{"id":72377,"date":"2013-10-29T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T17:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=72377"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:38:00","slug":"kawajiri-eyes-swanson-as-opponent-in-ufc-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/kawajiri-eyes-swanson-as-opponent-in-ufc-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawajiri Eyes Swanson As Opponent In UFC Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kawajiri.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kawajiri.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"kawajiri\" width=\"390\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kawajiri.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kawajiri-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kawajiri-362x250.png 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New UFC signee and top Japanese import, Tatsuya Kawajiri, is not looking for an easy path in his climb up the UFC ladder.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian star has his eyes set on a top 3 featherweight opponent for his debut in what would be a potential matchup for revenge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/report-tatsuya-kawajiri-signs-with-ufc-and-looks-for-fight-on-january-card-in-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The signing of Kawajiri was made public just a few short weeks ago<\/a> and it is unclear at this time when the promotion will debut their newest signee.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Tatsuya said when asked about who he wants as his first UFC opponent:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TitaniumRhino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TitaniumRhino<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joerogan<\/a> I want to fight with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CubSwanson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CubSwanson<\/a>. He won the hiroyuki takaya in WEC. Takaya is my friend.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u5ddd\u5c3b\u9054\u4e5ftatsuya kawajiri (@CRUSHER_MMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRUSHER_MMA\/status\/393998751850704896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New UFC signee and top Japanese import, Tatsuya Kawajiri, is not looking for an easy path in his climb up the UFC ladder. The Asian star has his eyes set on a top 3 featherweight opponent for his debut in what would be a potential matchup for revenge. The signing of Kawajiri was made public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":72381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[11,649,879,15,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kawajiri Eyes Swanson As Opponent In UFC Debut | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/kawajiri-eyes-swanson-as-opponent-in-ufc-debut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kawajiri Eyes Swanson As Opponent In UFC Debut | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New UFC signee and top Japanese import, Tatsuya Kawajiri, is not looking for an easy path in his climb up the UFC ladder. 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