{"id":63011,"date":"2013-06-24T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T16:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=63011"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:58:59","slug":"dominick-cruz-faber-nothing-more-than-a-contender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dominick-cruz-faber-nothing-more-than-a-contender\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominick Cruz: Faber Nothing More Than A Contender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cruz-new-site2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cruz-new-site2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cruz-new-site2\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29829\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I&#8217;m one of two people to ever keep Faber from becoming a UFC champion. 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