Rory is one of the best in the world at WW
Same goes for Moose at MW
There's weight classes for a reason, maybe I forgot how wide Rory's back is, maybe it's disgustingly big like Brazilian Cowboy, but Moose is way bigger than Rory at least his frame is, iirc
I don't like this fight for Rory anywhere
Edited to add:
Rory and Moose both have a reliable jab (when in constant use) and seem to fight comfortably (enough at least) in whichever stance they find themselves in, including shifting between long linear stances, squared wide stances and the middle stance.
The thing is, all this adaptability and versatility of Rory might not help him do much more than survive, and I'm not confident in Rory's ability to sink in a choke or pull off any sort of sub on Moose if Gegard is perfectly healthy enough to go all out.
Gegard has the strength, speed, power, game gritty veteran who's still at or around the top of his game advantage. Now the striking speed advantage may be slight, but not when Gegard smells blood it isn't. Off the top of my head, Gegard can throw at least 3 to 4 coffin nails per second when he smells blood while throwing ground and pound, maybe even when standing and his opponent is against the cage. That may not be fast in boxing, but it is in MMA where some fighters don't feel completely comfortable throwing 100%.
What advantage does Rory have that isn't likely to be negated at all? Chain wrestling? Both have great groundgames, Rory's looks a little better but that's against WWs not named Gegard Mousasi who has fought at LHW and fought HWs.
I like Rory, but I don't expect Rory to be saying he doesn't regret taking this fight like he did when Robbie turned him into that kid from Mask.
I'm probably wrong, he just might say that shit tbh, because Red King never dies and certainly never has and never will give any sort of fucks about nothing.