Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald says he feels underestimated going into his rematch with Douglas Lima.
MacDonald, who meets Lima in the Bellator 232 main event Saturday in Uncasville, Connecticut, is currently a slight betting underdog to Lima. The last time the Canadian was an underdog in a 170-pound contest was in 2011 against Nate Diaz, a fight MacDonald won by unanimous decision. MacDonald isn’t used to the underdog role, but he’s happy to embrace it ahead of the Bellator welterweight grand prix final.
“To be honest, it’s all the better,” MacDonald told Bloody Elbow. “It’s going to make the victory all the more sweet, to go out there and show the world what I can do.