Rory MacDonald began the night at UFC Fight Night 54 standing motionless in his corner, looking not unlike a lifelike robot that had been trained to do nothing more than blink and breathe. It was creepy, but that’s kind of MacDonald’s thing. When you’re the fighter voted Most Likely to Wear Someone Else’s Skin (spoiler alert: not a real vote), you do stuff like that. Whether you do it on purpose, to serve some greater end, or whether you do it just because you really, truly are a creepy dude, well, that’s the big question. The point is, after two and a half rounds of picking away at the seams of Tarec Saffiedine (15-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) on Saturday, Robot Rory (18-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) finally found the thread that unraveled him the rest of the way, which is when he became just human enough to stand over his vanquished foe and shout at him. It was a win as efficient as it was decisive.
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In making case for title shot, Rory MacDonald asks a question he hopes we can’t answer – MMA Junkie