Rory MacDonald draws Brian Ebersole at UFC 140
It’s been a day filled with big fight announcements and things aren’t slowing down just yet. For a month now fans have been wondering who Rory MacDonald would face next and today they got their answer as UFC announced that the 22-year-old welterweight will face Brian Ebersole at UFC 140 in December. The fight, which takes place in MacDonald’s home country of Canada, will be part of the main card.
UFC president Dana White confirmed the fight on UFC.com
A highly-touted welterweight who trains with current 170 lb champion Georges St. Pierre, MacDonald turned in a very impressive performance in his last bout, making quick work of veteran Mike Pyle. Prior to that fight, the young Canadian threw around Nate Diaz all over the octagon at UFC 129 en route to a dominating decision victory. The only loss in MacDonald’s career came against top contender Carlos Condit at UFC 115, in a bout that MacDonald was winning before Condit turned up the heat in the third round and stoppage “Ares” with just seven seconds remaining in the contest.
A veteran of over 60 MMA fights, Ebersole finally made his UFC debut this past February, defeating the always competitive Chris Lytle by decision. The bout earned Ebersole “Fight of the Night” honors and snapped Lytle’s four fight win streak. Ebersole followed that up with a brutal TKO victory over Dennis Hallman at UFC 133 and picked up another bonus for, “getting Hallman’s shorts off TV as quick as possible.” Despite competing in 64 career bouts, “TWAS” has never lost a fight by (T)KO.
UFC 140 is scheduled for December 10 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. Also on the card is a lightweight fight between prospects John Cholish and Mitch Clarke.
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Another hard fight to call.. as skilled as Rory is, i honestly think Brians massive experience in the sport along with his sheer creativeness in what he does is gonna be the deciding factor here.. Brian via UD 29-28
I like watching both guys fight it should be an entertaining back and forth brawl. Mac by decision.
Should be another entertaining fight, I’ll go with the good Canadian kid proving he’s one of the best in the division.
Should be an awesome fight but I love rory mcdonald, so ill take him to get the win by some sort of finish.
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sweet….i love seein this kid keep gettin tossed into the fire
Rory has a long career ahead of him as long as the ufc and his mgt continue this pace he’ll be a perenial contender/ champ for years to come.