{"id":385744,"date":"2021-05-18T20:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T03:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=385744"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T23:22:03","slug":"yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Yan Xiaonan didn&#8217;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#8216;what she did is just separating people&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rose Namajunas drummed up some controversy ahead of her title tilt with Zhang Weili at UFC 261. For Zhang&#8217;s fellow China native and top strawweight contender, Yan Xiaonan, the comments could have been done without.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Lithuanian-based media before UFC 261, Namajunas would talk about her background and the upcoming matchup with Zhang. Ultimately it led to the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/rose-namajunas-takes-political-jab-at-weili-zhang-ahead-of-ufc-261-better-dead-than-red\/\">now-infamous &#8220;better dead than red&#8221; comment<\/a> which was a political insinuation. Yan believes the result of the comments did the opposite of what they should have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like that, I don&#8217;t think she should bring politics into sport,&#8221; Yan told South China Morning Post regarding Namajunas&#8217; comments. &#8220;Sports is a way to unite people but what she did is just separating people. I don&#8217;t like that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody can have her or his own thoughts, she can say what she wants but she can not change anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dmxg5wxfqgb4u.cloudfront.net\/styles\/background_image_xl\/s3\/2020-11\/Hero%20Image%20-%20Yan%20Xiaonan%20of%20China%20celebrates%20after%20defeating%20Karolina%20Kowalkiewicz%20in%20their%20strawweight%20bout%20during%20the%20UFC%20Fight%20Night%20event%20at%20Spark%20Arena%20on%20February%2023%2C%202020.jpg?null&amp;h=d1cb525d&amp;itok=1A3yuOVk\" alt=\"Yan Xiaonan\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PhotoCred: UFC (Yan Xiaonan celebrates a victory)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former champion in Namajunas would end up going on to knock out Zhang in just 78 seconds to become the first two-time female champion in UFC history. Dana White expressed interest in making an immediate rematch following UFC 261&#8217;s conclusion but if that will happen remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Yan Xiaonan (13-1) currently sits comfortably at the No. 3 spot in the UFC strawweight rankings and rides a strong six-fight winning streak in the promotion. This Saturday night at UFC Vegas 27 she takes on the inaugural champion of the division, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carla_Esparza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carla Esparza<\/a>, in what she expects to be a fight that will decide the next challenger for Namajunas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited about this,&#8221; Yan said. &#8220;I&#8217;m just step by step getting closer to the position of what I expected. So now I&#8217;m in the co-main event, maybe one more step to my ultimate goal to be a main eventer.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rose Namajunas drummed up some controversy ahead of her title tilt with Zhang Weili at UFC 261. For Zhang&#8217;s fellow China native and top strawweight contender, Yan Xiaonan, the comments could have been done without. In an interview with Lithuanian-based media before UFC 261, Namajunas would talk about her background and the upcoming matchup with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54445,"featured_media":385746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10651,39610,39687],"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>Yan Xiaonan didn&#039;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#039;what she did is just separating people&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Comments from Rose Namajunas prior to her Zhang Weili title tilt drummed up controversy. For Yan Xiaonan, she could have done without them.\" \/>\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\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yan Xiaonan didn&#039;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#039;what she did is just separating people&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Comments from Rose Namajunas prior to her Zhang Weili title tilt drummed up controversy. For Yan Xiaonan, she could have done without them.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-05-19T03:23:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-04T23:22:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose-Namajunas-Zhang-Weili-Yan-Xiaonan.jpg\" \/>\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\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Drake Riggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/cb9453802ca47ce42b30bfa92ade0bc7\"},\"headline\":\"Yan Xiaonan didn&#8217;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#8216;what she did is just separating people&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T03:23:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-04T23:22:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Rose Namajunas\",\"UFC\",\"Weili Zhang\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\",\"name\":\"Yan Xiaonan didn't like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, 'what she did is just separating people'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T03:23:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-04T23:22:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Comments from Rose Namajunas prior to her Zhang Weili title tilt drummed up controversy. For Yan Xiaonan, she could have done without them.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#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\":\"Rose Namajunas\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Yan Xiaonan didn&#8217;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#8216;what she did is just separating people&#8217;\"}]},{\"@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":"Yan Xiaonan didn't like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, 'what she did is just separating people'","description":"Comments from Rose Namajunas prior to her Zhang Weili title tilt drummed up controversy. For Yan Xiaonan, she could have done without them.","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\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yan Xiaonan didn't like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, 'what she did is just separating people'","og_description":"Comments from Rose Namajunas prior to her Zhang Weili title tilt drummed up controversy. For Yan Xiaonan, she could have done without them.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2021-05-19T03:23:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-04T23:22:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose-Namajunas-Zhang-Weili-Yan-Xiaonan.jpg","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\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/"},"author":{"name":"Drake Riggs","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/cb9453802ca47ce42b30bfa92ade0bc7"},"headline":"Yan Xiaonan didn&#8217;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#8216;what she did is just separating people&#8217;","datePublished":"2021-05-19T03:23:50+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-04T23:22:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/"},"wordCount":327,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Rose Namajunas","UFC","Weili Zhang"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/","name":"Yan Xiaonan didn't like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, 'what she did is just separating people'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-19T03:23:50+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-04T23:22:03+00:00","description":"Comments from Rose Namajunas prior to her Zhang Weili title tilt drummed up controversy. For Yan Xiaonan, she could have done without them.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/yan-xiaonan-didnt-like-rose-namajunas-bringing-politics-into-fight-with-zhang-weili-what-she-did-is-just-separating-people\/#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":"Rose Namajunas","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Yan Xiaonan didn&#8217;t like Rose Namajunas bringing politics into fight with Zhang Weili, &#8216;what she did is just separating people&#8217;"}]},{"@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\/385744"}],"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=385744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}