Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-08-13, mma fight not particularly good: Rory MacDonald vs Ray Cooper III gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Cooper vs MacDonald is the main event of the evening and it is the semifinal of 2021 PFL welterweight tournament – PFL 7. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-06-17, pretty good mma fight: Rory MacDonald vs Gleison Tibau gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Tibau vs MacDonald is the main event of PFL 5 – Professional Fighters League. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-26, disappointing fight between Rory MacDonald and Douglas Lima 2: it gets two stars.The black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-5-1 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 welterweight in the world. In his last three fights he has lost to Gegard Mousasi (trying to move up in weight class to the middleweight division, Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald), he has tied with Jon Fitch (Rory MacDonald vs Jon Fitch) and he has beat Neiman Gracie (Rory MacDonald vs Neiman Gracie).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Bellator Ww champ Douglas Lima, has an official record of 31-7-0 (84% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Rory MacDonald last year (in their first fight, Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald) but then he has won over Andrey Koreshkov (Douglas Lima vs Andrey Koreshkov 3) and Michael Page (Douglas Lima vs Michael Page). MacDonald vs Lima 2 is the final of the Bellator Ww World Grand Prix tournament and it is valid for the Bellator welterweight title (MacDonald’s third defense) – Bellator 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-14, some good exchanges on the ground but it is not enough to get three stars: Rory MacDonald vs Neiman Gracie gets two.The black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-1 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Kamaru Usman). In his last three bouts he has beat Douglas Lima (Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald), lost to Gegard Mousasi (trying to move up in weight class to the middleweight division, Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald) and tied with Jon Fitch (Rory MacDonald vs Jon Fitch).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Neiman Gracie, has a perfect record of 9-0-0 (89% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.99 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has defeated Zak Bucia, Javier Torres (Neiman Gracie vs Javier Torres) and Ed Ruth (Neiman Gracie vs Ed Ruth). MacDonald vs Gracie, main event of Bellator 222, is the semi-final of the Bellator Ww World Grand Prix tournament and it is valid for the Bellator welterweight title (MacDonald’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-04-27, close fight but not so exciting: Rory MacDonald vs Jon Fitch gets two stars.The black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 20-5-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Kamaru Usman) but he won just two out of his last five bouts, against Paul Daley (MacDonald vs Daley) and Douglas Lima (Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald); after this fight he has lost to Gegard Mousasi (trying to move up in weight class to the middleweight division, Gegard Mousasi vs Rory MacDonald).
His opponent, the former Wsof/PFL Ww champion Jon Fitch, has an official record of 32-7-1 (37% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Rousimar Palhares in 2014 (Palhares vs Fitch) since then he has won five consecutive fights defeating Paul Daley in 2018 (Jon Fitch vs Paul Daley). MacDonald vs Fitch, main event of Bellator 220, is the quarter-final of the Bellator welterweight World Grand Prix tournament and it is valid for the Bellator Ww title (MacDonald’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-29, pretty good finish between Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The black belt in judo, former Strikeforce light-Hw and current Bellator Mw champion Gegard Mousasi entered this fight with a professional mma record of 44-6-2 (84% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Robert Whittaker). He lost to Uriah Hall in their first fight in 2015 (Mousasi vs Hall I) but then he has won seven bouts taking revenge on Hall in 2016 (Mousasi vs Hall 2) and beating Chris Weidman (Weidman vs Mousasi), Alexander Shlemenko (Gegard Mousasi vs Alexander Shlemenko) and Rafael Carvalho in his last three (Rafael Carvalho vs Gegard Mousasi).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Rory MacDonald, has an official record of 20-4-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 welterweight. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Robbie Lawler (Lawler vs MacDonald 2) and Stephen Thompson (MacDonald vs Thompson), but then he has defeated Paul Daley (MacDonald vs Daley) and Douglas Lima (Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald). Mousasi vs MacDonald, main event of Bellator 206, is valid for the Bellator middleweight title (Mousasi’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, fight not particularly good between Rory MacDonald and Douglas Lima: it gets two stars.The black belt in Bjj and current Bellator Ww champion Douglas Lima entered this fight with a pro mma record of 29-6-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Tyron Woodley). He lost to Andrey Koreshkov in their first fight in 2015 (=Lima vs Koreshkov I) but then he has won three fights beating Paul Daley (=Daley vs Lima), taking revenge on Koreshkov (=Koreshkov vs Lima 2) and defeating Lorenz Larkin (=Lima vs Larkin).
His opponent, Rory MacDonald (black belt in Bjj as well), has an official record of 19-4-0 (74% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs MacDonald 2) and Stephen Thompson (=MacDonald vs Thompson), but he came back to win in 2017 with Paul Daley (=MacDonald vs Daley). Lima vs MacDonald, main event of Bellator 192, is valid for the Bellator welterweight title (Lima’s second defense); they also faced each other a second time on October 26, 2019 (Rory MacDonald vs Douglas Lima 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-19, good finish between Rory MacDonald and Paul Daley: it gets three stars.The black belt in Bjj Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-4-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 welterweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs MacDonald 2) and Stephen Thompson (=MacDonald vs Thompson).
His opponent, Paul Daley, has a record of 39-14-2 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class. ‘Semtex’ Daley lost to Douglas Lima last year (=Daley vs Lima) but he came back to win in 2017 against Brennan Ward (4-stars fight, Daley vs Ward). Rory MacDonald vs Paul Daley is the main event of Bellator 179. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-18, some good single shots between Stephen Thompson and Rory MacDonald but it is not enough to get three stars, it gets two.The black belt in no-gi Bjj Rory MacDonald entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-3-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 welterweight in the world but he comes off the loss against #1 Ufc champion Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs MacDonald 2).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former Wako kickboxing world champion Stephen Thompson, has an official record of 12-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. His only loss occurred when he faced Matt Brown in 2012, since then he has won six consecutive fights beating Jake Ellenberger (=Ellenberger vs Thompson) and Johny Hendricks in his last two (=Hendricks vs Thompson). MacDonald vs Thompson is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 89. Watch the video and rate this fight!
