{"id":201180,"date":"2016-08-15T01:59:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201180"},"modified":"2016-08-15T01:59:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:59:27","slug":"ufc-officially-announces-bj-penn-headline-ufc-fight-night-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bj-penn\/ufc-officially-announces-bj-penn-headline-ufc-fight-night-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC officially announces BJ Penn to headline UFC Fight Night Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC announced early Monday that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/bj-penns-hall-of-fame-acceptance-speech\/\">Hall of Fame legend BJ Penn<\/a> is set to return to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Penn, the former UFC welterweight and lightweight champion will meet UFC <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-ricardo-lamas-toe-to-toe-with-frank-trigg\/\">#4 ranked featherweight Ricardo Lamas<\/a> in the main event of the card, which takes place on October 15.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST ANNOUNCED:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCManila?src=hash\">#UFCManila<\/a> Main Event&#x1f64c;&#x1f525;<\/p>\n<p>Early Bird &#x1f39f;&#x1f39f;s On Sale NOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c008Le9lgE\">https:\/\/t.co\/c008Le9lgE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xc55ctii8N\">pic.twitter.com\/Xc55ctii8N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Asia (@UFC_Asia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFC_Asia\/status\/765095948292726784\">August 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Who are you picking to win the exciting featherweight clash? 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