{"id":108765,"date":"2014-08-18T09:09:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=108765"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:41:17","slug":"legendary-surfer-kelly-slater-talks-about-his-love-for-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/legendary-surfer-kelly-slater-talks-about-his-love-for-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Surfer Kelly Slater Talks About His Love For MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/legendary-surfer-kelly-slater-talks-about-his-love-for-mma\/kelly-slater\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108766\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kelly-slater.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"kelly slater\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kelly-slater.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kelly-slater-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kelly-slater-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legendary surfer Kelly Slater, who is signed to RVCA, much like Vitor Belfort and our very own BJ Penn.  It&#8217;s only fitting that he is an MMA fan.  <\/p>\n<p>He spoke about his love for MMA, how people see it as brutality, and even gives his pick for Weidman vs. Belfort.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI love the sport,\u201d Slater recently told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/08\/video-legendary-surfer-kelly-slater-talks-about-his-love-of-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA TODAY Sports<\/a>. \u201cI think people who don\u2019t understand the sport see it as brutality. They don\u2019t understand the chess match, and the natural skill that&#8217;s going into it.  The lifelong dedication to the art. (Fighters) understand the danger.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m a little biased just because I&#8217;ve been friends with Vitor but I&#8217;ve watched a lot of YouTube stuff of Weidman. I haven&#8217;t seen him in person, a lot of friends have seen them both in person.  I personally think Vitor is too powerful and fast, Weidman&#8217;s wrestling is amazing, his JiuJitsu is world class, really good top game.  All that being said I think it will be a good match, but I&#8217;m hoping for a Vitor knockout.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf I was going to put a dream match together right now, I\u2019d probably want to see Jon Jones and Cain Velasquez fight,\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary surfer Kelly Slater, who is signed to RVCA, much like Vitor Belfort and our very own BJ Penn. It&#8217;s only fitting that he is an MMA fan. 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