{"id":195702,"date":"2016-06-02T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=195702"},"modified":"2016-06-02T12:49:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T19:49:00","slug":"video-tbt-battle-16-year-olds-rory-macdonald-vs-jordan-mein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tbt-battle-16-year-olds-rory-macdonald-vs-jordan-mein\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | #TBT battle of the 16-year-olds &#8211; Rory MacDonald vs. Jordan Mein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/X7Q30bYFOgI<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a trip down memory lane to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/rory-macdonald-defends-conor-mcgregor-he-did-the-right-thing\/\">Rory MacDonald&#8217;s<\/a> third professional fight at the young age of 16! Fellow Canadian <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufcs-jordan-mein-retires-at-the-age-of-25\/\">Jordan Mein<\/a> made his professional debut against MacDonald at Rumble in the Cage 17, back on June 17, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>MacDonald has matured to be one of the greatest welterweight fighters in the world. MacDonald&#8217;s last fight was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/macdonald-amazing-title-fight-with-lawler-was-really-good-for-my-career\/\">one for the ages<\/a> as he took on UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in a bloody brawl that went to the fifth round, where Lawler ultimately put MacDonald away by TKO.<\/p>\n<p>Mein also made it to the UFC stage, the biggest MMA promotion in the world and has already retired from mixed martial arts at age 25. 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