{"id":311523,"date":"2019-04-28T06:25:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=311523"},"modified":"2019-04-28T06:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:25:33","slug":"rory-macdonald-questioning-fighting-future-after-jon-fitch-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/rory-macdonald-questioning-fighting-future-after-jon-fitch-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory MacDonald questioning fighting future after Jon Fitch draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last night, in the main event of Bellator 220, Rory MacDonald retained the Bellator welterweight title and moved to the second round of the Bellator welterweight Grand Prix with a draw against former World Series of Fighting champion Jon Fitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this controversial bout, MacDonald is apparently questioning his continued desire to fight \u2014 more specifically his desire to hurt people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rory_macdonald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Rory_MacDonald<\/a>&#39;s post-fight interview. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator220?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator220<\/a><br><br>&quot;I don&#39;t know if I have that same drive to hurt people anymore.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Iosk6RPID\">pic.twitter.com\/6Iosk6RPID<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/1122369288013266947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have that killer inside,\u201d MacDonald said post-fight (via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bloody Elbow (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2019\/4\/28\/18521048\/rory-macdonald-unsure-he-has-drive-to-hurt-people-anymore-after-bellator-220-draw-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\">Bloody Elbow<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to explain. I hesitate a little bit now. I don\u2019t know what to say. It wasn\u2019t my best performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rory MacDonald continued, opening up on the evolution of his faith and how it has changed his desire to fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGod has really called me the last little while. He\u2019s changed my spirit, changed my heart,\u201d MacDonald said. \u201cIt takes a certain spirit to come in here and put a man through pain and stuff. I just don\u2019t know if I have that same drive to hurt people anymore. I don\u2019t know what it is. It\u2019s confusing. But I know the Lord has something in store for me. He was speaking to me in here tonight. It\u2019s a different feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have to get out of here and reevaluate,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens. 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