{"id":227230,"date":"2017-03-11T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T23:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=227230"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:58:02","slug":"2-american-animals-jonathan-tucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/2-american-animals-jonathan-tucker\/","title":{"rendered":"2 American Animals Episode 33 &#8211; The Animals are Joined by Actor, Jonathan Tucker!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of <em><strong>American Animals<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Ian McCall<\/strong> rejoins <strong>Erik Apple<\/strong> to discuss all of the biggest stories in the world of MMA. The guys are joined by actor and co-star of the DirecTV drama series <em>Kingdom<\/em>, Jonathan Tucker. Tucker discusses his MMA fandom, what it\u2019s like to play an MMA fighter on television, and his intense training for his current television role. Plus, we hear Ian and Erik\u2019s reactions to UFC 209\u00a0and a preview of the upcoming UFC Fight Night in Brazil.<\/p>\n<h5>Follow Jonathan Tucker on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanmtucker\">@jonathanmtucker<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>About us:<\/h5>\n<p>You can email your questions and comments to <a href=\"mailto:info@2americananimals.com\" target=\"_blank\">info@2americananimals.com<\/a>\u00a0and find the show at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2americananimals.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.2americananimals.com<\/a> on the web, on social media at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2AmericanAnimals\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/2AmericanAnimals <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/2AmericanAnimal\" target=\"_blank\">@2AmericanAnimal<\/a> on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/2AmericanAnimals\/\" target=\"_blank\">@2AmericanAnimals<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/platform.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channelid=\"UCjUoWa1ToT2bDZAUfQVkj6w\" data-layout=\"full\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\n<p>Brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/LineupMedia.fm\" target=\"_blank\">LineupMedia.fm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.blubrry.com?media_url=http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/americananimals\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/americananimals\/American_Animals_Ep33.mp3\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of American Animals, Ian McCall rejoins Erik Apple to discuss all of the biggest stories in the world of MMA. 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