After dominating #9 ranked Tarec Saffiedine at Fight Night Halifax, #2 ranked Welterweight Rory MacDonald tweeted the above photo to Dana White with the hashtag #titleshotorbust.
From an interview with Canada’s sportsnet.ca: “It’s pretty impossible to deny Rory that, whoever comes out of the Hendricks-Lawler fight, he’s the next guy in line,”…“I have a lot of respect for Saffiedine. That guy’s tough to deal with,” White said. “Rory just absolutely made him look like he didn’t belong there. He actually treated him like No. 9.”
Just who MacDonald will face will be decided on December 6th when Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks makes his first title defense against “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. The two met to lay claim to the GSP vacated Welterweight title back in March. Hendricks won the 5 rounder by unanimous decision.
Regardless of the Hendricks-Lawler victor, MacDonald’s fight will “absolutely, positively, without a doubt, be in Canada.” said White.