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Last night during the preliminary card of UFC 183, Ian McCall lost via to John Lineker via decision.<\/p>\n

What caught the eye of many fans however was when Lineker chose to smile, laugh, and rub his belly during the 3rd round, after missing weight the previous day by 5 pounds.<\/p>\n

He explained his belly-rub at the post-fight press conference through a translator.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019m sorry about that. Maybe people didn\u2019t know, but but he posted on Twitter a fat baby with my face on it, and I just kind of wanted to get back at him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had some difficulty with the weight cut, and it\u2019s something I haven\u2019t figured out. I\u2019m going to go up to 135, and I\u2019m going to make noise there. I\u2019m going to go for the title there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Following Lineker’s failure to make weight, UFC President Dana White said he would have to move up to bantamweight to continue fighting for the UFC.<\/p>\n

Lineker is referring to this picture by McCall.<\/p>\n

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Thank you @ciscoriveraufc for making this for me <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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