{"id":268194,"date":"2018-01-19T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268194"},"modified":"2018-01-19T11:42:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:42:17","slug":"douglas-lima-not-shying-away-exploiting-rory-macdonalds-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/douglas-lima\/douglas-lima-not-shying-away-exploiting-rory-macdonalds-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Lima Not Shying Away From Exploiting Rory MacDonald&#8217;s Weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some huge fights tomorrow. Two giant title fights are perched atop UFC 220 which goes down in Boston, but Bellator&#8217;s title fight is just as big. Former UFC welterweight title challenger <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s=rory+macdonald\">Rory MacDonald<\/a> gets his shot at Bellator gold against belt-holder Douglas Lima. MacDonald has a chance to accomplish something he was never able to pull off in the UFC, but Lima is there to try and stop him every step of the way. Even if that means targeting a body part that has caused him problems since 2015&#8217;s Fight of the Year against Robbie Lawler.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;At some point over 25 minutes, [Rory MacDonald]\u2019s going to have to take those shots and I\u2019m definitely curious to see how he handles it and how he\u2019s going to react to that. I\u2019m throwing everything with bad intentions. I\u2019m going to try to finish him every second of the fight. I don\u2019t want this fight to go to a decision.\u00a0I want to make a statement and I want to take his head off. Let\u2019s see if his nose has healed up. I\u2019m definitely going to aim for that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 more days! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bellator192?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bellator192<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/phil413?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#phil413<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/snMvLI0QjW\">pic.twitter.com\/snMvLI0QjW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Douglas Lima (@PhenomLima) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhenomLima\/status\/954164441053986816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf he&#8217;s not [focused], he\u2019s going to have to find out come January 20th. People can say whatever they want, but it\u2019s about doing it. I don\u2019t think he will ever get in the heavyweight tournament. I think he\u2019s just saying stuff. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on in his mind but he\u2019s got a much tougher challenge in me. That should be his focus. He\u2019s just talking.\u00a0I\u2019m sure he\u2019s very focused on this fight. It\u2019s not going to be an easy one for him and he knows that.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/latest-news\/douglas-lima-absolutely-target-rory-macdonalds-damaged-nose-bellator-192\/\">Douglas Lima speaking to MMA NYTT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the brutal war with Robbie Lawler back at UFC 189, Rory MacDonald had surgery on his nose, resulting in a long hiatus before he finally made his Bellator debut. He instantly erased any doubts about ring rust by dominating Paul Daley in May of last year, finishing him early in the second round. Pushed into this title fight with Douglas Lima after his performance at Bellator 179, this will be another test for MacDonald. Will it be and new or and still? Bellator 192 will give us answers tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/19\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some huge fights tomorrow. Two giant title fights are perched atop UFC 220 which goes down in Boston, but Bellator&#8217;s title fight is just as big. Former UFC welterweight title challenger Rory MacDonald gets his shot at Bellator gold against belt-holder Douglas Lima. 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