SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rory MacDonald, who had shapely retained his Bellator welterweight title going to a majority draw with Jon Fitch, seemed to quiz his combating career moments after the battle ended.
After the indicate, MacDonald peaceful didn’t feel love he had the total answers. However he acknowledged he used to be expecting to continue in the eight-man match, and would defend his title against Neiman Gracie on June 14 in Madison Sq. Garden.
Within the cage, after the decision, which used to be very unpopular, given Fitch used to be combating in his place of origin and dominated the fifth spherical in what a discontinuance battle, it appeared MacDonald (21-6) used to be questioning his future in the game.
”It’s laborious to pull the trigger,” he acknowledged. “I don’t gain that killer instinct. It’s laborious to show hide.
”It takes a determined spirit to advance in right here and keep apart a man by be troubled, and I don’t know if I even gain that similar drive to harm folks anymore.”
A few hours later, MacDonald clarified that assertion asserting, “I used to be expressing what I felt in my heart what I used to be going by, attempting to be appropriate.”
While some thought his assertion supposed that he shouldn’t be keep apart help in a championship battle so snappy, he made it clear he wasn’t asserting that.
”I’m going to sit down help, pray and look for what God has in store for me,” he acknowledged. “My plans are to creep to the next stage and compete against Neiman.”
”Yeah, I’m shapely sure,” he acknowledged when asked if he would be ready and if he would be taking that next battle so rapidly after a grinding five-rounder. “I the truth is gain a little bit lower. It would possibly maybe most likely peaceful heal up. The stitches must be out in a week. Per week after that, I must be help to frequent. I the truth is gain a swollen elbow, nonetheless that would possibly maybe maybe peaceful creep down shapely fast.”
Within the battle, Fitch clearly received rounds three and five. MacDonald clearly received spherical two. The opposite two rounds gain been discontinuance. Two of the three judges gave MacDonald both discontinuance rounds, nonetheless all three judges gave Fitch a 10-8 third spherical, meaning two judges had it as a 47-47 draw. The third mediate had it for Fitch, 48-46. The majority draw supposed the title stayed with MacDonald. By virtue of that, he progressed in the match.
”I presumed I used to be up three rounds to two,” acknowledged MacDonald. “When it’s a mediate’s decision, you never know. You are going to be ready to rep five rounds and peaceful lose a mediate’s decision.”
Bellator CEO Scott Coker acknowledged that if this used to be no longer a championship battle, and it used to be a draw, that the judges knew beforehand that with the even playing cards they’d then must decide a winner and that person would come. Coker didn’t commit to the premise that if MacDonald received’t be ready for MSG that Fitch, who has acknowledged that he would be ready, would creep on in his home.
”He’s very emotional, having a thought inward on the battle and the future,” acknowledged Coker. “Pay consideration, if he needs to battle, he’ll. We demand Rory to battle Neiman. If that’s changes, we’ll wait on you to know.
”This used to be a championship battle and the champion didn’t rep beat, and that’s why Rory is transferring forward.”
However peaceful, MacDonald acknowledged he’s change correct into loads nearer to God, and he believes got has other issues in store for him.
”I mediate God has but every other chapter in my lifestyles,” acknowledged MacDonald. “I don’t feel love I’m shapely going to be a fighter. As I’m going forward and nearer to God I mediate he’s got something for me and I will feel it in my heart, as I wait on making steps strolling nearer to God, I feel it more and more. I feel but every other door opening . What it is I don’t know.”
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