{"id":47600,"date":"2012-12-20T12:48:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=47600"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:22:58","slug":"matt-grice-vs-dennis-bermudez-booked-for-ufc-157-in-anaheim-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-grice-vs-dennis-bermudez-booked-for-ufc-157-in-anaheim-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Grice vs. Dennis Bermudez booked for UFC 157 in Anaheim | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bermudez.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14752\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bermudez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A featherweight\u00a0match-up between Matt Grice (16-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) and Dennis Bermudez (9-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is the latest addition to February&#8217;s stacked\u00a0UFC 157 card.<\/p>\n<p>It was back in June of 2011 that Matt Grice began his second stint in the UFC, this time in the featherweight division. 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