RORY MACDONALD VS JON FITCH SET FOR APRIL BELLATOR EVENT

The Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix will continue to proceed together with the past quarterfinal bout to be reserved, and I will offer my thoughts on this brand new matchup in the present MMA odds and ends.
Rory MacDonald vs. Jon Fitch, Bellator
Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald will put his belt on the line from the quarterfinals of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix when he chooses Jon Fitch at a yet-to-be-named event set for April 27 at San Jose, California. Marc Raimondi of all MMAFighting.com broke the news. Here is the fourth and final quarterfinal bout at the championship. Douglas Lima conquer Andrey Koreshkov in their trilogy struggle and Nieman Gracie upset Ed Ruth at another quartefinal matchups completed so far, with all the Michael Page vs. Paul Daley fight set to take place in February. The winner of MacDonald vs. Fitch will take on Gracie on the side of the bracket’s semifinals, while Lima will combat the winer of Page vs. Daley.
MacDonald (20-5) is 2-1 so much in Bellator. In his first two Bellator fights, he seemed like one of the greatest fighters on the planet as he submitted Daley and beat Lima more than five rounds to win the welterweight title. He then moved up in weight in his final bout when he took on Gegard Mousasi in his bid to become a rare Bellator double champion. However, MacDonald got defeated in that struggle, losing via second-round TKO. MacDonald will have had six months off between the Mousasi and Fitch fights, therefore he ought to be good to go health-wise. But the fact he took so much damage against Mousasi is painful. Then again, MacDonald was fighting a weight class for the first time. At welterweight, he is definitely among the best on the planet, and he even owns a dominant win over current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.
Fitch (31-7-1) has quietly made a run in the twilight of his career. Currently 40, Fitch is riding a five-fight win streak at the minute which comprises a dominant win over Daley in his Bellator debut. At the same time, Fitch holds noteworthy wins over Jake Shields and Yushin Okami throughout his latest win series, and he had been the PFL welterweight champion before signing with Bellator. Since becoming cut from the UFC at 2013, Fitch has gone 7-2 in WSOF, PFL and Bellator. He is no longer one of the game’s elite welterweights like he was a decade ago, but he still has a good wrestling foundation that can get him his hand raised.
That being said, this is MacDonald’s struggle to lose. He must possess the takedown defense to keep the battle on the toes, and in the standup there’s no question MacDonald is the exceptional fighter. Fitch has not won a fight by knockout since 2006, therefore he appears to have no route to success in this bout if he can’t get it to the ground. Despite the loss to Mousasi, I’d nevertheless peg MacDonald about a -500 favorite to defend his belt against Fitch and move on to another round of this tournament.
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