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Don’t call him Waterboy
Rory MacDonald is done with that sh*t:
These days, Rory MacDonald calls himself Ares.
As the Kelowna, B.C.-native describes it, the Greek god of war’s namesake is more of a stage name, a persona he adopts each time he steps into an Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon.
“People that know me know I’m friendly and quiet,” MacDonald says. “But I take it seriously when I fight. The headspace I’m in is that I’m going to war. I’m willing to die in there.”
After impressive bounce-back wins against Nate Diaz and Mike Pyle last year, the 22-year-old (sporting a 12-1 record) goes into Saturday’s UFC 145 co-main event against Che Mills having fully earned the right to shed his old “Waterboy” nickname.
“I never really liked people calling me that,” he says. “It was given to me by friends, they made a joke out of it. It’s more of a personality thing, I felt like changing it to something that’s more of a stage name.”
Ares works much better.
There are 11 Older Comments about Don’t call him Waterboy
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theinsaneoneJustinMcCully says:
I wanted to call him something different, but now that I know he doesn’t like it…
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Symbul says:
Or you could just, you know, not have a dumb ass self-appointed nickname.
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drunkenjunk says:
Giving yourself the nickname ares is gay.
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Giallo says:
Isn’t there some kind of rule against nicknaming yourself, if not there should be. He deserves to be called waterboy or fag might work too.
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Filmdrunk says:
I hate assholes who think they get to choose their own nickname.
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Rye says:
It is a lil odd to nickname yourself, but I think we can give him a pass for the way he fucking TRUCKED Diaz and made him look like a lil girl in there… oh and booted his ass out of the division, too.
He can himself whatever he wants.
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MadMan says:
Rory “The Quiet Kid” McDonald
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frickshun says:
Rory “I have yet to learn humility” MacDonald.
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Reverend Clint says:
fag
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DJ ThunderElbows says:
So when’s Waterboy’s next fight?
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drunkenjunk says:
I want him to fight a wrestle-boxer that will smother him and smash his face in. Then he can give himself another gay greek name.
