{"id":223464,"date":"2017-02-17T06:44:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=223464"},"modified":"2017-02-17T06:45:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:45:24","slug":"robert-whittaker-gegard-mousasi-ill-fight-bloody-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-gegard-mousasi-ill-fight-bloody-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker on Gegard Mousasi: I’ll fight him “after my bloody holiday”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, a frustrated Gegard Mousasi put the majority of the UFC middleweight division on blast<\/a>, criticizing its elite players for not accepting a fight with him. One fighter who took a hit in the Dutchman’s scathing rant was Australian contender Robert Whittaker, who has been enjoying a bit of time off with family in the first months of the new year.\u00a0Apparently, Mousasi isn’t impressed by the Australian’s hiatus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“[Robert] Whittaker wants to go on holiday for seven months,” Mousasi told FOX Sports<\/a> back in January. “I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s up to. I\u2019m looking for a fight.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a recent episode of Submission Radio<\/a>, Whittaker responded to this jab from Mousasi, explaining that he feels no guilt about enjoying some time off with his family, and that he’ll happily fight the Dutchman when he’s ready to return to competition.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m happy to fight after April,” he said. “If I have to fight sooner I will, but you know, I think April is a good time. Looking at dates after April I think are good for me because my family would have settled down, and I heard Mousasi say that I\u2019m having a long holiday \u2013 and I am, I am, I\u2019m enjoying it. It\u2019s not up to him when I\u2019m gonna stop my holiday.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think people that know me know I\u2019m not scared of anyone. I\u2019m not ducking anyone. I\u2019ll fight him very well after my bloody holiday.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since his criticism of Whittaker, of course, Mousasi has been booked for a fight with former champ Chris Weidman, which will go down at UFC 210 in Buffalo, New York. During his appearance on Submission Radio, Whittaker assured that he’s happy to watch Mousasi and Weidman duke it out while his vacation winds down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy to let them slug it out,” he said. “I\u2019m happy to let them just throw down with each other. I\u2019m not going anywhere. I\u2019m here. Every time I\u2019m not fighting I\u2019m just increasing my skillset and just getting better at what I do and I\u2019m getting more efficient at my training. So if I get them beforehand or I get to them after, it doesn\u2019t bother me. I\u2019ll end up getting to everyone.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who do you think would win a fight between Robert Whittaker and Gegard Mousasi? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/17\/2017.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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