{"id":88608,"date":"2014-03-06T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=88608"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:59:49","slug":"fight-night-london-headliner-manuwa-k-o-power-is-god-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/fight-night-london-headliner-manuwa-k-o-power-is-god-given\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Night London Headliner Manuwa: &#8216;K.O. Power is &#8216;God Given&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/manuwa-surprised-gustafsson-didnt-duck-him\/jimi-manuwapng\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77817\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77817\" title=\"Jimi ManuwaPNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jimi-ManuwaPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jimi-ManuwaPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jimi-ManuwaPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jimi-ManuwaPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his biggest test to date, this weekend&#8217;s &#8216;UFC Fight Night London&#8217; headliner, Jimi Manuwa, touched on his punching prowess in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/mma\/post\/_\/id\/20545\/manuwa-on-his-ability-to-hit-harder-than-most\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The light-heavyweight fighter has finished 100% of his opponents with strikes and looks to make Alexander Gustafsson his latest victim.<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson is one-fight away from a rematch with Jon Jones, but Manuwa plans on spoiling that party.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/mma\/post\/_\/id\/20545\/manuwa-on-his-ability-to-hit-harder-than-most\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe used to go to the fairground [funfair], and there\u2019s that punchable thing that measures your power,\u201d Manuwa told ESPN.com. \u201cIt was from one of those that I knew I could punch. My friends would come around, and we\u2019d have competitions. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI broke my hand on them. A couple times.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The thing Manuwa has going for him, though &#8212; and everyone seems willing to agree on this &#8212; is that he possesses devastating, can\u2019t-be-taught, either-you-have-it-or-you-don\u2019t knockout power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s \u201cGod-given,\u201d as Manuwa puts it. When asked if a specific moment stands out when he really knew he had shook someone, Manuwa replied, \u201cI have 14 stoppages. There are a lot of those moments.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of his biggest test to date, this weekend&#8217;s &#8216;UFC Fight Night London&#8217; headliner, Jimi Manuwa, touched on his punching prowess in an interview with ESPN. The light-heavyweight fighter has finished 100% of his opponents with strikes and looks to make Alexander Gustafsson his latest victim. 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