{"id":94810,"date":"2014-04-23T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T19:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=94810"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:45:51","slug":"hendo-vs-cormier-official-for-ufc-173-dana-white-breaks-it-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hendo-vs-cormier-official-for-ufc-173-dana-white-breaks-it-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Hendo vs. Cormier Official For UFC 173, Dana White Breaks It Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-white-leaning-towards-dan-henderson-vs-rashad-evans-ufc-news\/hendo-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52889\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52889\" title=\"Hendo\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Hendo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Hendo.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Hendo-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Hendo-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/cormier-vs-henderson-may-be-in-the-works-for-ufc-175\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We reported last month<\/a> that Dan Henderson vs. Daniel Cormier was in the works for an upcoming UFC event, and today that scrap got confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Today, while on ESPN <em>(below)<\/em>, Dana White, the UFC President, confirmed the matchup between the two light-heavyweights and their co-main event status on UFC 173.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 173 was originally slated to feature a middleweight title fight between Vitor Belfort and Chris Weidman. That bout was scrapped weeks ago and now, Renan Barao vs. TJ Dillashaw will serve as the main event.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.espn.com\/player.js?playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&#038;adSetCode=91cDU6NuXTGKz3OdjOxFdAgJVtQcKJnI&#038;pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&#038;width=576&#038;height=324&#038;externalId=espn:10828076&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We reported last month that Dan Henderson vs. Daniel Cormier was in the works for an upcoming UFC event, and today that scrap got confirmed. Today, while on ESPN (below), Dana White, the UFC President, confirmed the matchup between the two light-heavyweights and their co-main event status on UFC 173. UFC 173 was originally slated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":52889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681,2682],"tags":[7901,11,649,755,7900,15,7462,16],"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>Hendo vs. Cormier Official For UFC 173, Dana White Breaks It Down | 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\/hendo-vs-cormier-official-for-ufc-173-dana-white-breaks-it-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hendo vs. Cormier Official For UFC 173, Dana White Breaks It Down | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We reported last month that Dan Henderson vs. Daniel Cormier was in the works for an upcoming UFC event, and today that scrap got confirmed. 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