{"id":144206,"date":"2015-05-17T09:52:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=144206"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:26:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:26:52","slug":"gegard-mousasi-fight-with-bisping-makes-sense-going-for-title-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gegard-mousasi-fight-with-bisping-makes-sense-going-for-title-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Gegard Mousasi: &#8216;Fight With Bisping Makes Sense, Going For Title Next Year&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/00_GEGARD_crop_exact.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140118\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/00_GEGARD_crop_exact.png\" alt=\"00_GEGARD_crop_exact\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/00_GEGARD_crop_exact.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/00_GEGARD_crop_exact-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/00_GEGARD_crop_exact-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/00_GEGARD_crop_exact-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi might need to work on his call-outs a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>After his win over Costas Philippou on Saturday, Mousasi said, at the post fight press conference, that he wants a fight with Jacare Souza, but that right now a fight with Michael Bisping sounds good too.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I wanted &#8216;Jacare.&#8217; The only one who makes sense is Michael Bisping.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>But then the fighter said, <em>&#8220;But let&#8217;s not challenge him, because he overreacts.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Either way, he plans on fighting again this year and then fighting again next year before challenging for the title.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping to fight this year. &#8220;I&#8217;d have three wins, and next year maybe one more fight and go for the title. I see myself going for the title, but there are guys ahead of me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ryancmiller1630<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phuket Dreaming Season 2 &#8211; Episode 3: &#8220;Black Dynamite&#8221; (On Location at Phuket Top Team)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phuket Dreaming Season 2 - Episode 3 &quot;Black Dynamite&quot; (On location at Phuket Top Team)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_rPnaSGctg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi might need to work on his call-outs a little bit. 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