{"id":197954,"date":"2016-07-03T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T02:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197954"},"modified":"2016-07-03T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T02:51:05","slug":"rory-macdonald-new-proud-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/rory-macdonald-new-proud-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory MacDonald a new proud father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC title contender <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/photo-rory-macdonald-stephen-thompson-still-friends-fighting\/\">Rory MacDonald<\/a> hit a new milestone in life.<\/p>\n<p>MacDonald is a new father of a baby girl, according to his Tristar head coach <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/firas-zahabi-says-likely-one-fight-get-georges-st-pierre-motivated\/\">Firas Zahabi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zahabi made the announcement on twitter on Sunday saying, &#8220;Welcome to @rory_macdonald and Olivia&#8217;s new arrival. God bless! Rory you got 16 years to beef up that gun collection. #itsagirl&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rory_macdonald\">@rory_macdonald<\/a> and Olivia&#39;s new arrival. God bless! Rory you got 16 years to beef up that gun collection. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/itsagirl?src=hash\">#itsagirl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Firas Zahabi (@Firas_Zahabi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Firas_Zahabi\/status\/749693550867128320\">July 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MacDonald has stated that he is looking to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/ufc-executive-encourages-rory-macdonald-go-open-market\/\">shop the market as a free agent<\/a> and get paid what he feels he is worth to provide for his family. 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