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The lure of another potential million-dollar payday helped bring Rory MacDonald to the Professional Fighters League in late 2019. Some two years later, the former Bellator MMA champion can finally see the finish line.
MacDonald will confront Ray Cooper III in the 2021 welterweight semifinals, as they headline PFL 7 on Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Meanwhile, Magomed Magomedkerimov faces Sadibou Sy in the co-main event on the other side of the 170-pound bracket.
PFL 7 “MacDonald vs. Cooper”—which airs live on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—also features the two lightweight semifinals, with Clay Collard meeting Raush Manfio and Loik Radzhabov battling Alex Martinez. The undercard will stream in its entirety to ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT, a welterweight affair pitting Gleison Tibau against Micah Terrill buoying the six-fight slate of prelims.
A closer look at the on PFL 7 particulars:
THE LINEUP
170: Rory MacDonald vs. Ray Cooper III170: Sadibou Sy vs. Magomed Magomedkerimov
155: Clay Collard vs. Raush Manfio
155: Loik Radzhabov vs. Alexander Martinez
170: Micah Terrill vs. Gleison Tibau
155: Darrell Horcher vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
170: Tyler Hill vs. Brett Cooper
170: Magomed Umalatov vs. Leandro Silva
170: Kyron Bowen vs. Michael Lombardo
155: Elvin Espinoza vs. Hopeton Stewart
THE RUNDOWN
• Weigh-in Report• By The Numbers: MacDonald vs. Cooper
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Clay Collard
• Duffy: Salvaging a Season
• Stand and Deliver: Around the World Edition
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