UFC return: ‘The Athlete’ to face Lawlor in May
Posted January 25, 2012 5:31 pm.
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The Athlete is returning to the cage in the spring.
Canadian middleweight Jason (The Athlete) MacDonald will take on (Filthy) Tom Lawlor at a UFC event in Fairfax, Va., on May 15. Sources told Sportsnet the two fighters have verbally agreed to the fight.
The 36-year-old New Glasgow, N.S., native, is coming off a first-round TKO loss to Alan Belcher at a UFC Fight Night in September. MacDonald (25-15) is a veteran of 13 fights in the UFC with a 6-7 record in the Octagon.
The American Lawlor (7-4, 1 NC) fell to Chris Weidman by first-round submission in November.
No other fights had been announced as of Wednesday afternoon.
MacDonald, who lives and trains in Red Deer, Alta., is a weekly sportsnet.ca blogger. He recently wrote he’d be interested in fighting in a location he hasn’t before.
UFC on FX 3, which will take place at the Patriot Center, will be the organization’s second trip to the Virginia city following a UFC Fight Night in January 2010. It will also take place on an unusual night — a Tuesday, as part of the UFC’s new broadcast deal with FOX.
