{"id":6657,"date":"2018-11-11T07:50:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T07:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6657-mma-gary-goodridge-converts-to-shia-islam\/"},"modified":"2018-11-11T07:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T07:50:18","slug":"mma-gary-goodridge-converts-to-shia-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6657-mma-gary-goodridge-converts-to-shia-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Gary Goodridge converts to Shia Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA legend Garry Goodridge appeared as a guest on the Deen Show, the popular Youtube channel of Eddie Redzovic, owner and instructor of Team Redzovic BJJ in Chicago, and he made an interesting revelation that he \u201crecently converted to Shia Islam\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>MMA legend Garry Goodridge appeared as a guest on the Deen Show, the popular Youtube channel of Eddie Redzovic, owner and instructor of Team Redzovic BJJ in Chicago, and he made an interesting revelation that he \u201crecently converted to Shia Islam\u201d.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Goodridge fought in UFC 8 armed only with his experience on boxing and with less than a month of experience in the art of Kuk Soon Wol.<\/h4>\n<h4>He was also a multiple world arm wrestling champion. 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