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Douglas Lima is no longer the Bellator welterweight champion. That distinction now belongs to Rory MacDonald, who beat him with a competitive decision in the co-main event of last Saturday’s Bellator 192 card<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now several days removed from his loss to MacDonald, Douglas Lima has some significant regrets about how it all went down. Most notably, he feels he didn’t fight with enough desperation in the crucial fifth round of a very close fight.<\/p>\n

\u201dI wanted to knock him out,\u201d Lima told MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI knew it would be a tough fight. I\u2019m glad that we put on a war, but it\u2019s stuck in my throat, man. I kind of gave him the fifth round. I should have tried to get back up but I didn\u2019t want to lose position and locked him in my guard, waiting for the referee to stand us back up again. That was my mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dI still have to re-watch the fight, but I think it was 2-2 and I had to win that [fifth] round,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I saw that his leg was too hurt and he wouldn\u2019t be able to walk, so I rushed in like crazy to kick and that\u2019s when he used his experience and took me down. That was my mistake. I should have moved more because he wouldn\u2019t be able to walk, and I gave him the round. Man, what a mistake, I can\u2019t stop thinking about that moment. I had the fight in my hands and I gave it to him. It was my mistake.”<\/p>\n

Lima continued, explaining that, having identified the errors in his strategy, he’s dying for a rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe clinched, I believe it was in the third round, and I saw his shin and started to focus on that. That was my mistake. He was waiting for the kicks, and I should have gone for knees, hands, to move more. He\u2019s an intelligent fighter and adapted to the situation, so I can\u2019t take that away from him. He fought the right fight, but, man, what a mistake\u2026 I still can\u2019t understand that.”<\/p>\n

\u201dI did way more damage than him. I have to re-watch it. I still haven\u2019t re-watched it yet because I\u2019m so mad I can\u2019t watch it now [laughs], but I will. I\u2019m glad that many people said I won, that it was a close fight. I can\u2019t wait to fight him again. I\u2019m upset with myself. Hats off to him, he was a warrior, but make no mistake about it, I want a rematch as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019ve gained even more respect for him after a fight like this. Any other fighter would have quit. I\u2019ve fought guys that quit between rounds because of my leg kicks, that has happened before, but he continued. That was his night. I can\u2019t wait to fight him again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you want to see Douglas Lima and Rory MacDonald fight again?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/25\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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