You wouldn’t expect a 22-year-old to muse about the old days, but Michael McDonald, in addition to being far from typical, has put a lot of living into those years. So when you ask him about getting a tough as nails Brad Pickett this Saturday in his first bout since a title fight loss to Renan Barao in February, he chuckles.“I don’t think I’m ever gonna get an easy opponent in the UFC,” said McDonald. “Those days kind of ended when I got out of Gladiator Challenge, back when I went to weigh ins and had a name, not a picture. I’d go around asking everybody who looked like they were my weight wh … Read the Full Article Here
Michael McDonald: Just Getting Started
You wouldn’t expect a 22-year-old to muse about the old days, but Michael McDonald, in addition to being far from typical, has put a lot of living into those years. So when you ask him about getting a tough as nails Brad Pickett this Saturday in his first bout since a title fight loss to Renan Barao in February, he chuckles.“I don’t think I’m ever gonna get an easy opponent in the UFC,” said McDonald. “Those days kind of ended when I got out of Gladiator Challenge, back when I went to weigh ins and had a name, not a picture. I’d go around asking everybody who looked like they were my weight wh … Read the Full Article Here