{"id":202232,"date":"2016-08-28T01:34:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T08:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202232"},"modified":"2016-08-28T01:34:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T08:34:50","slug":"matt-mitrione-to-rory-macdonald-youll-be-happy-here-its-like-it-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-mitrione\/matt-mitrione-to-rory-macdonald-youll-be-happy-here-its-like-it-used-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mitrione to Rory MacDonald: &#8220;You&#8217;ll be happy here in Bellator. 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Welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmitrione\/status\/769668289161228288?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>Rory&#8217;s teammate and former UFC welterweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-reacts-to-teammate-rory-macdonald-signing-with-bellator\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georges St-Pierre had this to say about MacDonald signing with Bellator.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who would you like see Rory MacDonald square off with first in Bellator? Maybe Michael Venom Page? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald recently inked himself a deal with Bellator MMA. 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