{"id":114355,"date":"2014-10-05T09:04:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=114355"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:21:37","slug":"saffiedine-has-no-excuses-for-losing-to-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/saffiedine-has-no-excuses-for-losing-to-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Saffiedine Has &#8220;No Excuses&#8221; For Losing To MacDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TAREC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58281\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TAREC.jpg\" alt=\"TAREC\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" 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>Last night in Halifax Nova Scotia, Rory MacDonald picked up a TKO win over Tarec Saffiedine in front of his native Canadian crowd, stopping &#8216;Sponge&#8217; for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Saffiedine spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/10\/after-first-ko-loss-tarec-saffiedine-has-no-excuses-for-ufc-fight-night-54-defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> following the loss:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t really have an excuse, I came prepared, I had a good camp and I was mentally ready and physically ready. I guess Rory did a good job. He imposed his will and his game plan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Those things happen and I just got to go back to the gym and train harder for the next fight. That\u2019s it. I took a loss tonight and I\u2019ve got to come back stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no excuses. I came ready and I just have to go the gym tomorrow and train my butt off for the next one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night in Halifax Nova Scotia, Rory MacDonald picked up a TKO win over Tarec Saffiedine in front of his native Canadian crowd, stopping &#8216;Sponge&#8217; for the first time in his career. 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