Rory MacDonald wants to get back in the Bellator cage to defend his welterweight title sooner rather than later, but first he must get past the damage sustained in his previous bout. MacDonald (20-4 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) had a large hematoma form on his right shin when he won the 170-pound belt against Douglas Lima (29-7 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) with a unanimous-decision victory at Bellator 192 in January. He described the pain as worse than any other injury in his fighting career, and nearly two months later, he’s still feeling the ill effects. “I’m still in the recovery process, actually,” MacDonald told MMAjunkie. “I do everyday life pretty normally, but there’s still an injury deep inside my leg.
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