{"id":92175,"date":"2014-04-03T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=92175"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:54:18","slug":"quick-twitt-muhammad-ali-to-dana-white-am-i-the-first-mma-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/quick-twitt-muhammad-ali-to-dana-white-am-i-the-first-mma-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TWITT | Muhammad Ali To Dana White: Am I The First MMA Fighter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-muhammad-ali-to-dana-white-am-i-the-first-mma-fighter\/screen-shot-2014-04-03-at-3-45-21-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92176\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92176\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-03 at 3.45.21 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-03-at-3.45.21-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-03-at-3.45.21-PM.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-03-at-3.45.21-PM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-03-at-3.45.21-PM-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, boxing great Muhammad Ali, took to twitter to ask UFC President Dana White if his 1976 Mixed Rules bout against Antonio Inoki qualified him as the first ever Mixed Martial Artist.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>What you think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\">@DanaWhite<\/a>? Muhammad Ali &#8211; the original <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23MMA&amp;src=hash\">#MMA<\/a> fighter? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/V5kVdkzEzt\">pic.twitter.com\/V5kVdkzEzt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Muhammad Ali (@MuhammadAli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuhammadAli\/statuses\/451739286824423425\">April 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>White responded with:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuhammadAli\">@MuhammadAli<\/a> U sir are the original EVERYTHING! Ur the reason combat sports is where it is 2day Greatest tweet ive ever recieved Im honored<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana White (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/statuses\/451775996929122304\">April 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, boxing great Muhammad Ali, took to twitter to ask UFC President Dana White if his 1976 Mixed Rules bout against Antonio Inoki qualified him as the first ever Mixed Martial Artist. Check it: What you think @DanaWhite? Muhammad Ali &#8211; the original #MMA fighter? @ufc pic.twitter.com\/V5kVdkzEzt &mdash; Muhammad Ali (@MuhammadAli) April 3, 2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":92176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[255,11,649,5915,15,16],"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>QUICK TWITT | Muhammad Ali To Dana White: Am I The First MMA Fighter? | 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\/quick-twitt-muhammad-ali-to-dana-white-am-i-the-first-mma-fighter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"QUICK TWITT | Muhammad Ali To Dana White: Am I The First MMA Fighter? | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earlier today, boxing great Muhammad Ali, took to twitter to ask UFC President Dana White if his 1976 Mixed Rules bout against Antonio Inoki qualified him as the first ever Mixed Martial Artist. 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