A Quote by Rory MacDonald
I still and will always have a passion for martial arts and do not believe, as a Christian, that it's wrong for myself to compete in a professional sport that is violent.
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I've always been interested in the sport even as a young kid. I liked the sport of martial arts because I loved anything that involved contact, conflict or collision.
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I believe martial arts is always evolving and mixed martials arts is the top of the food chain.
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