RORY MACDONALD - THE RED KING

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Brian Rose

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🗓️ 2 April 2017

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Rory MacDonald is a Canadian mixed martial artist who recently signed a contract with Bellator MMA. He is a former King of the Cage Lightweight Champion.

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00:00 Trailer

01:44 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.

04:12 Brian’s introduction.

04:36 Forthcoming first London fight with Paul Daley.

08:09 I don’t have a fight plan, I like to go with the flow.

09:47 Learning technique is the most important thing.

10:26 Training in MMA from the beginning.

16:22 The ups and downs of the past year for Rory.

22:07 Leaving the UFC.

25:58 The benefits of joining Bellator.

26:55 Dealing with enforced break following last lost fight.

28:06 Doesn’t do much pre-fight analysis of opponent.

29:30 What Rory does in fight week and on fight night.

32:04 Moving to Montreal to train at Tri-Star with Georges St-Pierre.

39:53 Rory’s media tour with Conor McGregor.

41:06 Keeping true to his own image, not emulating Conor McGregor

47:17 What an adrenalin dump feels like.

49:10 You get to know who you are in the cage.

50:53 Why Rory continues to fight despite the injuries.

53:13 How Rory finds fatherhood.

57:41 Why Rory loves hunting.

1:01:20 Rory’s diet.

1:02:32 Rory’s surprising interest.

1:03:37 Plans for the next year.

1:05:20 Head trauma issues.

1:06:52 Steroid use in the sport.

1:08:32 Success secrets.

1:09:07 Phone call to the 20 year old Rory MacDonald.

1:10:55 Best advice ever received.

1:12:03 Advice to the young person who wants to be a fighter.

1:14:57 Brian’s summing up.

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0:00.0	I'm going to move forward. I'm going to hit you. I'm going to be right there in your face and I'm going to drown you until you don't believe in yourself anymore.
0:12.0	At the end of the day, they come to see me fight because they know it's going to be a show.
0:16.0	Kill or be killed moment, you know.
0:20.0	Yeah.
0:21.0	The truth comes out in the cage.
0:25.0	Absolutely. It's a very honest sport that we do, so you get to find out who you are in there. Some people when they lose, they blame everybody else and every other thing.
0:40.0	I try to think, like, you know, it's me in there what I do wrong.
0:48.0	Motivation lasts for about two weeks before it's not there anymore. Then after that it's just
0:54.3	discipline that's what it's about. I strongly believe that I'm the best in the world
1:01.8	it's about going out there and getting it done now. the I'm going to do. This one is a This week on the show we have Rory McDonald who's just signed with Bellator
1:49.1	M. M. A and he's going to be fighting here in London, May 19th.
1:53.4	He's going up against Paul Daly, a legend in the sport,
1:56.8	especially in Britain.
1:58.1	We're going to see what happens.
1:59.4	Rory used to fight in the U.S.C.
2:01.6	13 fights. He grew up in the U.S.C. 13 fights. He grew up in the U.S.
2:04.1	Beat names like B.J. Penn, Nate Diaz, he beat the current 170-pound champion
2:09.2	Tyrone Woodley and Rory is pissed off. He doesn't like his last two performances in the cage
2:15.0	against Robbie Lawler and Stephen Thompson and now he wants to show you what he's
2:20.7	really about and we know Rory grew up training with GSP,
2:25.4	who himself is now back in the U.S.
2:27.6	We talked about so many things like fatherhood, hunting,
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