{"id":310092,"date":"2019-04-17T06:07:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T13:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310092"},"modified":"2019-04-17T06:07:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T13:07:22","slug":"suspended-tj-dillashaw-taking-opportunity-to-get-long-needed-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/suspended-tj-dillashaw-taking-opportunity-to-get-long-needed-surgeries\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended TJ Dillashaw taking opportunity to get long-needed surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw recently tested positive for the injectable only performance-enhancing drug EPO, and was suspended for two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as a result. 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