{"id":264490,"date":"2017-11-28T08:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264490"},"modified":"2017-11-28T08:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:17:02","slug":"video-matt-mitrione-still-pissed-joe-silva-allegedly-lying-cage-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-mitrione\/video-matt-mitrione-still-pissed-joe-silva-allegedly-lying-cage-size\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Matt Mitrione is Still Pissed About Joe Silva Allegedly Lying About Cage Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvwHFKraU8U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sometime next year, Matt Mitrione and Roy Nelson are going to throw down again in a rematch from 2012. This time though, it won&#8217;t take place in the UFC, it will take place in Bellator&#8217;s heavyweight grand prix. Hopefully, the cage will be as large as possible because Mitrione is definitely not a fan of a small cage. He still holds a grudge against former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, who he accuses of lying to him about the size of the cage in his first fight with Nelson, even claiming he kicked him because of it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"KTodnD\">\u201cOne hundred percent, [Joe Silva lied about the cage]. Because they know I won\u2019t take a fight in that small cage. That\u2019s one of the reasons why, I would always tell them, \u2018what cage is it in?\u2019, \u2018we don\u2019t know what it is yet.\u2019 How can you tell me that\u2019s something you don\u2019t know, when I\u2019m the most mobile heavyweight, and I\u2019m actively saying I don\u2019t want to fight in the small cage? \u2018We don\u2019t know what it is until we figure out the venue. We just know the date.\u2019 That\u2019s some bullsh-t man.\u00a0That\u2019s the reason why I kicked him \u2014 if you go back and watch the film, I kicked Joe Silva in the stomach right after the [Roy Nelson] fight. I literally threw a bodykick and kicked him in the stomach. He\u2019s like \u2018Matt I had gall bladder surgery,\u2019 you shouldn\u2019t have lied to me then.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2017\/11\/28\/16708966\/matt-mitrione-says-he-kicked-ufc-matchmaker-for-lying-to-him-joe-silva-responds-mma\">Matt Mitrione on The MMA Hour.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unless it happened off camera or when the broadcast cut to the replay, there is not a visible kick, so we&#8217;ll have to take Mitrione&#8217;s word on it. As far as Joe Silva, he actually reached out to MMA Fighting to clear up the accusations. He claims that he would never have lied about anything like that and that if he was wrong, it was through no fault of his own. No matter where the truth lies, Matt Mitrione and Roy Nelson will get to run it back again in Bellator.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"ECYD4r\">\u201cI would not lie about such a thing,\u201d Silva said. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason to. I\u2019ve never heard anyone use the excuse the cage was smaller as to why they lost.\u00a0<span>It\u2019s not impossible they made a mistake shipping the wrong Octagon. It\u2019s not impossible they could have given me the wrong information. I don\u2019t even remember this incident in the first place, there was so much going on. But in a situation like that I would get that information from the people who know and pass it on. To say I lied says I did it with intention. Even if I knew the dimensions, with everything we had going on, with so many shows and so many fights to make and so many guys falling out, if I was this evil genius, why would I go out of my way to stick it to Matt Mitrione of all things?\u201d\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/11\/27\/16706620\/joe-silva-responds-to-matt-mitriones-claim-that-silva-lied-about-roy-nelson-fight\">Former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva via MMA Fighting.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><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 11\/28\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime next year, Matt Mitrione and Roy Nelson are going to throw down again in a rematch from 2012. This time though, it won&#8217;t take place in the UFC, it will take place in Bellator&#8217;s heavyweight grand prix. 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