{"id":4058,"date":"2025-06-11T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:17:08","slug":"4058","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=4058","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s when Sofia met him \u2014 not as the champion he once was, but as the man he had become. And to her, he was everything.<\/p>\n<p>Their connection was real. 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