{"id":3573,"date":"2018-01-22T15:03:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T15:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:25:59","slug":"rory-mcdonald-wins-bellator-title-after-fighting-with-a-hematoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/rory-mcdonald-wins-bellator-title-after-fighting-with-a-hematoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McDonald Wins Bellator Title After Fighting With A Hematoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When it comes to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Canada, very few will argue that Rory McDonald<\/a> is the second best fighter after George St. Pierre<\/strong>. The 28 year old McDonald comes from Quesnel, Canada and made a name for himself in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) by having some epic fights and coming ever so close to winning the Welterweight title.<\/p>\n

The Red King left the UFC and joined competitor Bellator<\/a> in 2017 and started his Bellator career with a win. On Jan 20, McDonald stepped into the cage to fight for the Bellator Welterweight championship and took on the champion Douglas Lima<\/strong> in what was billed as a co-main event.<\/p>\n

McDonald and Lima had a gruesome fight and in the initial rounds it looked like the champion had the better of McDonald as he found his range, especially with his leg kicks that found their mark and immediately created a massive swelling on McDonald\u2019s left leg. At one stage the swelling was so great that it looked like Rory was fighting with a broken leg. However the Canadian MMA pro did not let his swollen leg get in his way and he used all of his experience and mental grit to launch a fightback and ended up taking the champ to the mat. McDonald was vicious in his ground and pound game, throwing elbows and doing a lot of damage from the top.<\/p>\n

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