{"id":196415,"date":"2016-06-11T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196415"},"modified":"2016-06-11T11:04:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T18:04:11","slug":"video-rory-macdonald-vs-stephen-thompson-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-rory-macdonald-vs-stephen-thompson-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen Thompson preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fight Night Ottawa: MacDonald vs Thompson - Ready for the Shot\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O-gJEY7tt5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On June 18th, two elite members of the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-vs-rory-macdonald-headlines-ufc-fight-night-89-in-ottawa\/\">Rory MacDonald and Stephen Thompson<\/a>, will square off in a pivotal welterweight matchup that could see the next welterweight title challenger determined.<\/p>\n<p>For MacDonald, the fight will be his first since his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-robbie-lawler-vs-rory-macdonald-highlights\/\">brutal UFC 189 fight with Robbie Lawler<\/a> for the welterweight championship, in which he was knocked out in the 4th round.<\/p>\n<p>For Thompson, he will be riding a 6-fight win streak into the bout that most recently saw him become the first man to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/replay-stephen-thompson-tkos-johny-hendricks\/\">stop former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks with strikes<\/a>.  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