{"id":67514,"date":"2013-08-27T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=67514"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:52:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:52:29","slug":"ufc-164s-josh-barnett-is-ready-to-rip-frank-mirs-head-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-164s-josh-barnett-is-ready-to-rip-frank-mirs-head-off\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 164&#8217;s Josh Barnett Is Ready To Rip Frank Mir&#8217;s Head Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/barnett-new-site22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/barnett-new-site22.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"barnett new site2\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25371\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I never really paid a whole lot of attention to Frank, particularly or personally. 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