{"id":107998,"date":"2014-08-11T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T00:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=107998"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:26:53","slug":"saffiedine-disses-macdonald-says-he-has-no-kickboxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/saffiedine-disses-macdonald-says-he-has-no-kickboxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Saffiedine Disses MacDonald, Says He Has No Kickboxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/tarec-saffiedine-joins-bjpenn-com-radio-tonight-wed-500-pm-pt\/tarec\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58281\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TAREC.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"TAREC\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TAREC.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TAREC-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TAREC-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tarec Safiedine is gearing up for his fight against Rory MacDonald in October at UFC Fight Night 54, which will take place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, California.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1OiyXFXRSUk&#038;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a> to explain why he will defeat MacDonald:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You are as good as your last fight, right? So when I watch his fight against Tyron, you know he did good, nothing to take away from him, but while I was watching that fight, man I was like &#8216;man I can beat that guy.&#8217; The way he moves, the way he throws his punches, the way he set up his kicks, the way he sets up take downs, you know I truly believe I have the skills and the mindset to beat him, and that is one of the reasons I asked for that fight as well. And you know, he&#8217;s a technical fighter, he can keep the same pace as the fight goes on, he has no kickboxing, his kicks are okay, his wrestling&#8217;s not bad, but I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to be able to take me down. And I think you know, I match up pretty well with him as far as technique. If I&#8217;ve got a good game plan, and I have a pretty good idea of what I&#8217;m gonna do, If I stick to it, I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;m going to get the W. 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