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Alright @Seano , I can share the fight video because the UFC uploaded it to YouTube. It's a free fight. I marked the time for you already bud. Please, dispute this. Be sure to listen to the commentary.
Here's a slow motion GIF that I made just for you as well. Rory was game and fighting well before he got cracked in his nose (which was already broken) with a hard left straight. As Rogan said (and myself), the pain is why he went down and stopped fighting. "But that one punch, it was the straw that broke the camel's back". Lawler then clearly misses his first follow-up shot, misses/grazes (at best) his second and his last follow-up punch in the GNP sequence lands on Rory's wrist/glove.
Here's a frame of the last GNP punch that Lawler "unloaded" on Rory. It was blocked as Rory was already shelled up turtling immediately as he started to fall to the ground. Take a look.
But hey, badly broken noses can't end fights. Wrong.
Rory's nose has now been operated on multiple times. It's never been the same and never will be. It was broken again in his last fight against Thompson, in which he lost, but not badly. He had it operated on twice after the Lawler fight. This would be his third surgery now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_MacDonald_(fighter)
Here's a slow motion GIF that I made just for you as well. Rory was game and fighting well before he got cracked in his nose (which was already broken) with a hard left straight. As Rogan said (and myself), the pain is why he went down and stopped fighting. "But that one punch, it was the straw that broke the camel's back". Lawler then clearly misses his first follow-up shot, misses/grazes (at best) his second and his last follow-up punch in the GNP sequence lands on Rory's wrist/glove.
Here's a frame of the last GNP punch that Lawler "unloaded" on Rory. It was blocked as Rory was already shelled up turtling immediately as he started to fall to the ground. Take a look.
But hey, badly broken noses can't end fights. Wrong.
Rory's nose has now been operated on multiple times. It's never been the same and never will be. It was broken again in his last fight against Thompson, in which he lost, but not badly. He had it operated on twice after the Lawler fight. This would be his third surgery now.
MacDonald next faced Stephen Thompson on June 18, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 89.[41] He lost the fight via unanimous decision.[42] His nose was busted in the later part of the Thompson fight, visibly affecting MacDonald. It seems to be a recurring injury after the nose was shattered against Lawler in 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_MacDonald_(fighter)
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