Dana White’s UFC Live on Versus 5 Video Blog Day 1

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Since he’s on his way to Wisconsin for the lead-up media appearances for Sunday night’s UFC Live on Versus 5: Hardy vs. Lytle event, Dana White’s first video blog for the show is more of a recap of UFC 133, which is just as well.

It’s interesting to see Dana’s non reaction to Vitor Belfort’s win over Yoshihiro Akiyama. He can clearly be heard telling Lorenzo Fertitta that the finishing blows by “The Phenom” were to the back of “Sexyama’s” head. Neither UFC executive showed little emotion when Belfort came over to their side of the Octagon to let them know he’s back and White later said in an interview that the former UFC light heavyweight champion would have to chew on his loss to Anderson Silva for a while before he gets another title shot.


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Since he’s on his way to Wisconsin for the lead-up media appearances for Sunday night’s UFC Live on Versus 5: Hardy vs. Lytle event, Dana White’s first video blog for the show is more of a recap of UFC 133, which is just as well.

It’s interesting to see Dana’s non reaction to Vitor Belfort’s win over Yoshihiro Akiyama. He can clearly be heard telling Lorenzo Fertitta that the finishing blows by “The Phenom” were to the back of “Sexyama’s” head. Neither UFC executive showed little emotion when Belfort came over to their side of the Octagon to let them know he’s back and White later said in an interview that the former UFC light heavyweight champion would have to chew on his loss to Anderson Silva for a while before he gets another title shot.

Another pair of interesting moments came when Rory MacDonald finished Mike Pyle and White was too busy texting or on tweeting to notice, and when Dennis Hallman came out in his grape smugglers and a disgusted Dana said that the shorts should be illegal.

Dana seemed genuinely freaked out when Rashad emerged from the dressing room wearing a splint following his win over Tito Ortiz, but according to Evans, it’s just a dislocation.

Rory MacDonald Brought No Emotion to His UFC 129 Fight

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TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald about his one-sided UFC 129 win over Nate Diaz, the three powerful suplexes in the third round and the experience of fighting in front of a record North American crowd.

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TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald about his one-sided UFC 129 win over Nate Diaz, the three powerful suplexes in the third round and the experience of fighting in front of a record North American crowd.

UFC 129 Live Blog: Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald Updates

Filed under: UFCTORONTO — This is the UFC 129 live blog for Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Spike TV portion of the card at the Rogers Centre.

Diaz (13-6) fought earlier in January and lost to Dong Hyun Kim via unanimou…

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Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald is a fight on the UFC 129 undercard.TORONTO — This is the UFC 129 live blog for Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Spike TV portion of the card at the Rogers Centre.

Diaz (13-6) fought earlier in January and lost to Dong Hyun Kim via unanimous decision. MacDonald (10-1) is coming off the first loss of his career, a TKO at the hands of Carlos Condit at UFC 115 last June.

The live blog is below.

Rory MacDonald Used Carlos Condit Loss as Motivation for UFC 129 Bout

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TORONTO — Watch below as Rory MacDonald talks about his UFC 129 fight against Nate Diaz, what he learned from his devastating loss to Carlos Condit, his time away from MMA dealing with injuries, moving to Montreal, his thoughts on Diaz and much more.

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TORONTO — Watch below as Rory MacDonald talks about his UFC 129 fight against Nate Diaz, what he learned from his devastating loss to Carlos Condit, his time away from MMA dealing with injuries, moving to Montreal, his thoughts on Diaz and much more.

Haunted by First Defeat, Rory MacDonald Looks to Rebound at UFC 129

Filed under: UFCIt’s been ten months since UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald (10-1) lost a heartbreaker of a fight to Carlos Condit at UFC 115, and he’s finally put it behind him.

Well, mostly. Sort of.

That is to say, he’s put it behind as much as a…

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It’s been ten months since UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald (10-1) lost a heartbreaker of a fight to Carlos Condit at UFC 115, and he’s finally put it behind him.

Well, mostly. Sort of.

That is to say, he’s put it behind as much as any fighter can after being stopped in the final ten seconds of a fight he was winning on the scorecards. Had he lasted just seven seconds longer, MacDonald would likely have won a split decision victory. Instead, he went home with his first loss, and he’s been feeling the sting of it ever since.

“It was difficult,” said the 21-year-old MacDonald. “It was really hard to deal with, but I think I’ve dealt with most of it by now. I still think I need to get in there again and win this fight [against Nate Diaz at UFC 129] to really get over it, and maybe one day I need to get a rematch with Carlos to fully get over it. I don’t know.”

UFC 129 Prelims on Spike TV to Feature Two Welterweight Bouts

Filed under: UFC, NewsWelterweight matchups Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald and Sean Pierson vs. Jake Ellenberger have been selected as the two undercard bouts to air live on Spike TV off the UFC 129 card on Saturday, April 30 in Toronto.

UFC 129: Prelim…

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Welterweight matchups Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald and Sean Pierson vs. Jake Ellenberger have been selected as the two undercard bouts to air live on Spike TV off the UFC 129 card on Saturday, April 30 in Toronto.

UFC 129: Prelims will air at 8 p.m. ET as a lead-in to the pay-per-view headlined by Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields. The new pay-per-view airtime of 9 p.m. ET begins with this event.