Rory MacDonald wants to move up to the middleweight level – UFC News
Rory MacDonald, the number 1 welterweight contender, plans on winning the welterweight title and then moving up in weight to fight at the middleweight level. In his recent media interaction, the ambitious contender notified that he wants to win the welterweight
title before packing on 15 pounds to move up in weight.
He said, “I haven't seen myself on anyone's Top 10 rankings, but I'm not really worried about it, either. In my mind, rankings don't really matter because your place in the division is performance-based. If you perform well, the UFC is happy and I think
I'm doing a good job at that so far. Sometime over the next few years, I'm going to be moving up into the next weight class. After I win the welterweight title and feel comfortable with my technique to the point where I feel I can compete with bigger guys,
I'll make the move. I want to prove that even though I'm the smaller fighter, I can find success because my technique is at a high level.”
According to MacDonald, he has learned the skills quicker than most of his foes realised. He thinks that this is the right time for him to strike the iron. He currently holds 12 wins and 1 loss in his portfolio and he is just 22, which makes him one of the
most promising fighters for the UFC. If he is able to carry on his wins like this, he definitely will be among the best UFC fighters of all time by the time he reaches middleweight. For now, he is targeting the welterweight title and then probably he will
decide whether he wants to move up or not, which can take quite a while.
In his previous interview, Rory came up saying that he is not really worried about his bout against Mills and that he is confident he will beat him. He added that he is at the best time of his career and that he knows he can do whatever he wants to right
now. If that is the case, then truly Rory is right now flying high.
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