{"id":67087,"date":"2013-08-21T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=67087"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:52:55","slug":"quick-twitt-belfort-says-sonnen-is-relieved-he-doesnt-have-to-fight-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/quick-twitt-belfort-says-sonnen-is-relieved-he-doesnt-have-to-fight-him\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TWITT | Belfort Says Sonnen Is Relieved He Doesn&#8217;t Have To Fight Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vitor_belfort.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60055\" title=\"vitor_belfort\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vitor_belfort.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFollowing Chael Sonnen&#8217;s first round submission over &#8216;Shogun&#8217; Rua last weekend, Vitor Belfort took to twitter to call out the &#8216;Oregon Gangster&#8217; and request a fight.<\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t work out and now <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/vitor-belfort-vs-dan-henderson-ii-targeted-for-nov-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belfort is linked to a bout against Dan Henderson<\/a> in a rematch scheduled for November 9.<\/p>\n<p>With the news of his latest booking, Belfort took to twitter to take one last stab at Chael:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonnench?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sonnench<\/a> u are very good actor. But u couldn&#39;t hide that u are very relief that u don&#39;t have to fight me.<br \/>I know&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TBQD8NgRz0\">http:\/\/t.co\/TBQD8NgRz0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vitor Belfort (@vitorbelfort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vitorbelfort\/status\/370024586941063168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>@sonnench u are very good actor. But u couldn&#8217;t hide that u are very relief that u don&#8217;t have to fight me. I know from a very close friend of yours that since I K.O YOUR coach Matt lindand your a very afraid to fight me. Don&#8217;t be afraid to admit, and let my friend @kennyflorian talk. Only u talk<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Chael Sonnen&#8217;s first round submission over &#8216;Shogun&#8217; Rua last weekend, Vitor Belfort took to twitter to call out the &#8216;Oregon Gangster&#8217; and request a fight. That didn&#8217;t work out and now Belfort is linked to a bout against Dan Henderson in a rematch scheduled for November 9. 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