{"id":44510,"date":"2012-11-06T08:12:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=44510"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:28:38","slug":"video-ufc-stars-react-to-the-recent-drug-testing-failures-in-the-ufc-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/video-ufc-stars-react-to-the-recent-drug-testing-failures-in-the-ufc-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | UFC Stars React To The Recent Drug Testing Failures In The UFC | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springboardplatform.com\/js\/overlay\"><\/script><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"bjpn001_593943\" src=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SVzxyL\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"480\" height=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rampage Jackson: &#8220;Honestly I don&#8217;t think a person who tests positive for marijuana should be penalized in an athletic sport, because he&#8217;s already penalizing himself by taking the marijuana. 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