{"id":454624,"date":"2022-08-01T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=454624"},"modified":"2022-08-01T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T23:00:04","slug":"former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &#8220;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is getting close to hanging the gloves up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Ilimanator&#8217; has been out of the ring since her decision defeat to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/justine-kish\/\">Justine Kish<\/a> in April. The bout was a massive upset and was the second defeat in a row for MacFarlane. She had previously lost her flyweight title to Julianna Velasquez in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/ilima-lei-macfarlane-explains-why-she-felt-relieved-following-first-career-loss-at-bellator-254\/\">losing<\/a> streak, the 32-year-old has experienced a lot over the last few years. MacFarlane has suffered from recent knee, and neck injuries. The latter played a role in her defeat to Kish earlier this year, as she landed in the hospital after the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has discussed her future career plans in an interview with <em>MMAJunkie<\/em>. The flyweight contender revealed she has four fights left on her contract with Bellator. She plans to be the champion when those bouts are completed.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, she plans to retire. In the interview, she revealed her plans to become a mother as one of the reasons for her exit from MMA. MacFarlane also reflected on her career accomplishments and noted she&#8217;s proud of her career.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_295186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-295186\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-295186 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ilima-Lei-MacFarlane.png\" alt=\"Ilima-Lei MacFarlane Hawaii\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ilima-Lei-MacFarlane.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ilima-Lei-MacFarlane-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-295186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Bellator on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI might possibly start having babies after this, so I just want to get through my contract as fast as possible. Right now, I say I want to stop fighting so that I can [raise my kids], because I say, \u2018Where would I have the time to be a mom and be running the gym? And will I have time to train?\u2019 But then you also see badasses like Miesha Tate coming back after having two kids and coming out of retirement. I think everything is possible.\u201d (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/08\/ilima-lei-macfarlane-plans-to-finish-bellator-contract-then-retire-women-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMAJunkie<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"related\">\n<p>Ilima-Lei MacFarlane continued, \u201cI\u2019m not stressing too much. I feel like I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career that I can be proud of, that my team and family can be proud of. So at this point, I just want to have good fights that are fun and entertaining and that put on a good show \u2013 and at the same time, bring awareness to whatever I\u2019m currently fighting for outside the cage. The ideal scenario would be to fight for the belt in my retirement fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you think about Ilima-Lei MacFarlane&#8217;s comments? Sound off in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane is getting close to hanging the gloves up. &#8216;The Ilimanator&#8217; has been out of the ring since her decision defeat to Justine Kish in April. The bout was a massive upset and was the second defeat in a row for MacFarlane. She had previously lost her flyweight title to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54493,"featured_media":295185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,39584],"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>Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &quot;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has revealed her plans to retire after her contract with the promotion expires.\" \/>\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\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &quot;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&quot; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has revealed her plans to retire after her contract with the promotion expires.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\" \/>\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=\"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ilima-Lei-MacFarlan-2.png\" \/>\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\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Josh Evanoff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JoshEvanoff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Josh Evanoff\" \/>\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\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Josh Evanoff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/a26ac275c52a8263a0d86ec5c93fe4a9\"},\"headline\":\"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &#8220;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Bellator\",\"Ilima-Lei MacFarlane\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\",\"name\":\"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: \\\"I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career\\\" | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has revealed her plans to retire after her contract with the promotion expires.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/#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\":\"Bellator\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &#8220;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&#8221;\"}]},{\"@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\/a26ac275c52a8263a0d86ec5c93fe4a9\",\"name\":\"Josh Evanoff\",\"description\":\"21 year old with a passion for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Have written about MMA since 2017, works have appeared on Fox Sports, CagesidePress, Fansided, as well as BJPenn. One-half of the 'Courtside Soundoff' Podcast on Spotify, Podbean, YouTube, and iTunes. Can follow all works @JoshEvanoff on Twitter.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@JoshEvanoff\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/josh-evanoff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: \"I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career\" | BJPenn.com","description":"Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has revealed her plans to retire after her contract with the promotion expires.","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\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: \"I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career\" | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has revealed her plans to retire after her contract with the promotion expires.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ilima-Lei-MacFarlan-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Josh Evanoff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@JoshEvanoff","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Josh Evanoff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/"},"author":{"name":"Josh Evanoff","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/a26ac275c52a8263a0d86ec5c93fe4a9"},"headline":"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &#8220;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&#8221;","datePublished":"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/"},"wordCount":412,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Bellator","Ilima-Lei MacFarlane"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/","name":"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: \"I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career\" | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-01T23:00:04+00:00","description":"Former Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane has revealed her plans to retire after her contract with the promotion expires.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/former-bellator-champion-ilima-lei-macfarlane-reveals-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-ive-already-accomplished-a-lot-in-my-career\/#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":"Bellator","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane reveals plans to retire after contract expires: &#8220;I\u2019ve already accomplished a lot in my career&#8221;"}]},{"@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\/a26ac275c52a8263a0d86ec5c93fe4a9","name":"Josh Evanoff","description":"21 year old with a passion for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Have written about MMA since 2017, works have appeared on Fox Sports, CagesidePress, Fansided, as well as BJPenn. One-half of the 'Courtside Soundoff' Podcast on Spotify, Podbean, YouTube, and iTunes. Can follow all works @JoshEvanoff on Twitter.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/@JoshEvanoff"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/josh-evanoff\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454624"}],"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\/54493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}