{"id":97277,"date":"2014-05-13T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=97277"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:40:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:40:34","slug":"ufc-boss-explains-why-arlovski-not-tim-sylvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-boss-explains-why-arlovski-not-tim-sylvia\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Boss Explains Why Arlovski &#038; Not Tim Sylvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-boss-explains-why-arlovski-not-tim-sylvia\/tim-sylvia-new-site-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19971\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19971\" title=\"tim sylvia new site\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tim-sylvia-new-site.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLast week we learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/tim-sylvia-wants-ufc-return-in-hometown-would-almost-do-it-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Sylvia had jump started his campaign to return to the UFC with a Facebook group and a direct and clear call-to-action<\/a> for his loyal fan following.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-dana-white-welcomes-back-andrei-arlovski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arlovski&#8217;s recent signing<\/a>, it seemed like the former champ may have had a shot at his dream fight in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White said no way, but the boss has good reason.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTim Sylvia, I think he\u2019s 0-3-1 in his last four fights. It\u2019d be tough to bring him in to the UFC with [that record] outside the UFC. [Arlovski&#8217;s] on a win streak. I like him. I have a lot of respect for him and his people.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201c[Tim] left the UFC to go fight somewhere else. People think that because he did that, I have some \u2013 I never, ever fault somebody for trying to better their life, and he had a better deal. This ain\u2019t fucking Bellator. A guy tries to better his life, we\u2019re not going to try to destroy the guy and sue him to death and hold up his career and do that.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we learned that Tim Sylvia had jump started his campaign to return to the UFC with a Facebook group and a direct and clear call-to-action for his loyal fan following. With Arlovski&#8217;s recent signing, it seemed like the former champ may have had a shot at his dream fight in Maine. 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