{"id":292359,"date":"2018-11-22T20:03:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T04:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=292359"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:12:02","slug":"dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says the UFC has &#8216;huge plans&#8217; for Alexander Volkanovski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 232 on December 29 plays host to plenty of great matchups to close out the year. One of which happens to take place at 145-pounds as top contenders Alexander Volkanovski and Chad Mendes face off.<\/p>\n<p>For the former two-time title challenger in Mendes, this will be only his second fight since returning from a two-year suspension in July.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Volkanovski also happened to fight and get a victory on the card that Mendes returned at in Boise, Idaho. After Volkanovski&#8217;s biggest career win over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-elkins\/ufc-st-louis-results-darren-elkins-delivers-another-epic-comeback-win-highlights\/\">Darren Elkins<\/a>, he immediately asked for a bout with the Team Alpha Male staple in Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>Well, UFC president Dana White liked it enough to make it happen and the boss thinks a bright future awaits the Aussie as he told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/ufc-232-alexander-volkanovski-earns-shot-at-chad-mendes-in-denver\/news-story\/59687595149387c47ce9ade45b50108a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DailyTelegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cAbsolutely love him. He\u2019s undefeated, and an awesome fighter. And that match up with Mendes, yeah, it\u2019s done. It\u2019s going to be a massive test but now, to be fighting on a card in Las Vegas&#8230;we have huge plans for the guy.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 18-1 Alexander Volkanovski has won five straight bouts in the UFC since making his promotional debut in November 2016. His grind\u00a0style and powerful mix of wrestling and boxing has proven unmatched for everyone he&#8217;s fought so far. Which just makes this match all the more intriguing.<\/p>\n<p>Chad Mendes has never been out-grappled in his lengthy career, but if anyone is going to try and change that, it certainly could be the Aussie.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the rest of the stacked <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ufc-releases-thrilling-promo-for-jon-jones-vs-alexander-gustafsson-ufc-232-rematch\/\">UFC 232<\/a> card currently shakes out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Light Heavyweight &#8211; 205lbs: (C) &#8211; Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Featherweight &#8211; 145lbs: (C)Cris Cyborg vs. (BW C)Amanda Nunes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Welterweight &#8211; 170lbs: Carlos Condit vs. Michael Chiesa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Light Heavyweight &#8211; 205lbs: Ilir Latifi vs. Corey Anderson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Featherweight: Chad Mendes vs. Alexander Volkanovski<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Heavyweight &#8211; 207-265lbs: Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Featherweight: Cat Zingano vs. Megan Anderson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bantamweight &#8211; 135lbs: Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Petr Yan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lightweight &#8211; 155lbs: BJ Penn vs. Ryan Hall<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bantamweight: Nathaniel Wood vs. TBD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Middleweight &#8211; 185lbs: Uriah Hall vs. Bevon Lewis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Welterweight: Curtis Millender vs. Siyar Bahadurzada<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 11\/22\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 232 on December 29 plays host to plenty of great matchups to close out the year. One of which happens to take place at 145-pounds as top contenders Alexander Volkanovski and Chad Mendes face off. For the former two-time title challenger in Mendes, this will be only his second fight since returning from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54445,"featured_media":277026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,39610],"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>Dana White says the UFC has &#039;huge plans&#039; for Alexander Volkanovski | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC 232 plays host to several excellent matchups. One in particular happens to feature top 145er Alexander Volkanovski who Dana White speaks very highly of.\" \/>\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\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White says the UFC has &#039;huge plans&#039; for Alexander Volkanovski | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC 232 plays host to several excellent matchups. One in particular happens to feature top 145er Alexander Volkanovski who Dana White speaks very highly of.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-23T04:03:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-28T00:12:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alexander-Volkanovski.