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Morning Report: Firas Zahabi doesn’t believe Rory MacDonald will be retiring soon: ‘The kid’s a natural-born fighter’

On Saturday night, Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald fought to a majority draw against Jon Fitch. It was an unsatisfying outcome for the welterweight grand prix tournament bout, not just because of the inconclusiveness of it, but because of MacDonald’s brutally honest post-fight comments.

After the draw, wherein MacDonald would advance by virtue of being the current champion and having successfully retained his title, MacDonald was extremely open about his performance and how he wasn’t sure if he had the same fight in him that he once did.

“I feel like God has really called me the last little while and, I don’t know,” MacDonald said.