{"id":250490,"date":"2017-09-30T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=250490"},"modified":"2017-09-30T10:50:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T17:50:03","slug":"bellator-robbie-lawler-usada-steroids-ufc-189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/bellator-robbie-lawler-usada-steroids-ufc-189\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory MacDonald Still Thinks Robbie Lawler Was &#8216;Taking Some Sh-t&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best welterweights in the world now resides in Bellator, where he is about to challenge for the welterweight title. He&#8217;s not just content with earning the belt that alluded him in the UFC, he has aspirations of an unprecedented triple crown title in by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/titles-three-welterweight-middleweight-light-heavyweight-bellator-ryan-bader-mousasi-division-ufc\/\">taking belts in three divisions<\/a>. Still, his infamous fight with Robbie Lawler will always follow him. Earlier this month, he accused Lawler of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/rory-macdonald-convinced-robbie-lawler-steroids-ufc-189-1\/\">being on performance enhancing drugs<\/a> during their fight. Recently, he&#8217;s opened up more about his accusation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"K6Obsu\">\u201cI\u2019m convinced he was.\u00a0He never slowed down. I would hurt [Robbie Lawler] and his output was high, high, high and he never really lost power and endurance. He just kept the pace and kept the power no matter how hurt or tired he was. He always was recovered very fast. It made me very suspicious.\u00a0Obviously, I think Robbie is a tank of a person. He\u2019s got that fire and that will and the rage and that anger in him that burns and pushes him through those hard moments. He\u2019s an absolute warrior. I\u2019m not disagreeing with that. But I do believe he was taking some sh-t.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rory_macdonald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rory_macdonald<\/a> backstage polishing his weapon before he goes to battle in London! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator179?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator179<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVoCq5z7xc\">pic.twitter.com\/CVoCq5z7xc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA\/status\/865665886195142658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"CXyAnv\">\u201cI didn\u2019t call so and so and so and so someone [from his camp] who was on performance-enhancing drugs. I don\u2019t have an issue with whatever. Someone asked me, \u2018Do I think Robbie Lawler is on steroids?\u2019 Yeah, I do. That\u2019s it.\u00a0I\u2019m totally not crying about it. If you\u2019re gonna&#8217; ask me, do I think Robbie Lawler takes performance-enhancing drugs? Absolutely, I do. And I absolutely think he was on something when we fought.\u201d\u00a0<span>\u2014<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/9\/30\/16377314\/rory-macdonald-explains-controversial-comments-about-robbie-lawler-performance-enhancing-drug-use\">Rory MacDonald speaking with MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regardless if the accusation is true or not\u00a0<span>\u2014 Robbie Lawler hasn&#8217;t been flagged by USADA in his career\u00a0\u2014there&#8217;s no arguing that Lawler is a freak. Both men are. Their fight at UFC 189 was one of the most incredible fights in MMA history. While MacDonald may regret losing and not walking away with that UFC welterweight fight, there were two winners that night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/30\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best welterweights in the world now resides in Bellator, where he is about to challenge for the welterweight title. He&#8217;s not just content with earning the belt that alluded him in the UFC, he has aspirations of an unprecedented triple crown title in by taking belts in three divisions. 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