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If you thought Firas Zahabi had a change of heart when it comes to Jon Fitch, think again. Fitch challenged Rory MacDonald for the Bellator welterweight title this past Saturday night (April 27). Fitch lost the bout via majority draw. The title fight a…
If you thought Firas Zahabi had a change of heart when it comes to Jon Fitch, think again. Fitch challenged Rory MacDonald for the Bellator welterweight title this past Saturday night (April 27). Fitch lost the bout via majority draw. The title fight also served as an opening round match in the Bellator Welterweight World […]
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In the main event of Bellator 220 over the weekend (Sat. April 27, 2019), Jon Fitch took on Rory MacDonald for the Bellator welterweight championship. The fight resulted in a majority draw, MacDonald retaining his title, and moving on in the Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament. However, prior to the fight, MacDonald’s head coach Firas Zahabi […]
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In the main event of Bellator 220 over the weekend (Sat. April 27, 2019), Jon Fitch took on Rory MacDonald for the Bellator welterweight championship.
The fight resulted in a majority draw, MacDonald retaining his title, and moving on in the Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament. However, prior to the fight, MacDonald’s head coach Firas Zahabi spoke out on Fitch’s history with performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).
Even after the fight has passed, those comments continue. Speaking on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” earlier today (Mon. April 29, 2019), Zahabi claims Fitch has an asterisk on his entire career (via Chamatkar Sandhu):
“I used to have a great admiration for (Jon) Fitch. Tremendous admiration. But he’s poisoned the well. The man tested positive for elevated testosterone levels. That puts an asterisk over his entire career.”
Shortly after coming up short against MacDonald at Bellator 220, Fitch recently admitted that he’s on the fence about retirement from the sport. He put up a valiant effort against “The Red King” Saturday night, but wasn’t able to get the job done and leave with the title.
His history with PEDs dates back to his 2014 positive test for elevated levels of testosterone during his fight with then-champion Rousimar Palhares.
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Jon Fitch may have had his final professional mixed martial arts bout. Fitch competed for the Bellator welterweight title last night (April 27) against Rory MacDonald. The bout also served as the final opening round match in the Bellator Welterweight W…
Jon Fitch may have had his final professional mixed martial arts bout. Fitch competed for the Bellator welterweight title last night (April 27) against Rory MacDonald. The bout also served as the final opening round match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix. After five rounds of action, the bout was ruled a majority draw. […]
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Jon Fitch admits that he’s on the fence regarding potential retirement from the sport of MMA. Fitch went to a majority draw with Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald in a welterweight grand prix bout as part of the ongoing tournament at Bellator 220. Despite many fans thinking that Fitch won the fight, it was ruled […]
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Jon Fitch admits that he’s on the fence regarding potential retirement from the sport of MMA.
Fitch went to a majority draw with Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald in a welterweight grand prix bout as part of the ongoing tournament at Bellator 220. Despite many fans thinking that Fitch won the fight, it was ruled a majority draw by the judges.
Thus, MacDonald retains the title and advances in the tournament. MacDonald will now fight Neiman Gracie in the next round of the tournament. This contest went down on Saturday night at SAP Center in San Jose, California.
While speaking with the media after the fight at the post-fight press conference, Fitch made it known that he thought won the fight. He also noted that this could be his last fight and retire.
”I didn’t lose, so I don’t know if I should keep that promise,” Fitch said (H/T to MMAFighting). “But there’s a good chance it’s my last time. Now, if I got offered the Neiman Gracie fight, it’ll be hard to turn down a chance to win $1 million (which goes to the winner of the current eight-man Bellator welterweight tournament).”
”I’m on the fence about walking away,” he said. “I’ve done a lot in this sport, 42 pro fights, two amateur fights, 17 years of training, and I started wrestling at nine. I’ve been banging heads for a long time. It’s up to me, how I feel. I want to get some picture and see how my body is holding up. I can’t straighten my arms. I’ve lost an inch in reach, and that’s not a good thing. But it’s fun. I have fun doing it. I’m not getting any younger.”
Fitch made it known that he would be ready to compete at the upcoming event on June 14th at Madison Square Garden. He would replace MacDonald in the tournament should the champion not be able to fight at this show against Gracie.
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Main eventing Bellator 220 last night (Sat. April 27, 2019), Rory MacDonald defended his welterweight crown against Jon Fitch. Both men engaged in a hard-fought five-round championship bout. Fitch’s wrestling ability certainly played a big factor…
Main eventing Bellator 220 last night (Sat. April 27, 2019), Rory MacDonald defended his welterweight crown against Jon Fitch. Both men engaged in a hard-fought five-round championship bout. Fitch’s wrestling ability certainly played a big factor, but MacDonald had his moments on the ground as well, going for a few kimuras and having success on […]
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Jon Fitch will challenge Rory MacDonald for the welterweight title in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., April 27, 2019) Bellator 220. The first round of Bellator’s Welterweight Grand Prix will culminate when MacDonald and Fitch meet inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. While it is no doubt a big fight, Fitch […]
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Jon Fitch will challenge Rory MacDonald for the welterweight title in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., April 27, 2019) Bellator 220.
The first round of Bellator’s Welterweight Grand Prix will culminate when MacDonald and Fitch meet inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. While it is no doubt a big fight, Fitch shared the Octagon with Georges St. Pierre during “GSP’s” prime. He has fought at the top level of MMA for quite some time.
That being said, this is a big fight for the former UFC title challenger. But as Fitch recently told LowkickMMA, every fight is big.
“They’re all big honestly”, Fitch said. “I guess in terms of size and scope and people seeing it, it [the GSP fight] was probably the biggest. But this is a very big fight also. It’s different, but it’s big also. I’m just happy to be in this position and I’m excited to fight for another title.”
Fitch will make just his second appearance inside the Bellator cage this weekend, yet he will be fighting for the title. That’s partly because of the Grand Prix format and partly because Fitch’s resume speaks for itself. Either way, Fitch is grateful to be fighting in a promotion he respects. He thinks the Grand Prix has been impressive so far as well.
“The fights have been good,” Fitch said of the Welterweight Grand Prix. “Fans have been acting really well to it. I like the meritocracy of it. I like 50 Cent getting involved and throwing money out for it, I like the title being up for grabs. It’s just a good event.”
Indeed, Bellator 220 is a solid offering on paper. However, there is always that extra bit of fight build-up that seems to accompany any big fight night card, both in Bellator and the UFC. So when MacDonald’s longtime coach Firas Zhabi took a shot at Fitch’s past PED use on social media last week, some people viewed it as hype, and others as bad taste.
For his part, Fitch is rather indifferent.
“It just seems weird to bring up now, that was 2014. A lot has changed, I’ve gone through a lot. And I’ve been pretty open on my shake breaks on my live streams with things. So for me, I kind of vented through and explained a lot of things to a lot of people and answered a lot of questions over the year, year-and-a-half I’ve been doing that.”
“It feels like old news to me it was so long ago. I’ve cleaned up so much outside of fighting, I’ve had so much stuff go on personally that it seems like a million years ago.”
One thing that has stayed the same through Fitch’s entire MMA career has been his grappling-centric style of fighting. Fans got to see Fitch’s ground and pound style on full display during his beatdown of Paul Daley during his Bellator debut.
Still, he knows how good MacDonald is, but more importantly, Fitch knows he can only worry about himself.
“I always focus on me,” Fitch explained. “I know he is tough, he’s got good stand up, decent wrestling, decent ground. But I don’t sit around and wait and think about all the things my opponent is going to be doing or trying to be doing. Im more concerned about getting my game plan initiated and forcing my will upon him.”
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