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Drake Riggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrakeRiggs_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Drake Riggs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Drake Riggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/cb9453802ca47ce42b30bfa92ade0bc7\"},\"headline\":\"Dana White says the UFC has &#8216;huge plans&#8217; for Alexander Volkanovski\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-23T04:03:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-28T00:12:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\"},\"wordCount\":373,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Dana White\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\",\"name\":\"Dana White says the UFC has 'huge plans' for Alexander Volkanovski | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-23T04:03:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-28T00:12:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"UFC 232 plays host to several excellent matchups. One in particular happens to feature top 145er Alexander Volkanovski who Dana White speaks very highly of.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Dana White says the UFC has &#8216;huge plans&#8217; for Alexander Volkanovski\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/cb9453802ca47ce42b30bfa92ade0bc7\",\"name\":\"Drake Riggs\",\"description\":\"Drake Riggs is an MMA writer based out of Brush Prairie, Washington, USA who specializes in feature pieces, the women's fight scene, lists, news coverage, and rankings. He has been a passionate fan of MMA ever since 2009. Drake has most notably written for BJPenn.com, FanSided, The Body Lock, South China Morning Post, MyMMANews, WhatCulture, Cageside Press, Sherdog, The Scrap, and MMA Today. He has also written for and created video content for RT Sport. As for other sports, Drake is a longtime fan of the NFL's Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @DrakeRiggs_ . Also check out all of his video content on YouTube at YouTube.com\/DrakeRiggs where he uploads fighter interviews, podshows, and various other types of content.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/drakeriggs.journoportfolio.com\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drakeriggs_\",\"Drake Riggs\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrakeRiggs_\",\"YouTube.com\/Drake Riggs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/drake\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dana White says the UFC has 'huge plans' for Alexander Volkanovski | BJPenn.com","description":"UFC 232 plays host to several excellent matchups. One in particular happens to feature top 145er Alexander Volkanovski who Dana White speaks very highly of.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dana White says the UFC has 'huge plans' for Alexander Volkanovski | BJPenn.com","og_description":"UFC 232 plays host to several excellent matchups. One in particular happens to feature top 145er Alexander Volkanovski who Dana White speaks very highly of.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2018-11-23T04:03:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-11-28T00:12:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alexander-Volkanovski.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Drake Riggs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrakeRiggs_","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Drake Riggs","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/"},"author":{"name":"Drake Riggs","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/cb9453802ca47ce42b30bfa92ade0bc7"},"headline":"Dana White says the UFC has &#8216;huge plans&#8217; for Alexander Volkanovski","datePublished":"2018-11-23T04:03:59+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-28T00:12:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/"},"wordCount":373,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Dana White","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/","name":"Dana White says the UFC has 'huge plans' for Alexander Volkanovski | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-23T04:03:59+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-28T00:12:02+00:00","description":"UFC 232 plays host to several excellent matchups. One in particular happens to feature top 145er Alexander Volkanovski who Dana White speaks very highly of.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-the-ufc-has-huge-plans-for-alexander-volkanovski\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Dana White says the UFC has &#8216;huge plans&#8217; for Alexander Volkanovski"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/cb9453802ca47ce42b30bfa92ade0bc7","name":"Drake Riggs","description":"Drake Riggs is an MMA writer based out of Brush Prairie, Washington, USA who specializes in feature pieces, the women's fight scene, lists, news coverage, and rankings. He has been a passionate fan of MMA ever since 2009. Drake has most notably written for BJPenn.com, FanSided, The Body Lock, South China Morning Post, MyMMANews, WhatCulture, Cageside Press, Sherdog, The Scrap, and MMA Today. He has also written for and created video content for RT Sport. As for other sports, Drake is a longtime fan of the NFL's Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @DrakeRiggs_ . Also check out all of his video content on YouTube at YouTube.com\/DrakeRiggs where he uploads fighter interviews, podshows, and various other types of content.","sameAs":["https:\/\/drakeriggs.journoportfolio.com\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drakeriggs_","Drake Riggs","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrakeRiggs_","YouTube.com\/Drake Riggs"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/drake\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54445"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}