A welterweight bout appears to be in the works between rising star Rory ‘The Waterboy’ MacDonald (12-1) and English fighter Che Mills (14-4, 1NC) at an upcoming UFC event in Montreal.
News of the bout was reported by MMAFighting.com, who report the two are to square off in the Octagon on March 24 in the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec at UFC 145. This is the first news of the Canadian event as the promotion is set to host it’s latest show on Canuck soil tonight in Toronto, Ontario.
MacDonald had been scheduled to face some tougher competition, on paper at least, versus Brian ‘Bad Boy’ Ebersole for tonight’s UFC 140 event, but an injury to MacDonald last month forced him off the card.
‘The Waterboy’ is 3-1 in the Octagon having earned a first round TKO victory over Mike Pyle at UFC 133 in his last fight. While earning a dominant unanimous decision over Nate Diaz at the UFC’s first Toronto event at UFC 129 last April. The loss was to Carlos Condit at UFC 115 in a bout that would likely have seen MacDonald win until getting caught in the remaining seconds of the third round.
Mills, a former Cage Rage British welterweight champion, debuted with the UFC last month stopping opponent Chris Cope by TKO at UFC 138. The win was his fifth straight and also earned the English fighter the “Knockout of the Night” bonus. Looking at Mills record, he’s shown that he can win anywhere in with 7 victories by (T)KO, four by submission and three by decision.
Saying that though, I feel that MaCdonald should blow Mills out of the water once the two step into the Octagon. The Canadian has shown he’s capable of holding his own against the best, while Mills has yet to prove himself against top competition. Not to say that the Brit can’t win, we all remember Melvin Guillard’s recent loss to underdog Joe Lauzon recently, so anything is capable of happening.