Deja vu all over again for Rory MacDonald
Dana White on Rory MacDonald waiting for title shot: “It’s not that Rory isn’t next in line, he is. But now he’s just next in line behind this fight.”
It’s like déjà vu all over again for top UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald.
In October, MacDonald beat the consciousness out of Tarrec Saffiedine, and was slated to fight the winner of UFC champion Robbie Lawler vs. former champ Johny Hendricks in December.
However, Hendricks vs. Lawler II was so close that the power that be determined trilogy fight makes sense. Further influencing the decision, Lawler beat MacDonald late in 2013, albeit by split decision.
So now MacDonald gets the winner of Lawler vs. Hendricks, again.
Yah it’s tough,” said UFC president Dana White on UFC Tonight this week.” You say a guy is next in line, but you don’t know how that fight’s going to turn out. And when you have a war like you had with those first two fights – Johny wins the first one, Robbie wins the second one – a trilogy makes sense. It’s not that Rory isn’t next in line, he is. But now he’s just next in line behind this fight.”
It is not known as yet when Lawler vs. Hendricks 3 will be, or if MacDonald will be taking a fight before the promised title shot.