{"id":182559,"date":"2016-01-15T02:13:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=182559"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:21:32","slug":"matt-mitrione-does-media-appearance-barefooted-because-shoes-were-not-reeboks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-mitrione-does-media-appearance-barefooted-because-shoes-were-not-reeboks\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mitrione does media appearance barefooted because shoes were not Reeboks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFN 81: Matt Mitrione explains why he has decided to fight out his UFC contract\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SPNS3RJOLBw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/matt-mitrione-thinks-its-ridiculous-paige-and-sage-both-get-paid-more-than-he-does\/\">Matt Mitrione<\/a> did the best he could on the fly to appease the heads monitoring the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/joe-rogan-reacts-to-reebok-merchandise-mistakes\/\">Reebok and UFC<\/a> sponsorship deal. The UFC heavyweight veteran appeared barefooted for the media and spoke with Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting wearing &#8220;Js&#8221; and a polo shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Mitrione would have to take his shoes off and cover his polo with a Reebok jacket to be in uniform code and perhaps avoid a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/rafael-dos-anjos-discloses-the-amount-of-his-significant-fine-from-reebok\/\">fine from Reebok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video above as he sheds some light on the situation as well as his upcoming fight with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-travis-browne-breaks-down-his-favorite-techniques\/\">Travis Browne<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-fight-night-81-full-card-nearly-finalized\/\">UFC Fight Night 81<\/a> in Boston on Jan 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Matt Mitrione did the best he could on the fly to appease the heads monitoring the Reebok and UFC sponsorship deal. 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