{"id":199038,"date":"2016-07-17T19:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=199038"},"modified":"2016-07-17T19:47:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T02:47:27","slug":"bellator-discussions-going-well-with-rory-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/bellator-discussions-going-well-with-rory-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator discussions &#8220;going well&#8221; with Rory MacDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following Rory MacDonald&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-stephen-thompson-vs-rory-macdonald-highlights\/\">unanimous decision loss to Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson<\/a> last month, it was revealed that MacDonald would be testing free agency given that his UFC contract was up.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, news surfaced that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/bellator-in-talks-with-rory-macdonald\/\">MacDonald and his management team were in negotiations with Bellator MMA<\/a>. While nothing has been made official, Bellator MMA President Scott Coker revealed that negotiations are going well.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/07\/bellator-boss-says-nothing-imminent-with-rory-macdonald-but-discussions-going-well\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe are in talks with his management.There\u2019s nothing imminent right now. We\u2019re just in discussions, and discussions are going well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s somebody that we\u2019d be interested in, but can we come to a deal? I\u2019m not sure,\u201d Coker said. \u201cBut I know the guys back home are on it, and hopefully we\u2019ll have a decision one way or another soon, and we\u2019ll find out where he\u2019s going to fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Rory MacDonald&#8217;s unanimous decision loss to Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson last month, it was revealed that MacDonald would be testing free agency given that his UFC contract was up. Earlier this month, news surfaced that MacDonald and his management team were in negotiations with Bellator MMA. 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