{"id":87350,"date":"2014-02-22T20:26:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T04:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=87350"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:01:43","slug":"ufc-170-results-macdonald-survives-tough-round-1-earns-decision-win-against-maia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-170-results-macdonald-survives-tough-round-1-earns-decision-win-against-maia\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 170 Results: MacDonald Survives tough Round 1, Earns Decision Win Against Maia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-170-results-macdonald-survives-tough-round-1-earns-decision-win-against-maia\/rory-macdonald-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87352\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rory MacDonald Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rory-MacDonald-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Demian Maia surprised the world after such a dominant first round. He secured a takedown early on and eventually made it to full mount where he landed shots at will. A bloodied MacDonald finally made it back to his feet but he ate a couple punches from Maia that forced him to think twice. The round was so one sided, it could be argued that it was a 10-8.<\/p>\n<p>MacDonald knew he would have to do some damage throughout the rest of the fight, and he turned his volume of attack up tenfold in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Maia absorbed too many body kicks and it showed in his sluggish punch attempts. Maia&#8217;s gas tank decreased by more than half and all of his takedown attempts were stuffed by MacDonald. MacDonald&#8217;s attack was very methodical and he forced Maia to stumble back multiple times in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Round three was more even than the first two, but MacDonald really sealed up his victory by outstriking Maia. After being awarded the decision win, MacDonald told the world, &#8220;The animal is back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rory MacDonald def. Demian Maia by way of Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/jonathan-kirschner\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Kirschner<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmaKirschner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter: MMAKirschner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demian Maia surprised the world after such a dominant first round. He secured a takedown early on and eventually made it to full mount where he landed shots at will. A bloodied MacDonald finally made it back to his feet but he ate a couple punches from Maia that forced him to think twice. 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