{"id":224851,"date":"2017-02-27T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T23:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=224851"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:20:51","slug":"2-american-animals-episode-31-ian-mccalls-health-scare-rashad-evans-joins-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/2-american-animals-episode-31-ian-mccalls-health-scare-rashad-evans-joins-show\/","title":{"rendered":"2 American Animals Episode 31 &#8211; Ian McCall\u2019s Health Scare, and Rashad Evans Joins the Show!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On this episode of <em><strong>American Animals<\/strong><\/em>, the Animals tell us more about <strong>Ian<\/strong>\u2018s recent health scare and how it led to the cancellation of his bout at <em>UFC 208<\/em>. 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