{"id":64602,"date":"2013-07-19T09:18:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=64602"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:56:32","slug":"matt-hughes-how-can-these-guys-complain-about-their-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-hughes-how-can-these-guys-complain-about-their-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hughes: &#8216;How Can These Guys Complain About Their Pay&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script height=\"360px\" width=\"630px\" src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/iframe.js#pbid=MDYzZmYzZjIwNTA0YjI4Y2YyM2JmNTgw&#038;ec=5wazk5ZDrPmqqqHICTR7UeqbAJe8nYep\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You go back to when I first started. These guys are making as much now as I did when I won the belt,&#8221; Hughes said. &#8220;How can these guys complain about their pay? I don&#8217;t understand it. I really don&#8217;t. 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