{"id":37715,"date":"2012-09-29T11:31:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T18:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=37715"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:32:07","slug":"strikeforce-contender-pat-healy-ready-to-wait-for-melendez-recovery-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/strikeforce-contender-pat-healy-ready-to-wait-for-melendez-recovery-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Strikeforce Contender Pat Healy Ready To Wait For Melendez Recovery | MMA NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/2012\/09\/29\/strikeforce-contender-pat-healy-ready-to-wait-for-melendez-recovery-mma-news-37715.html\/healy-new-site-7\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37717\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/healy-new-site1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"healy new site\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37717\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJust a few short weeks ago, life was good for Strikeforce lightweight contender Pat Healy.<\/p>\n<p>With a good training camp behind him that included time in Hawaii with MMA legend BJ Penn and former Strikeforce champion Josh Thomson, Healy was ready to shock the world and end the Melendez Hype. <\/p>\n<p>As we all now know, he isn&#8217;t getting the chance to do that anymore, at least not when he had hoped, but he is prepared to wait it out. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like this was my moment,&#8221; Healy told MMA Weekly. &#8220;The shot I&#8217;ve worked so hard for and then for it to just be gone the week of the fight. 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