Rory MacDonald Credits Revitalized Christian Faith As Reason He's Let Go Of Anger
Between Rory MacDonald’s majority draw against Jon Fitch in their Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix quarterfinal and his surprising post-fight statements, the reigning Bellator MMA 170-pound champ has had to do quite a bit of explaining in order to convince the world his heart is still in the sport.
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MacDonald was a recent guest on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show,” where he elaborated further on his post-fight comments, crediting a newfound relationship with Jesus for the change in his attitude towards fighting.
“I felt like I was unsure of the emotions I was feeling in the fight,” MacDonald said. “For the longest time, I fought with a certain anger inside of me, so it was kind of like a release. [It] felt good to fight, to do damage and it made me feel better about myself in some kind of a way.
“Lately, because of my new relationship with Jesus Christ, I just don’t feel that hurt in my heart or that pain that used to drive me,” he added. “I have new life and peace in my heart and I don’t really have that anger that used to drive me.
“So it’s kind of weird to go into a fight and not go through the same emotions that I’m used to feeling,” MacDonald continued. “So I guess I was just caught up [during the post-fight interview] thinking about why I’m feeling like this, what am I doing here? I was just not sure what to make of it.”
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