{"id":284357,"date":"2018-09-06T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284357"},"modified":"2019-04-18T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:08:42","slug":"bjpenn-com-radio-ep-95-leonard-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-95-leonard-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 95 \/\/ Leonard Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"castos-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/bjpenn.castos.com\/player\/75241\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/\"><strong>BJPENN.COM Radio<\/strong><\/a> is back, Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>Our guest for this episode is the one and only <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s=Leonard+garcia\"><strong>Leonard \u201c<em>Bad Boy<\/em>\u201d Garcia<\/strong><\/a>. An athlete who always left his heart and soul in the cage every time he fought and a warrior that gave us some of the most entertaining scraps in MMA history. Following the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/video-donald-cerrone-details-heartbreaking-falling-out-with-jacksonwink\/\">Donald \u201c<em>Cowboy<\/em>\u201d Cerrone would be parting ways with JacksonWink<\/a> and some scathing accusations against the coaching staff, Cerrone became the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/diego-sanchez\/diego-sanchez-defends-jacksonwink-after-donald-cerrones-comments\/\">target for verbal attacks by former teammates such as Diego Sanchez<\/a>. Being that Leonard is incredibly close with \u201c<em>Cowboy<\/em>,\u201d Garcia felt compelled to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/leonard-garcia\/ufc-vet-leonard-garcia-calls-for-bareknuckle-fight-with-diego-sanchez-amid-jacksonwink-drama\/\">defend his longtime friend and challenge Diego to a bare knuckle boxing match.<\/a> In his first interview since retiring from MMA back in 2014, \u201c<em>Bad Boy<\/em>\u201d Garcia gives us his perspective on the situation and explains why he will no longer associate himself with the JacksonWink team. Also, the fan-favorite slugger makes a big announcement regarding his future in combat sports and why he feels this next chapter of fighting was tailor-made for his style. A conversation you don\u2019t want to miss!<\/p>\n<p>All that and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned every week for more of what you crave!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to subscribe and share!<\/p>\n<p><strong>PODCASTS<\/strong> \/\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bjpenn.com-radio-show\/id1196642523?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/bjpenncom-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/BJPENNCOM-Radio-p962268\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJPENN.COM Radio is back, Penn Nation! Our guest for this episode is the one and only Leonard \u201cBad Boy\u201d Garcia. An athlete who always left his heart and soul in the cage every time he fought and a warrior that gave us some of the most entertaining scraps in MMA history. Following the news that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54431,"featured_media":291535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39581,2679],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 95 \/\/ Leonard Garcia | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BJPENN.COM Radio returns with fan-favorite warrior, Leonard Garcia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-95-leonard-garcia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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