{"id":264487,"date":"2017-11-28T07:14:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264487"},"modified":"2017-11-28T07:14:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:14:32","slug":"gegard-mousasi-trashes-idiot-rory-macdonald-thought-canadians-polite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/gegard-mousasi-trashes-idiot-rory-macdonald-thought-canadians-polite\/","title":{"rendered":"Gegard Mousasi trashes &#8220;idiot&#8221; Rory MacDonald: I thought Canadians were more polite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi stand out as two of the best fighters currently competing under the Bellator MMA banner. Given that they&#8217;re now fighting just a weight class apart, there has ample discussion surrounding a potential fight between them.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KyXSZW36OGk\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Mousasi gave his thoughts on MacDonald, and on a potential super-fight with him. Apparently, that&#8217;s a discussion that can wait for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRory MacDonald can get it himself,\u201d Mousasi said (h\/t Alexander K. Lee of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/11\/27\/16526204\/gegard-mousasi-thinks-rory-macdonald-looks-like-a-mass-murderer-needs-to-shut-his-mouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cLet him win his fight [with Bellator welterweight champ Douglas Lima] and then let him talk. He shouldn\u2019t talk, he\u2019s an idiot. He looks like a mass murderer. He should shut his mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mousasi also addressed MacDonald&#8217;s claim that he should have lost his Bellator debut, a close fight with former champ Alexander Shlemenko.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">shlemenko won that fight clearly, shame he didnt get it officially on the decision<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rory_macdonald\/status\/921580597226737664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Understandably, this comment didn&#8217;t go over well with Mousasi:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a weird guy,\u201d he said. \u201cLet him talk. Let him win his fights. He has his own bad performances, so he shouldn\u2019t talk about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a Canadian, I thought Canadians were more polite with that,\u201d Mousasi continued. \u201cHe looks weird. Let him change his face before he talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, Mousasi says his focus on the Bellator middleweight title, which will be contested at Bellator 190 in Florence, Italy on December 9, when champ Rafael Carvalho will attempt to defend his title against challenger Alessio Sakara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to watch the fight,\u201d Mousasi said. \u201cI\u2019m going to take some time off, and whoever is next, whenever they give me the fight, I\u2019m not in any hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in a fight between Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald, or would you prefer to see the two fighters stick to their respective divisions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 28\/11\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi stand out as two of the best fighters currently competing under the Bellator MMA banner. 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