Bellator MMA welterweight champion Rory MacDonald will move up a division to take on the middleweight king Gegard Mousasi in the Bellator 206headliner on Sept. 29 in San Jose, California.
“The Red King,” who is a long-time teammate of former Ultimate Fighting Championship two-division champion Georges St. Pierre, said he witnessed firsthand the body transformation that “GSP” undertook in the lead up to his fight with former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping following a four year lay-off.
MacDonald said that while his teammate defeated Bisping to claim the title, he didn’t agree with his approach in bulking up for the fight for the heavier weight class.