{"id":24951,"date":"2016-07-07T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=24951"},"modified":"2016-07-07T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:26:33","slug":"ufc-200-brock-lesnar-comments-jon-jones-suspension-usa-today-covers-lesnar-2-0-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/07\/ufc-200-brock-lesnar-comments-jon-jones-suspension-usa-today-covers-lesnar-2-0-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 200 &#8211; Brock Lesnar comments on Jon Jones suspension, USA Today covers Lesnar 2.0 in UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4160999752\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>&#8211; Brock Lesnar weighed in on Jon Jones being suspended from UFC 200, shifting Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt to the main event of Saturday&#8217;s UFC PPV.<\/p>\n<p>Lesnar took the approach that it&#8217;s unprofessional and he feels bad for Jones&#8217;s opponent, Daniel Cormier, but it also means he gets the main event money on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s really unprofessional of anybody at this caliber to have something like that happen\u2026 It\u2019s unfortunate, it\u2019s unprofessional. What else do you want me to say? Merry Christmas to Brock Lesnar,&#8221; Lesnar said at Thursday&#8217;s UFC 200 promotional event. 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