{"id":64758,"date":"2013-07-22T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=64758"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:56:19","slug":"joe-lauzon-sounds-off-on-fighter-pay-i-couldnt-be-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/joe-lauzon-sounds-off-on-fighter-pay-i-couldnt-be-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Lauzon Sounds Off On Fighter Pay: &#8216;I Couldn&#8217;t be happier&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/joe-lauzon21.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/joe-lauzon21.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"joe lauzon2\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/joe-lauzon21.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/joe-lauzon21-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/joe-lauzon21-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We\u2019re paid fighters, so getting in to the UFC doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re gonna have this cushy job. 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