{"id":290433,"date":"2018-11-06T03:11:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T11:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=290433"},"modified":"2018-11-06T03:11:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T11:11:27","slug":"video-shaq-battles-forrest-griffin-claudia-gadelha-while-dana-white-refs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-shaq-battles-forrest-griffin-claudia-gadelha-while-dana-white-refs\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Shaq battles Forrest Griffin, Claudia Gadelha while Dana White refs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"fhWTnrVT\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bigchickenshaqshow\/videos\/571942693236848\/\" data-width=\"500\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bigchickenshaqshow\/videos\/571942693236848\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bigchickenshaqshow\/videos\/571942693236848\/\">Shaq Takes The Octagon!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch Shaquille O&#039; Neal enter the cage with UFC fighters, Forrest Griffin and Claudinha Gadelha, as Dana White refs the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2211810742169272\">Big Chicken Shaq<\/a> on Thursday, November 1, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Retired NBA legend Shaquille O&#8217;Neal has been an MMA fan for years. &#8216;Shaq&#8217; has even talked about competing in the sport \u2014 against Hong Man Choi \u2014 in the past. That said, he has never actually fought before.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, he came pretty close to doing so as he stepped into the UFC&#8217;s Octagon for a bit of grappling with Forrest Griffin. Watch this showdown, which was refereed by UFC President Dana White and ultimately finished by UFC strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha, in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to<a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2018\/11\/shaq-forrest-griffin-ufc-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> FTW<\/a> shortly after this video was shot, Shaq divulged that his priority in this MMA foray was simply not being submitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was only worried about not getting submitted,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing it (MMA) but not on the level he has so I just had to stay safe and play it safe. But he was a strong fella and he said the same thing about me. 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