{"id":90978,"date":"2014-03-25T18:26:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T01:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=90978"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:56:10","slug":"gustafsson-jones-is-doing-everything-he-can-to-not-fight-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gustafsson-jones-is-doing-everything-he-can-to-not-fight-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustafsson: &#8216;Jones is doing everything he can to not fight me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-fight-night-37-bonuses-gustaffson-doubles-up-two-more-take-home-50k\/alexander-gustafsson-png-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89001\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-89001\" title=\"Alexander Gustafsson PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-PNG-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-PNG-361x250.png 361w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-PNG.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt took me a while, actually, to get over it,\u201d Gustafsson said. \u201cThe physical part of it was very easy. I wasn\u2019t that banged up. I was back in training after two weeks. But it was the mental things, the motivation, and I was so disappointed over everything. So it took a while. But when I heard I was fighting Jimi Manuwa, I knew I had to let the past go and get 100 percent focused on Manuwa. I knew that guy was very dangerous and hits very hard. So I just let the past go and saw my next challenge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/03\/alexander-gustafsson-ill-take-another-fight-in-case-of-jones-teixeira-rematch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, Alexander Gustafsson, discussed his promised title fight with the winner of Jones vs. Teixeira, his last fight against Manuwa and more.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s picking Jones to win the fight, but stated in the interview that if Jones were to lose and an\u00a0immediate rematch were to take place, he would move on and fight someone else.<\/p>\n<p>He also dropped this nugget while on the air:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn my mind, Jones is doing everything he can to not fight me. He doesn\u2019t want to fight me,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I think he\u2019s trying to mix things up. But the only fight that makes sense for me right now is if he wins against Teixeira, is me fighting him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt took me a while, actually, to get over it,\u201d Gustafsson said. \u201cThe physical part of it was very easy. I wasn\u2019t that banged up. I was back in training after two weeks. But it was the mental things, the motivation, and I was so disappointed over everything. So it took a while. 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