{"id":303538,"date":"2019-02-26T06:53:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303538"},"modified":"2019-02-26T06:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:56:08","slug":"dustin-poirier-sends-firm-message-to-nate-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dustin-poirier-sends-firm-message-to-nate-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Poirier sends firm message to Nate Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz were supposed to fight at UFC 230 in November. 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