{"id":236048,"date":"2017-05-05T09:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=236048"},"modified":"2017-05-05T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:39:20","slug":"video-bas-rutten-stars-not-say-mma-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-gallery\/video-bas-rutten-stars-not-say-mma-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Bas Rutten stars in &#8216;What not to say to an MMA fighter&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hardcorechampions\/videos\/1907206349564526\/<\/p>\n<p>Every once in a while, fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite fighters. What the interactions occur, sometimes fans default to the same questions for their favorite fighter, such as &#8216;How is your weight cut going?&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>While these types of questions likely are a bit rhetorical for fighters, and get a bit annoying, every once in awhile fans make a surprising request, such as asking if their favorite fighter can hit them, as was the case when Nick Diaz met a fan at a Jiu-Jitsu tournament, and when Carla Esparza was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-former-ufc-champ-carla-esparza-punches-guy-asked\/\">asked to hit a fan<\/a> at a bar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Carla-Esparza.png\" alt=\"Carla Esparza\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Carla-Esparza.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Carla-Esparza-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Carla-Esparza-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Carla-Esparza-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this new video starring UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten, &#8216;El Guapo&#8217; explains what NOT to say to an MMA fighter when you meet them. In addition, Rutten explains what not to do when meeting your favorite fighter, such as scaring them after approaching them unannounced.<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/5\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hardcorechampions\/videos\/1907206349564526\/ Every once in a while, fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite fighters. What the interactions occur, sometimes fans default to the same questions for their favorite fighter, such as &#8216;How is your weight cut going?&#8217; While these types of questions likely are a bit rhetorical for fighters, and get a bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":236049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22040],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Bas Rutten stars in &#039;What not to say to an MMA fighter&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten explains what fans should not say when meeting their favorite fighter in this hilarious video.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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