Bellator champ Douglas Lima’s thoughts when he was face to face with a Steve Jobs-looking Rory MacDonald? “I thought he was going to sell me an iPad.”

The welterweight titleholder recently spoke to MMAjunkie about the encounter. This past weekend at Bellator 183, Lima (29-6 MMA, 11-2 BMMA) and upcoming opponent MacDonald (19-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) had a face-off – and it was a bit of a weird one.

The fighters meet Jan. 20 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., though the Spike-televised event doesn’t yet have a name/number. But it’ll be a big fight to kick off the organization’s 2018 season; Lima is No. 7 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings, and MacDonald is No. 4.

Both dressed up for the face-off, though Lima said it dragged on for a bit and was a little “awkward.” He said he also felt a bit overshadowed since everyone was buzzing about MacDonald’s killer black turtleneck – and not Lima’s snazzy suit.

“I thought I had the better looks,” he joked.

Still, those face-offs are “part of the job,” though this latest one seemed to drag on (via Instagram):

“You know, nobody broke us apart,” he said. “So we just stood there. I didn’t want to be the guy who looked away first, but it didn’t matter. It’s fun. It’s real. It’s a good feeling to get that first staredown.”

Lima is currently in his second Bellator title reign and looks for his second straight title defense. The 29-year-old reclaimed the belt in November 2016 with a knockout of Andrey Koreshkov (which avenged his first title loss), and he then defended it in June with a unanimous-decision victory over Lorenz Larkin.

He now fights MacDonald, a onetime UFC title challenger who left the organization after back-to-back losses to then-champ Robbie Lawler and fellow contender Stephen Thompson. The 28-year-old Canadian then became one of Bellator’s top free-agent signings. In his promotional debut, he submitted Paul Daley in May.

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