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After Rory MacDonald beat Neiman Gracie in the semi-finals of the Welterweight Grand Prix, the expectation was that the finals would happen in September. Yet, after the fight, the champion said that was unrealistic. “I had a feeling they would want (a …
After Rory MacDonald beat Neiman Gracie in the semi-finals of the Welterweight Grand Prix, the expectation was that the finals would happen in September. Yet, after the fight, the champion said that was unrealistic. “I had a feeling they would want (a quick turnaround),” he said at the post-event press conference (as transcribed by The […]
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White believes Rory MacDonald has been changed following his grueling war with Robbie Lawler back in 2015. MacDonald is the current Bellator welterweight champion, but there was a time when he was vyi…
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White believes Rory MacDonald has been changed following his grueling war with Robbie Lawler back in 2015. MacDonald is the current Bellator welterweight champion, but there was a time when he was vying for UFC gold. MacDonald took on Lawler in the co-main event of UFC 189. The bout […]
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Rory MacDonald hasn’t struggled much since departing the UFC. “The Red King” left the Las Vegas-based promotion back in 2016. Eventually, MacDonald signed with Bellator MMA, quickly capturing the promotion’s welterweight title. His only loss under the promotion’s banner came against Gegard Mousasi, another former UFC star, while challenging for Mousasi’s Bellator middleweight title. MacDonald […]
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Rory MacDonald hasn’t struggled much since departing the UFC.
“The Red King” left the Las Vegas-based promotion back in 2016. Eventually, MacDonald signed with Bellator MMA, quickly capturing the promotion’s welterweight title. His only loss under the promotion’s banner came against Gegard Mousasi, another former UFC star, while challenging for Mousasi’s Bellator middleweight title.
MacDonald is currently in the midst of a Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament. In his quarterfinals bout against Jon Fitch, the pair fought to a draw at Bellator 220 in April. Due to the draw, however, MacDonald, the champion, automatically moved on in the tournament. In his post-fight press conference, MacDonald expressed doubt about his fighting career, noting his newfound Christian faith has softened his heart.
He returned to action this past weekend (Fri. June 14, 2019) at Bellator 222 when he defeated Neiman Gracie in their semi-finals main event. However, it’s very noticeable that MacDonald no longer fights with the same drive and aggression that he once did. UFC President Dana White was recently asked about this during an interview on Sirius XM radio.
White admitted that he doesn’t believe MacDonald has been the same fighter after his war with Robbie Lawler at UFC 189 – which to this day remains one of the greatest fights of all time:
“I think that, different situation in that when, guys say they want to retire and then walk away,” White said. “And then there’s guys that I let go of – or girls – that I let go of because I think that it’s time. But there are other places that they can go and make money. But yeah, I think that Rory is not the same guy that he was going into the [Robbie] Lawler fight.”
Lawler and MacDonald collided back in July of 2015. MacDonald seemingly out-classed Lawler for the majority of the fight, but both men beat each other bloody. MacDonald’s nose was broken during the bout, and the pain was too much for him to withstand in the fifth round. Had he been able to make it through the pain, MacDonald likely would have won the title on the scorecards.
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Rory MacDonald came away on the winning end of his semi-final bout against Neiman Gracie at Bellator 222, putting him in line to fight Douglas Lima in the finals of the Welterweight Grand Prix. The problem is that the promotion eyed the bout to take pl…
Rory MacDonald came away on the winning end of his semi-final bout against Neiman Gracie at Bellator 222, putting him in line to fight Douglas Lima in the finals of the Welterweight Grand Prix. The problem is that the promotion eyed the bout to take place in September, as did MacDonald’s next opponent, Douglas Lima, […]
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Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald is fresh off a big win, but was quick to shut down the promotion’s future plans for him. MacDonald scored a unanimous decision win over Neiman Gracie at the Bellator 222 event last night (Fri. June 14, 2019) at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on DAZN. This […]
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Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald is fresh off a big win, but was quick to shut down the promotion’s future plans for him.
MacDonald scored a unanimous decision win over Neiman Gracie at the Bellator 222 event last night (Fri. June 14, 2019) at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on DAZN. This served as the main event of the show and semifinals of the Welterweight Grand Prix tournament.
Now, MacDonald is slated to fight Douglas Lima in the finals. The Bellator champion has stayed pretty active in 2019, but after competing twice in less than two months, he’s ready for a break. This break would need to come before putting his title on the line and fighting Lima.
That might be a problem as Bellator MMA President Scott Coker has already gone on record by stating that he wants the fight to take place in September. For MacDonald, he thinks that the timeline is unrealistic and elaborated on his mindset at the post-fight press conference:
“Yeah, it’s unrealistic for me,” MacDonald admitted. “I mean, I wish I could make it come true. I had a feeling they would want that. But it’s just not possible with what’s going on in my life right now, and the amount – I need to take some time to heal from these fights, from these training camps, so I could be ready for a guy like Douglas.”
In the mind of MacDonald, the fight taking place in either November or December works better for him to reclaim his energy for another training camp:
“Like December, maybe November,” MacDonald said.”
Check out the full Bellator 222 post-fight press conference here:
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In what was perhaps the final fight of his MMA career, Chael Sonnen fell to Lyoto Machida by second-round technical knockout at Bellator 222 from Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday night…
In what was perhaps the final fight of his MMA career, Chael Sonnen fell to Lyoto Machida by second-round technical knockout at Bellator 222 from Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday night…