{"id":155144,"date":"2015-07-14T07:14:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=155144"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:40:01","slug":"macdonald-ufc-189-was-best-time-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/macdonald-ufc-189-was-best-time-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"MacDonald: UFC 189 Was &#8220;Best Time of My Life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lawler-MacDonald.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-154895\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lawler-MacDonald.png\" alt=\"Lawler MacDonald\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lawler-MacDonald.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lawler-MacDonald-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lawler-MacDonald-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lawler-MacDonald-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC welterweights Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald put on one of the greatest fights period, at UFC 189.<\/p>\n<p>It was a back and forth war, both fighters bloodied and beaten, but still they kept coming forward, looking to finish the fight. Eventually it was the champ, Lawler, who managed to finish MacDonald in the fifth and final round.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters had to make a trip to the hospital, MacDonald with broken bones and Lawler with a ripped up lip.<\/p>\n<p>Still, MacDonald thinks all things considered that it was the greatest moment of his entire life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ruthless_RL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ruthless_RL<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Firas_Zahabi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Firas_Zahabi<\/a>  this was the best time of my life, ill never forget this fight <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vKgWD6mp6e\">pic.twitter.com\/vKgWD6mp6e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rory_macdonald\/status\/620314709690990596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dang&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kings Of Volume &#8212; Punches In Bunches With Nate Diaz And Richard Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4330404785001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweights Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald put on one of the greatest fights period, at UFC 189. It was a back and forth war, both fighters bloodied and beaten, but still they kept coming forward, looking to finish the fight. Eventually it was the champ, Lawler, who managed to finish MacDonald in the fifth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":155286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"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: UFC 189 Was &quot;Best Time of My Life&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/macdonald-ufc-189-was-best-time-of-my-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MacDonald: UFC 189 Was &quot;Best Time of My Life&quot; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC welterweights Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald put on one of the greatest fights period, at UFC 189. 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