{"id":200910,"date":"2016-08-11T07:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200910"},"modified":"2016-08-11T07:40:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:40:23","slug":"breaking-professional-fighters-association-officially-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/breaking-professional-fighters-association-officially-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING! 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The team includes long-time sports agent Jeff Borris, labor attorney Lucas Middlebrook, economist Andrew Zimbalast and an array of experienced staff.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the press release issued by the Professional Fighters Association:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are proud to announce that the Professional Fighters Association has officially launched; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uPXbC8QZec\">https:\/\/t.co\/uPXbC8QZec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w0BC1gxe4S\">pic.twitter.com\/w0BC1gxe4S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fighters Association (@FightersAssoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightersAssoc\/status\/763735459306496000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news from the world of mixed martial arts. 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