{"id":201081,"date":"2016-08-13T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201081"},"modified":"2016-08-13T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T17:18:09","slug":"video-mma-stars-legends-discuss-formation-fighters-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-mma-stars-legends-discuss-formation-fighters-union\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | MMA stars and legends discuss formation of Fighter&#8217;s Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC Stars of Past and Present Talk of a Fighter Union\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6W3YvjcfYKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week, history was made as the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/breaking-professional-fighters-association-officially-launched\/\">Fighter&#8217;s Union was officially formed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news certainly shook the MMA world to its core, however just weeks prior to the official announcement, UFC heavyweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/benson-henderson\/benson-henderson-backs-mark-hunts-attempt-to-unionize-fighters\/\">Mark Hunt called for fighters to unionize<\/a> after it was revealed that Brock Lesnar failed <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mark-hunt\/mark-hunt-rips-fing-hypocrite-brock-lesnar\/\">not only an out-of-competition drug test, but also a fight night drug test.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the formation of a Fighter&#8217;s Union, MMA icons such as Randy Couture &#038; Ken Shamrock joined UFC stars such as Leslie Smith to discuss the situation on Inside MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out above!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, history was made as the Fighter&#8217;s Union was officially formed. 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