{"id":153287,"date":"2015-07-03T08:46:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T15:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=153287"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:43:40","slug":"macdonald-lack-of-hunger-is-why-i-lost-to-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/macdonald-lack-of-hunger-is-why-i-lost-to-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"MacDonald: &#8216;Lack of hunger is why I lost To Lawler&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rory-MacDonald.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rory-MacDonald.png\" alt=\"Rory MacDonald\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rory-MacDonald.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUFC welterweight contender Rory MacDonald is getting set to rematch current champion Robbie Lawler at next weekend&#8217;s UFC 189 event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian standout suffered a close split-decision loss to &#8220;Ruthless&#8221; in their first encounter at UFC 167, but claims that he wasn&#8217;t totally focused or motivated for that fight (via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/07\/ufc-189s-rory-macdonald-my-hunger-was-not-there-in-first-fight-with-lawler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI had a couple things in training and my body wasn\u2019t feeling good; I just lost motivation,\u201d MacDonald stated. \u201cI couldn\u2019t train as hard as I usually did and the injury kind of made me not focused. It just made me not into it. I think it was just my hunger was not there. I wasn\u2019t really into the fight at that point. Before that fight I was like, \u2018Oh, I just kind of want this to be over.\u2019 I wasn\u2019t really interested in fighting. I just wanted to get it over and done with and just relax.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>MacDonald said that some members of his camp had suggested that he pull out of the fight, however he eventually chose to make the walk at UFC 167:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI had people telling me I shouldn\u2019t fight, but I did it anyways,\u201d MacDonald said. \u201cI said that I was going to do it. I don\u2019t think the fight was signed, but I said I was going to do it. I had got injured like two or three fights in a row and I was just sick of it. I kind of came to the conclusion that you can\u2019t be perfect in every fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This time around, Rory feels that the fight with Lawler will go differently but he is excited for a potential war:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe difference is this time I want to fight; I\u2019m looking forward to being in there and having the blood on my face and being in the heat of battle,\u201d MacDonald said. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s as dynamic in his skills than me, but that doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t be a hard fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who do you think will leave with the welterweight strap on July 11? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight contender Rory MacDonald is getting set to rematch current champion Robbie Lawler at next weekend&#8217;s UFC 189 event in Las Vegas. The Canadian standout suffered a close split-decision loss to &#8220;Ruthless&#8221; in their first encounter at UFC 167, but claims that he wasn&#8217;t totally focused or motivated for that fight (via MMAJunkie): \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":129424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[777,793,9969],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MacDonald: &#039;Lack of hunger is why I lost To Lawler&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rory MacDonald says that his first loss to Robbie Lawler was due to a lack of hunger. 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