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[email protected] • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008 25 Mixed martial arts fighter McDonell is all business ■ By Herb Garbutt had been targeted because a win OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF against an experienced fighter would help raise the 26-year- A piece of advice for Rory old’s profile. It worked, as they McDonell’s next opponent: don’t have been contacted by many make him angry. promoters since the victory. When Kevin Manderson His next bout will be Nov. 8 at showed up at the weigh-in for the Laval Coliseum against their August mixed martial arts Nelson Riquelme. The Fight fight in Calgary, he laughed at Network will televise the event, McDonell. Considering though whether McDonell’s Manderson had twice delayed fight makes it to air will depend their bout, McDonell wasn’t on how much of the undercard is amused. televised. McDonell made short work of McDonell comes from a the veteran of more than 30 pro wrestling background, having fight. He knocked Manderson been a medalist at the Ontario down with a jab before getting University Athletics champi- him to tap out 56 seconds into onships. He helped Milton’s E.C. the match after applying a rear Drury win the provincial title in naked choke hold. The victory high school, but his latest win squared McDonell’s pro record at demonstrated that he’s pro- 3-3 and boosted his confidence gressing and becoming a more heading into next week’s fight in well-rounded fighter.