{"id":50253,"date":"2013-01-23T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T19:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=50253"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:19:47","slug":"gsp-chose-diaz-over-hendricks-because-he-believes-johny-lost-to-koscheck-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gsp-chose-diaz-over-hendricks-because-he-believes-johny-lost-to-koscheck-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"GSP Chose Diaz Over Hendricks Because He Believes Johny Lost To Koscheck | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSP.jpg.speedilic.ce_.hOCIXM-zaL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSP.jpg.speedilic.ce_.hOCIXM-zaL.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"GSP.jpg.speedilic.ce_.hOCIXM-zaL\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSP.jpg.speedilic.ce_.hOCIXM-zaL.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSP.jpg.speedilic.ce_.hOCIXM-zaL-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSP.jpg.speedilic.ce_.hOCIXM-zaL-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Nick and I were supposed to fight before and this was the big fight that people wanted to see. 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