{"id":246996,"date":"2017-08-17T16:12:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246996"},"modified":"2017-08-17T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:12:05","slug":"jorge-masvidal-wonderboy-ufc-217-msg-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jorge-masvidal\/jorge-masvidal-wonderboy-ufc-217-msg-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Jorge Masvidal vs. Stephen Thompson Set for UFC 217"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It may not compare to last year&#8217;s UFC debut at Madison Square Garden, but UFC 217 is definitely stacked. According to Jorge Masvidal, after a little bit of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/jorge-masvidal-wonderboy-ufc-217-fight\/\">social media trash talk<\/a>, the huge event just got more violent. On his Twitter, Gamebred announced that he and &#8220;Wonderbread&#8221; Stephen Thompson will fight each other to see who can get back in the title contention. Holy crap, it&#8217;s going to be Miami backyard brawlin&#8217; going toe-to-head with down South Karate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The violence you all have asked for is finally going down nov 4th &#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wonderbread?src=hash\">#wonderbread<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hoslapseason?src=hash\">#hoslapseason<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/makenycgreatagain?src=hash\">#makenycgreatagain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamebredFighter\/status\/898314800060547072\">August 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237414 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jorge-Masvidal-Stephen-Thompson.jpg\" alt=\"Jorge Masvidal vs. Stephen Thompson\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jorge-Masvidal-Stephen-Thompson.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jorge-Masvidal-Stephen-Thompson-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jorge-Masvidal-Stephen-Thompson-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jorge-Masvidal-Stephen-Thompson-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bout order hasn&#8217;t been resolved yet and anything is bound to happen between now and then, but with two championship fights on the line, Jorge Masvidal (#4) and Stephen Thompson&#8217;s (#1) clash might land right before them. Both are coming off loses \u2014 Masvidal to title challenger Demian Maia and Thompson to the champion himself \u2014 so the one with the win here get right back up there with Tyron Woodley to see who can challenge for that UFC welterweight gold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC 217 card so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Bisping <em>(c)<\/em> vs Georges St-Pierre<\/li>\n<li>Cody Garbrandt <em>(c)<\/em> vs TJ Dillashaw<\/li>\n<li>Jorge Masvidal vs Stephen Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Aiemann Zahabi vs\u00a0Ricardo Ramos<\/li>\n<li>Johny Hendricks vs\u00a0Paulo Borrachinha<\/li>\n<li>Oleksiy Olynik vs Curtis Blaydes<\/li>\n<li>Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs Ion Cuteleba<\/li>\n<li>Corey Anderson vs Patrick Cummins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a>\u00a0on 8\/17\/2017.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It may not compare to last year&#8217;s UFC debut at Madison Square Garden, but UFC 217 is definitely stacked. 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