{"id":262230,"date":"2017-10-24T07:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262230"},"modified":"2017-10-24T07:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T14:04:20","slug":"robbie-lawler-fires-back-rory-macdonald-steroid-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robbie-lawler\/robbie-lawler-fires-back-rory-macdonald-steroid-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Lawler fires back at Rory MacDonald after steroid accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in July of 2015, in the co-main event of UFC 189, Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald engaged in perhaps the greatest fight of all time. While MacDonald very nearly won this fight with a fourth-round salvo, a ferocious Lawler surged back in the fifth to capture a TKO victory.<\/p>\n<p>While this fight will never be forgotten on the basis of its absolutely thrilling nature, it has recently been re-entering the headlines thanks to some serious accusations from MacDonald, who has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/rory-macdonald-blasts-lawler-accuses-using-peds-ufc-189\/\">repeatedly shared his belief<\/a> that Lawler might have been abusing performance enhancing drugs at the time of the fight. The most recent of these accusations from MacDonald occured during an AMA on Reddit.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cDo you think Robbie Lawler was on peds when you fought?\u201d MacDonald was asked by a fan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m convinced he was,\u201d he responded.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, Lawler has responded to MacDonald. Speaking on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/the-tsn-mma-show-robbie-lawler-and-rafael-dos-anjos-1.893378\">The TSN MMA Show<\/a>, the former welterweight champion explained that he believes MacDonald is simply looking for a way to cope with his ultra-violent UFC 189 loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think he\u2019s trying to figure out why things happened the way they happened and he\u2019s finding a different way to cope with it,\u201d he said of these accusations.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawler then responded to MacDonald&#8217;s main argument: that Lawler never slowed down or lost power over the course of their five-round bloodletting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI mean, I was getting hurt, I got stung by a head kick and he cut my lip with an elbow, but all you have in the end is your will to fight,\u201d Lawler said in response to MacDonald&#8217;s argument.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since his fight with MacDonald, Lawler defeated Carlos Condit, lost to Tyron Woodley, and most recently, rebounded with a recent defeat of Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. 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