{"id":394125,"date":"2021-09-09T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=394125"},"modified":"2021-09-09T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T17:07:13","slug":"jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cannonier is currently the No. 3 ranked middleweight in the UFC and he is coming off of a big win over Kelvin Gastelum in his last fight. Brunson, meanwhile, is ranked at No. 4 and he is coming off of five straight wins, including a submission over Darren Till last weekend at UFC Vegas 36. Following the big win over Till, Brunson called for a title shot against UFC middleweight Israel Adesanya, but as far as Cannonier goes, he deserves the next 185lbs title shot first, after Robert Whittaker and Adesanya meet in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Fhh8TG\">\u201cI understand his stance. He\u2019s been doing this for a long time, he hasn\u2019t had his title shot, he was close to his title shot, and then he ran into Izzy and now he\u2019s on his way. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s in a position to wait for a title shot, to be honest. He\u2019s No. 5, he beat No. 7. I don\u2019t think that does much. I think that just solidifies your position right there at contendership. I don\u2019t think it makes you the No. 1 contender. So, if he wants to be certified officially the No. 1 contender, he\u2019d fight me. And then he can sit around and wait and be guaranteed the title shot,&#8221; Jared Cannonier told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yqhaRDftdtA\">Submission Radio<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/9\/9\/22663042\/morning-report-jared-cannonier-shoots-down-derek-brunsons-call-for-a-title-shot-brunson-responds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"nHhoot\">\u201cAs far as if I wait and he waits, I\u2019m getting the title shot first. If you look at the rankings, that\u2019s just how it is. I mean, to be honest, I\u2019m waiting for them to call me. And if he says no, he won\u2019t be the first one to say no to a fight with me. A bunch of these guys say no to me, a lot of these guys in the top of the division have said no to me. So, I\u2019m not surprised. Naturally, cause I\u2019m ahead of him in the rankings. My resume of who I beat, the last four guys, got four wins in the division. The last four guys who I beat have all been better than the guys that he\u2019s beat. I know he\u2019s on a winning streak, but my four out of five wins are better than his five out of what, five?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Jared Cannonier should get the next middleweight title shot before Derek Brunson, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derek-brunson-open-to-fighting-the-paul-brothers-or-jared-cannonier-but-ideally-wants-title-shot\/\">or would you like to see the two compete in a No. 1 contender fight for it instead<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first.&#8221; Cannonier is currently the No. 3 ranked middleweight in the UFC and he is coming off of a big win over Kelvin Gastelum in his last fight. Brunson, meanwhile, is ranked at No. 4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":326935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10350,17282,39610],"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>Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &quot;I&#039;m getting the title shot first&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that &quot;I&#039;m getting the title shot first.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &quot;I&#039;m getting the title shot first&quot; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that &quot;I&#039;m getting the title shot first.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-09T17:04:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-09T17:07:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Cannonier-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam D Martin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam D Martin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adam D Martin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/592783aae67f8fc778dab51d7d3246b1\"},\"headline\":\"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-09T17:04:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-09T17:07:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\"},\"wordCount\":446,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Derek Brunson\",\"Jared Cannonier\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\",\"name\":\"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: \\\"I'm getting the title shot first\\\" | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-09T17:04:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-09T17:07:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that \\\"I'm getting the title shot first.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/592783aae67f8fc778dab51d7d3246b1\",\"name\":\"Adam D Martin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/adam-d-martin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: \"I'm getting the title shot first\" | BJPenn.com","description":"UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that \"I'm getting the title shot first.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: \"I'm getting the title shot first\" | BJPenn.com","og_description":"UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that \"I'm getting the title shot first.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2021-09-09T17:04:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-09T17:07:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Cannonier-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adam D Martin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adam D Martin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/"},"author":{"name":"Adam D Martin","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/592783aae67f8fc778dab51d7d3246b1"},"headline":"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first&#8221;","datePublished":"2021-09-09T17:04:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-09T17:07:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/"},"wordCount":446,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Derek Brunson","Jared Cannonier","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/","name":"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: \"I'm getting the title shot first\" | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-09-09T17:04:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-09T17:07:13+00:00","description":"UFC middleweight contender Jared Cannonier sent a message to divisional rival Derek Brunson, saying that \"I'm getting the title shot first.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jared-cannonier-sends-a-message-to-derek-brunson-im-getting-the-title-shot-first\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Jared Cannonier sends a message to Derek Brunson: &#8220;I&#8217;m getting the title shot first&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/592783aae67f8fc778dab51d7d3246b1","name":"Adam D Martin","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/adam-d-martin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}