{"id":66001,"date":"2013-08-08T05:31:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T12:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=66001"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:54:38","slug":"bellator-president-rebney-takes-shot-at-sonnenufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-president-rebney-takes-shot-at-sonnenufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator President Rebney takes shot at Sonnen\/UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49179\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bjorn-rebney-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bellator President Bjorn Rebney spoke to the media on Monday and defended the way his company did business in regards to title fights, and at the same time took a shot at Chael Sonnen and the UFC:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Our point of difference is that we&#8217;re real sports competition, and when it boils down to world title fights, when it boils down to crowning our champion at 170, or 55 or 45 or whatever weight class, guys are going to earn the right to fight for that championship and they&#8217;re going to have to beat the champion. 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