her incredible story. 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