{"id":304706,"date":"2019-03-07T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=304706"},"modified":"2019-03-07T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T18:07:11","slug":"bas-rutten-explains-what-conor-mcgregor-is-like-off-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/bas-rutten-explains-what-conor-mcgregor-is-like-off-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Bas Rutten explains what Conor McGregor is like off-camera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Conor McGregor has recently been traveling across the United States. During his travels, he&#8217;s popped into a number of notable gyms \u2014 including the home base of former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Submission Radio recently, Bas Rutten detailed what sounds like a pleasant visit with the international superstar Conor McGregor, and explained how the Irishman comports himself in the rare moments when the cameras aren&#8217;t rolling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bas Rutten on Jon Jones at Heavyweight, Colby\/Ali Altercation, Woodley&#039;s Loss, McGregor at His Gym\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkZpS0XOitw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know, he\u2019s always the same,&#8221; Rutten said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/bas-rutten-talks-conor-mcgregor-training-at-his-gym\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA News (opens in a new tab)\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;And I said this to other people, Conor\u2019s a different guy when you see him on TV. He knows exactly when to turn it on and how to talk, and it\u2019s so well done. You know, all the speeches he does, it\u2019s all different. Like, I\u2019m very boring. I prepare something that I\u2019m going to say and will say that in 20 interviews. He\u2019s constantly different with everything that he does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fact that he\u2019s here for business and still works out every single day means that he\u2019s busy and he knows what his fighting is. I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s going to choose, I didn\u2019t want to talk about that. I didn\u2019t want to be the guy who was gonna watch him train and to be there, I just came there to say, hey man, great to have you here. He asked about the belts, they were hanging on the wall, and he said &#8216;my god, that\u2019s the old UFC belts Bas, wow&#8217;, and he remembered they put the Dutch flag on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll these things he knew. And then when I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/bas-rutten-talks-conor-mcgregor-training-at-his-gym\/\">that post [McGregor wrote]<\/a>, I said, wow, that was really nice of him. And not only that, he really went into depth in that. So no, I think he\u2019s a really smart guy. There\u2019s no profanity around him when he\u2019s walking in the gym. He\u2019s a different guy. And I already said it, cause I interviewed him a bunch of times, and he\u2019s just such a good guy. Except when he goes on TV, then he turns it on and he knows exactly how to make that money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think of Bas Rutten&#8217;s comments on Conor McGregor? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/7\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor has recently been traveling across the United States. 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