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Rory MacDonald wants an investigation into his recent loss to Gleison Tibau. The two competitors competed Thursday on the 2021 PFL 5 card at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. Many believed MacDonald was comfortably winning and seemed to be…
Rory MacDonald wants an investigation into his recent loss to Gleison Tibau. The two competitors competed Thursday on the 2021 PFL 5 card at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. Many believed MacDonald was comfortably winning and seemed to be cruising to an easy unanimous decision win; however, the judges saw it differently. […]
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PFL 5 took place tonight from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The main event saw Gleison Tibau pull off the upset with a controversial split-decision victory over Rory MacDonald. Despite the loss, MacDonald still qualifies to participate…
PFL 5 took place tonight from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The main event saw Gleison Tibau pull off the upset with a controversial split-decision victory over Rory MacDonald. Despite the loss, MacDonald still qualifies to participate in the playoffs. We’ve got all the highlights from the main card for you below along […]
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Former UFC title challenger and Bellator Welterweight World Champion Rory MacDonald says he wants to be the best in the world at 170-pounds. MacDonald’s statement on his aspirations comes ahead of his 2021 PFL 5 main event against Gleison Tibau, …
Former UFC title challenger and Bellator Welterweight World Champion Rory MacDonald says he wants to be the best in the world at 170-pounds. MacDonald’s statement on his aspirations comes ahead of his 2021 PFL 5 main event against Gleison Tibau, set for Thursday at the Ocean Casino resort in Atlantic City, N.J. “Red King” started […]
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Rory MacDonald is a man on a mission ahead of his PFL 5 fight against Gleison Tibau and is physically and mentally ready to make the climb up the ranks once again to become an MMA champion. MacDonald has had an up-and-down career since leaving the UFC. After earning the Bellator welterweight title at Bellator […]
Rory MacDonald is a man on a mission ahead of his PFL 5 fight against Gleison Tibau and is physically and mentally ready to make the climb up the ranks once again to become an MMA champion.
MacDonald has had an up-and-down career since leaving the UFC. After earning the Bellator welterweight title at Bellator 192 over Douglas Lima, he would lose two of his next three including a rematch with Lima at Bellator 232, ultimately losing the belt.
After the loss to Lima, MacDonald signed a deal to compete with the Professional Fighters League. Following the cancellation of the 2020 PFL season, MacDonald made his league debut against Curtis Millender at PFL 2, earning the first-round submission via rear-naked choke.
Despite the setbacks, MacDonald feels like a brand new fighter ahead of his fight with Tibau as he moves closer to becoming a welterweight champion once again.
“I’ve set new goals for myself that I’m passionate to accomplish,” MacDonald said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “The past few years kind of after I won the title in Bellator, I kind of let myself get comfortable. I think I lost my focus there and unknowingly led me down a trail of not even knowing if wanted to do this sport anymore.”
“A bit of time off gave me a chance to address those issues and get back to hard work and chasing down my goals. I feel like it’s been in my heart since I first found mixed martial arts to be the best in the world and I’m hunting that position down.”
The former UFC welterweight title contender is highly regarded as one of the favorites to earn the PFL welterweight title and the $1,000,000 grand prize this season. Tibau lost his PFL season opener against Joao Zeferino by unanimous decision at PFL 2 and has dropped seven of his last nine fights overall.
The 37-year-old MacDonald is looking to get back on top of the fight game this season, and Tibau is the next step in making that achievement happen. Despite being in the later stage of his career, MacDonald appears as dangerous as ever with a new mindset and approach to fighting overall.
What are your predictions for Rory MacDonald for the 2021 PFL season?
PFL welterweight Rory MacDonald is back for another fight in his new promotion but this time against a fellow UFC veteran in Gleison Tibau. The organization first announced that the two welterweights would clash on Wednesday. Additionally, the company …
PFL welterweight Rory MacDonald is back for another fight in his new promotion but this time against a fellow UFC veteran in Gleison Tibau. The organization first announced that the two welterweights would clash on Wednesday. Additionally, the company made it clear that the welterweight battle will headline the 2021 PFL 5 card. Specifically, the […]
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Eddie Alvarez still believes he’s the only one who can defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov. Following the events of UFC 257 this past weekend, Dana White revealed it was unlikely that Nurmagomedov would return to mixed martial arts action. That means “The Eagle” leaves a legacy as one of the greatest fighters of all time who never […]
Eddie Alvarez still believes he’s the only one who can defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Following the events of UFC 257 this past weekend, Dana White revealed it was unlikely that Nurmagomedov would return to mixed martial arts action.
That means “The Eagle” leaves a legacy as one of the greatest fighters of all time who never tasted defeat at the highest level of the sport.
Even if he did return to action, it’s hard to see any lightweight causing him trouble. However, ONE Championship’s Alvarez believes he is that fighter.
Having long claimed he was the one to inflict Nurmagomedov’s first defeat, “The Underground King” expanded on why he felt he would be able to do what 29 other men were unable to.
“I’m his only matchup that would make any sense, or give him a terrible time,” Alvarez said in a recent interview (via Middle Easy). “There’s one guy that gave him a terrible time in the whole division, and this is just the truth. (Gleison) Tibau gave him a terrible time because Tibau was not overly great at anything.
“Neither am I. I’m not overly great at anything. You say ‘What is Eddie great at?’ I’m not great at anything. I’m not a great striker, I’m not a great wrestler or great jiu-jitsu guy. I’m athletic, I have a strong spirit, a strong heart, and I will fight, I’ll fight to the death.” Tibau had a great, solid gameplan, and he arguably won that fight. He was able to match Khabib’s strengths, he was able to throw good, straight shots, and he was able to negate a lot of Khabib’s wrestling.
“That’s what I’m able to do against virtually every opponent I’ve fought. Styles make matchup, and anybody who’s in this sport at a high level knows that. I just think that matchup in general would have been something special.”
It’s a fight that could have even happened in 2016 only for McGregor to leapfrog Nurmagomedov and defeat Alvarez on his way to becoming the first simultaneous two-weight champion in the UFC.
But for now, we’ll never know what would have happened if they did collide.
Do you think Alvarez would have posed problems for Nurmagomedov? Or would it be business as usual for the latter?