{"id":77769,"date":"2013-12-11T11:57:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=77769"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:22:28","slug":"coach-ludwig-predicting-a-team-alpha-male-sweep-at-ufc-on-fox-9-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/coach-ludwig-predicting-a-team-alpha-male-sweep-at-ufc-on-fox-9-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Ludwig Predicting A Team Alpha Male Sweep At UFC on FOX 9 This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ludwig-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77770\" title=\"ludwig PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ludwig-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ludwig-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ludwig-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ludwig-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTeam Alpha Male is showing out this weekend in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n<p>In their hometown, four of the world-renowned team&#8217;s fighters will be competing on UFC on FOX 9.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Benavidez is competing in the main event for the UFC flyweight title, Urijah Faber fights for a contender slot against Michael McDonald in the co-main event, Chad Mendes looks to make history against Nick Lentz and Danny Castillo has a tough test against Edson Barboza.<\/p>\n<p>Each fighter has a tall order come fight night, but their head coach, Duane Ludwig is predicting a clean sweep from his all-star cast of fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Check it, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/videos\/2013\/12\/10\/5195700\/the-mma-hour-211-duane-ludwig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;The MMA Hour&#8217;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a tighter knit team now. 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