Tag: Rory MacDonald

Carlos Condit Wrecks MacDonald’s Face

Carlos Condit came out for the first two rounds playing a soft game. Rory MacDonald had some great trips, takedowns, and overall standup game. He was able to control Condit for the first two rounds. It wasn’t looking good for Condit. He had to get a stoppage to win the fight. Carlos Condit’s coach Greg […]

Carlos Condit came out for the first two rounds playing a soft game. Rory MacDonald had some great trips, takedowns, and overall standup game. He was able to control Condit for the first two rounds. It wasn’t looking good for Condit. He had to get a stoppage to win the fight.

Carlos Condit’s coach Greg Jackson was yelling at him on the stool, saying something like “Its time for war, make it a war.”

And a war, Condit made it.

Carlos got MacDonald on the ground early, and dropped elbow after elbow, Evan Tanner style. Condit maintained top control the whole third round. The referee stopped the fight with 9 seconds left on the clock. MacDonald admitted it was a good stoppage. I think it was as well. Just one more shot was more than unnecessary. When MacDonald stood for the decision he looked like Slough from The Goonies. Both eyes were jacked up, his nose was 3x the normal size, and his face was more than bloodied. It would’ve been a 10-8 round had the referee not stopped the fight.

I was glad to have seen more of Rory MacDonald in this fight. He has a lot of potential. He manhandled Condit in those first rounds and I expect good things from him in the future.

Fighter vs. Writer: UFC 115 Predictions

Filed under: UFCIn the first installment of Writer vs. Fighter, Cain Velasquez narrowly defeated me after we predicted almost exactly the same results for UFC 114. In an effort to distract attention from my loss, allow me to point out that we were both…

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In the first installment of Writer vs. Fighter, Cain Velasquez narrowly defeated me after we predicted almost exactly the same results for UFC 114. In an effort to distract attention from my loss, allow me to point out that we were both spot on when it came to the main event, even if we also both missed a few on the undercard (yeah, like you picked Mike Russow to knock out Todd Duffee, smart guy).

For UFC 115 this weekend, I challenged Army Ranger and Strikeforce middleweight Tim Kennedy to square off against me in one of the only MMA-related activities I actually stand somewhat of a chance at beating him in. And even though Tim has a real fight to worry about against Trevor Prangley at next Wednesday’s Strikeforce event in Los Angeles, he was gracious enough to accept.

Now I must put his kindness out of my mind and focus on destroying him. As they say in both prison and reality TV, I didn’t come here to make friends.