Rory McDonald Biography

Awards and titles Biography of Rory McDonald-Canadian athlete, participant in the UFC team, who today occupies the 6th position in the middle weight category based on the results of the Sherdog rating. Outside the ring, he is an intelligent guy with glasses who does not look like a ruthless fighter at all, but there are more than 20 fights won, including the battle for the MMA champion title.

Childhood and youth, the future fighter was born on July 22 in the Canadian city of quests. As a child, he was a timid and shy boy and was completely lost in an unfamiliar company. Rory also did not have desire to sit on books, the only thing that was seriously interested in football. Later, in order to gain self -confidence, he went to a martial arts section and discovered a real fighting talent.

In the year, Rory McDonald, at the age of 14, McDonald moved to the leadership of the famous coach David Lia and began to engage in the Toshido Fighting Arts Academy gym located in the city of Kalone. Persistent training quickly led to brilliant results: the first fight of Rory in the year ended in his victory and dispelled all the doubts of the young man about whether he had chosen his life path.

The debut duel took place at the Extreme Fighting Challenge 4 championship, and Terry Tiara became the opponent of the young fighter. Martial Arms McDonald discovered a true pleasure in public battles. He began to organize each duel so that it was strongly possible to impress and please the fans. They reciprocated him, and soon the young athlete became the favorite of the public.

So martial arts helped Rory not only to harden the character, but also to overcome the fear of communication and performances, and also taught to better understand people and calmly perceive criticism. Since the year, the fighter Rory McDonald has held a winning series of 6 in a row, which ended with receiving the championship title Strikeforce. He coped even with an experienced fighter Tarec Saffedin.

Despite the fact that Rory was still a newcomer in the UFC, he managed to choose the right strategy, not letting a close opponent closely, and already in the 3rd round won a confident victory. The Canadian completed the fight by overturning the opponent into the flooring with a series of exact blows. After that, Rory moved to the welterweight and found the right to fight the current champions.

In an interview, he confidently stated that he did not care with whom to fight, he was confident in his abilities and was ready to go even against the strongest rivals - Robbie Lawler and Johnny Hendrix. In addition, by that time he had won fights with the top fighters of the UFC Tyron Woodley and Damian Maya, which left no doubt about the legality of his claims to the highest title.

He again entered the ring against Tyron Woodley and won with a crushing account the enemy tried to “crush” him, taking advantage of the obvious superiority in the muscle mass, but McDonald relied on speed and thoughtful attacks, which eventually turned out to be a true strategy. When Woodley was tired, Rory easily turned the battle move to his favor and transferred the opponent into the stalls with powerful blows on the head.

After 9 victories, as a professional fighter, Rory signed an agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. In the role of a member of her national team, he made his debut against T -shit Gamon - the former King of the Cage champion. He managed to win already in the first round with the help of the rear steps and the lever of the elbow. In the battle with Carlos Condit, he showed himself well in the 1st round, demonstrating a series of successful combinations, but to the 3rd began to give up under the exact blows of the opponent.

The fight was stopped by the referee 7 seconds before the end, the victory was awarded the condy. After the defeat, the Canadian moved to Montreal and became a member of the Tristar Gym team. At the UFC championship, he planned to meet the condy again and take revenge, but the opponent did not go out for a second battle due to her neck injury. From the very beginning, he intercepted the initiative from the Canadian and by the end of the 3rd round sent McDonald to a knockdown.

At the end of the battle, Rori was able to rehabilitated, transferring Robbie to the ground, but he gave the victory not to him with a separate decision of the judges. The duel turned out to be cruel, the photo of Rory with a broken bloodied face bypassed all the sports media. Later, at a press conference, McDonald said that he was sure that his opponent was under the influence of doping.

The judges unanimously awarded the victory of Rory, and he became the owner of the long -awaited award - the champion belt in the welterweight category. Rori’s personal life is married, his wife is the name of Olivia. In the year, the couple had a daughter. Realizing what expenses the appearance of children brings, McDonald for the first time in his career thought about the financial side of the performances.

Rory McDonald and his wife Olivia from that moment began to choose the most profitable battles from a monetary point of view to provide his wife and daughter. He plans to leave professional sport through years to spend more time on personal life and development in other areas, so he is tuned to accumulate as much as possible by that time. The growth of the athlete - cm, the current weight - 86 kg.Rory McDonald is now at the Bellator tournament in the year the fighter came out against Gegard Musashi and lost.

Rory McDonald and Gegard Musashi on his Instagram page noted that he was not ready for the fight psychologically, and his opponent showed really fantastic results. Now Rory plans to take revenge, but the rivals have not yet agreed on a second meeting.