Rory Singer (11-6) has announced in the Underground Forum over at MMA.tv that he’ll be facing Jason MacDonald (18-8) at UFC 72 on June 16 in Belfast, Ireland.
Aside from having one of the worst nicknames in all of MMA (Version 2.5), Singer is a talented albeit inconsistent fighter who will always hold a special place in my heart for dismantling the ill-conceived and stomach churning “Team Dagger” with a knockout win over Solomon Hutcherson during the third season of The Ultimate Fighter.
Singer failed to make it to the finals but kept his spot on the roster with consecutive wins over Ross Pointon at The Ultimate Fighter 3 finale and Josh Haynes at UFC The Final Chapter. He came up short at UFC 66 however with a TKO loss against Yushin Okami in the third round.
He’s since rebounded with a win over Matt Masterson at Wild Bill’s Fight Night 8 (only in Georgia folks) and looks to have also improved his training camp after a recent affiliation with American Top Team.
No doubt he’ll have an uphill battle when he faces “The Athlete” who is certain to be looking for revenge after being quickly dispatched by former middleweight champion Rich Franklin back at UFC 68.
Prior to the Franklin loss MacDonald was on a six-fight winning streak specializing in the destruction of Ultimate Fighter alumni like Ed Herman at UFC The Final Chapter and Chris Leben at UFC 66.
Whether he can use that as a confidence booster against Singer or whether the Franklin loss still haunts him has yet to be determined.
For more on the UFC 72 fight card click here.
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I’m sorry but the worst nickname out there is Kenny “Ken Flo” Florian. He really put a lot of thought into that name.
I guess I try to picture a bunch of guys at the gym. It’s easy to yell “Yo KenFlo!” but can you imagine shouting across a crowded gym “Yo Version 2.5!”
lmao thats true
Believe it or not the meglomaniac who runs this site actually call himself UFCmania outside of this blog. I’m all for getting into character but you know that belt Manny was running around with on TUF 5? Who do you think they got it from?
LOL @ Jesse
If Jmac loses this one he should quit and go back to being a prison guard
Jason is a monster at 185. His ground skills are crazy, but his stand up is slow and telegraphed. If he was quicker, he could potentially be a middleweight champ someday. I hope the Franklin loss gives him some drive to train on his stand up. One thing is for sure, he is in the right camp.
This fight sucks! Mac will take it, but who cares
im watching, jesse. even if its from a pda. but i guess this only bolsters ur slanderovs statement.
MAC WINS HANDS DOWN HE WILL CONTINUE TOBE THE (GOOD NICKNAME)”TUF KILLER”AND MAYBE BEAT SOMEBODY OUT SIDE THE TUF ALUMNI ONEDAY.
i want to see him fight kendell if he’s such a tuf killer, he keeps beating the guys that lose on that show, but lets see him fight a winner, it would be a badass fight and a good test for both…
He beat Leben, I think he could beat Kendell. Leben is underrated.
[quote comment=”38384″]MAC WINS HANDS DOWN HE WILL CONTINUE TOBE THE (GOOD NICKNAME)”TUF KILLER”AND MAYBE BEAT SOMEBODY OUT SIDE THE TUF ALUMNI ONEDAY.[/quote]
I will not read your shit in full caps, and I aint the only one.
[quote comment=”38384″]MAC WINS HANDS DOWN HE WILL CONTINUE TOBE THE (GOOD NICKNAME)”TUF KILLER”AND MAYBE BEAT SOMEBODY OUT SIDE THE TUF ALUMNI ONEDAY.[/quote]
Yeah, Mr. “TUF Killer” doesn’t mention the fact that he also got TKO’d by Kalib Starnes and choked out by Patrick Cote.
I think Rory looked pretty decent in his last fight but he will lose to MacDonald
i think after macdonald kicks rorys ass he should make singer come to his house and do his dishes.hah!
I think that Macdonald will win but if they stay standing Singer will take it cuz i think his stand up looked good in his last fight but Macdonald is bigger than Singer and the last time Singer fought a guy his size he got KO’d…but Macdonalds stand up looked like ASS in his last fight against Franklin hopefully he improved that because his arms are soooo god damn long for a middleweight so he should have that in his game plan every fight instead of looking for his ju jitsu to come through
Yushin Okami deserves a title shot before anyone right now but since silva is fighting marquardt, okami will probably get some stiff to fight or will dana put him in with someone tough for okami to lose because he wants all of his belts to be with guys who will help promote the UFC the most?
Grove will kick Mac’s ass. Did everyone see how good Kendall looked at that last event. Who cares if he beat Leben. You must know that Leben will lose alot the same way because he exposes his head to much on the ground and in the clinch. He relies way to much on his hands, but Anderson fixed that one. The Crippler needs to work more BJJ and submissions. Da Spyder will beat Mac. It would be a good fight to see Grove keep growing
Singer is a good fighter technicaly, but what about toughness? Guy has a bit of potential, top team can definately bring that out.
McDonald - Singer is a good matchup for both. McDonald is gonna come out with ball of fire because of the loss, then again so will Singer to make the statement he belongs in the UFC.
yea i agree Kendall Grove is looking better and better every time he fights so his training with team punishment is going great…but he still needs to fight a top 5-10 middleweight fighter so i think he needs at least 2 fights before a title shot if not more..
Geez, I have a hard time seeing Mac losing to Singer. Singer has improved a lot since TUF, but Mac is better. Losing to Franklin is on an entirely different level than fighting Singer.
…and a Grove-Mac fight would be very, very good.
Jason will clear this guy out inside of 3:00 minutes.
I don’t know what is wrong with Singer. He looks good, and I don’t care how that sounds, but that is it. Mark my words folks, Jason will win but submission. Wait, triangle choke.
Sorry that took so long to formulate.
on wikipedia rorys nickname is “outburst”. maybe he has 2 nicknames. like charles mccarthy has “chainsaw” and “captain miserable”.
both these guys lost to top level competition. i think rory with will because of the training he will get at American Top Team. plus he also trains with forrest griffin. i think singer by decision.
DOes anyone know the song chosen by Mac Donald as entrance music at UFC 72 ?
rory was teaching last night at the hardcore gym im gonna give it to rory hes a straight badass who also happens to be a nurse lol