{"id":43826,"date":"2012-10-29T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=43826"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:29:17","slug":"gilbert-melendez-still-wants-healy-once-recovered-from-injury-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gilbert-melendez-still-wants-healy-once-recovered-from-injury-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Melendez Still Wants Healy Once Recovered From Injury | MMA NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gilbert3-new-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gilbert3-new-site.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Kawajiri\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gilbert3-new-site.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gilbert3-new-site-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gilbert3-new-site-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been with Gilbert this week. 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