RORY MACDONALD | The Return of the Red King (Ep. 304)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome Rory “The Red King” MacDonald back to the show. Rory is a professional MMA fighter. He has previously fought in the UFC and Bellator, and now fights for the Professional Fighters League (PFL). In this interview we discuss his disappointing first season in the PFL, the adjustments he’s made coming into the 2022 season, the differences in fighting in the UFC vs. other organizations, his picks for dream MMA matchups, his thoughts on fighter pay, the situation surrounding Cain Velasquez, the reason why he thinks Robbie Lawler is a “different breed,” and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get into it.
0:53.0	We've got a return guest on the podcast. His name is Rory the Red King McDonald.
0:58.0	So Rory is an MMA fighter that is fought for the UFC.
1:01.0	Bellator King of the Cajun is now fighting in the professional fighters league, otherwise known as a PFL.
1:05.0	He's also the former Bellator welterweight champion. His MMA record is 22-8-1.
1:10.0	And also he's an outspoken Christian.
1:12.0	So if you go back to episode 131 of this podcast, that's when he and I spoke for the first time on this show.
1:17.0	We've remained friends and we talk here and there since then.
1:21.0	But being an outspoken Christian is very interesting for him because he hasn't been a Christian his entire life.
1:26.0	And so go back to that episode of Will be in the show notes so you can check that out.
1:29.0	But this interview was a lot of fun because we talk about the PFL.
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