Rory MacDonald was sitting on the couch watching television when he received a text message with arguably the biggest news of his life. It said MacDonald (18-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) had been granted a shot at the UFC welterweight title and will fight the winner of UFC 181’s headliner between Johny Hendricks (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Robbie Lawler (24-10 MMA, 9-4 UFC) for the belt next year. To put icing on the cake, he learned it’s scheduled to take place in his native Canada. “It’s big news,” MacDonald told MMAjunkie of his title shot
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