{"id":7021,"date":"2026-01-26T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaspirit.tv\/?page_id=7021"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:31:59","slug":"christian-eckerlin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mmaspirit.tv\/en\/fighter\/christian-eckerlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Eckerlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-narrow pb-3\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christian &#8220;The King of Frankfurt&#8221; Eckerlin<\/strong> is an elite MMA fighter and one of the biggest stars in the German combat sports scene, based at <strong>MMA Spirit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container-narrow pb-3\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former professional footballer has successfully established himself in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. 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