Canadian welterweight Rory (Ares) MacDonald, top, rolls with coach Firas Zahabi during a public training session in Seattle on Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012. MacDonald faces B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn in Saturday's UFC fight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson
December 05, 2012 - 3:25 PM
SEATTLE - As they prepare to face off Saturday in Seattle, Canadian welterweight Rory (Ares) MacDonald says B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn is fighting for the wrong reasons.
MacDonald says Penn, a former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion, is fighting for status.
MacDonald's goals are somewhat more basic.
The Montreal-based fighter says "I'm fighting to hurt him, not fighting for someone's opinion."
At 33, Penn will be giving up 10 years to MacDonald.
The Canadian, a native of Kelowna, B.C., who trains at the same gym as Georges St-Pierre, is also expected to be much bigger than Penn come Saturday.
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