Jason MacDonald Confirms Bout with Doerksen

In a recent blog post on Sportsnet, UFC middleweight contender Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald confirmed that he’ll be fighting Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen at UFC 84 on April 19 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

MacDonald stated that the contract is signed but a rematch with Doerksen is not his ideal matchup. MacDonald mentioned that he would have rather been matched with a guy like Bisping, Tanner or Almeida.

I have no idea where this matchup came from. This is certainly nothing I asked for, having beaten him before in 2005. Usually when you have a fight in your career and you beat someone – unless it’s a controversial one or one that was left in the hands of the judges – you move on.
I would rather have been matched up with one of the new guys that has come into the division in the UFC. Evan Tanner, Michael Bisping, Ricardo Almeida, I would have loved to face one of these new guys that I think I match up well against, rather than someone I’ve already faced.

MacDonald and Doerksen fought at Ultimate Cage Wars 3: Caged Inferno where MacDonald defeated Doerksen via rear naked choke at 4:37 of the fourth round.

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