{"id":202228,"date":"2016-08-27T15:34:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T22:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202228"},"modified":"2016-08-27T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T22:34:46","slug":"georges-st-pierre-reacts-to-teammate-rory-macdonald-signing-with-bellator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-reacts-to-teammate-rory-macdonald-signing-with-bellator\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre reacts to teammate Rory MacDonald signing with Bellator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald made waves last week when he announced that he had &#8216;jumped ship&#8217; and signed with Bellator MMA.<\/p>\n<p>The top ranked welterweight fighter revealed his reasons for leaving the UFC during last night&#8217;s Bellator 160 press conference (watch <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/video-rory-macdonald-tired-ufc-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>MacDonald&#8217;s teammate and former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre had the following reaction to &#8220;The Red King&#8217;s&#8221; decision to sign with Bellator:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GSP&#39;s reaction to Rory MacDonald signing with Bellator MMA.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9cJPYjinln\">https:\/\/t.co\/9cJPYjinln<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zVpdlp4nb5\">pic.twitter.com\/zVpdlp4nb5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandhuMMA\/status\/769661773259608064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Were you at all surprised that Rory MacDonald decided to sign with Bellator over the UFC? Who would you like to see Rory fight first in the promotion? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald made waves last week when he announced that he had &#8216;jumped ship&#8217; and signed with Bellator MMA. The top ranked welterweight fighter revealed his reasons for leaving the UFC during last night&#8217;s Bellator 160 press conference (watch here). 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