Michael McDonald Not Sure If His Career Can Continue After Latest Injury

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Michael McDonald said he’s not sure if his career will go on after possibly breaking his hand at Bellator 202 in a KO win over Eduardo Dantas. Here are highlights:

On the future of his career: “I need to do a lot more thinking. As a follower of Christ my main priority is service to God, and then my family. It really does weigh on me wondering what my life is going to look like with my family if this is how I am for the rest of my life. I really worry about that. I really need to do some thinking. This is not a cool thing. I feel like my life is kind of flashing before my eyes when this keeps happening. This is my fifth hand surgery. It’s going to be my fifth hand surgery in five, six years or something like that. It’s not how I want to live my life. That’s not what I was expecting when I signed up for this. It hurts inside.”

On the status of his hand: “They showed the X-rays on the screen before the fight of my hand and this one feels exactly like that one, and that one was the worst one. This one feels identical, so that sucks. So I’m positive I’m going to need surgery. I’m super glad they’re going to pay for it, but you never hope that happens.”

On Dantas rolling his ankle: “I do feel bad for the guy. That’s another thing: I’m supposed to be celebrating and this guy – I’m supposed to be happy and I potentially just ruined this guy’s life. I hope he’s going to be fine, I hope he can recover. I’m no stranger to surgeries. Hopefully he’ll get a surgeon and be good too.”