Rory Macdonald Out Of UFC 152 Fight With B.J. Penn

[No More Sorrow]

Rory Macdonald Out Of UFC 152 Fight With B.J. Penn Due To Cut


by Brent Brookhouse on Aug 4, 2012 11:46 PM


It looks like all that will-they-won't-they nonsense surrounding B.J. Penn, Rory MacDonald and VADA sponsored drug testing was all for nothing. Dana White told the media at the UFC on Fox 4 post fight press conference that MacDonald suffered a very bad cut in training and has been forced out of the planned UFC 152 bout.


Here's the tweet from Ariel Helwani:




Ariel Helwani✔
@arielhelwani


Rory MacDonald is out of 152, per Dana. Huge cut in training on his forehead. No replacement for BJ yet.


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Unfortunate news as that was a very compelling fight to see exactly where Rory is in his overall development along with giving Penn a chance to prove that he can still compete against the young studs at welterweight in the UFC.


Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson remains the main event but Penn is the "big name" that is on the show to draw in the casual viewer.

Wow. Of course this would happen, Rory had 40 stitches in his head from the cut. Penn still wants to fight though so we'll see what they come up with. They might just delay the fight to a later date, but the UFC 152 card was so good.

 

[The Cork]

This is what should happen, Dana should say "BJ, you wanna come back so bad? Get the fuck over to Strikeforce you pussy and fight Melendez"

No excuses now, Mir did it for Cormier, and Melendez is considered at least top 3 P4P so saying "beating Melendez does nothing for me " is false.

 

[Slim]

Yeah I agree with Cork... Penn/Melendez.

But mannnn 40 stitches... what the heck happened to his head? Someone try to slice it?

 

[No More Sorrow]

Penn wants the fight moved to UFC 153 in Rio, Rory wants it set for UFC 154 so he can fight on the same card as GSP.

 

[Slim]

Penn doesn't want to see GSP

 

[We Are Legion]

That sucks, I was really looking forward to that fight. Of course, if UFC 154 gets the fight and I might actually get to see it live in MTL, it might be worth the wait.