{"id":40963,"date":"2011-03-06T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-says-he-is-mma-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/articles\/arnold-schwarzenegger-says-he-is-mma-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is MMA Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently interviewed at the Arnold Classic 2011, and one of the hot topics was his \"love\" of MMA. Apparently Arnold was at some recent Strikeforce weigh-ins to promote the event, which is why this topic came up.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Arnold told the cameras that he loves the MMA because of the nice mix between sport and show business that's offered. He also said something about how the fans are interesting too, and their energy brings a lot to the matches.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing that Schwarzenegger discussed was how he watches a lot of the old fights on tape. This caught me by surprise because it's mostly the big fans of MMA that do this. In being an MMA fan myself, it's nice to see that one of the most famous bodybuilders of all-time enjoys the sport as much as I do.<\/p>\n<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently interviewed at the Arnold Classic 2011, and one of the hot topics was his &#8220;love&#8221; of MMA. Apparently Arnold was at some recent Strikeforce weigh-ins to promote the event, which is why this topic came up. 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