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If you have followed Conor's career, or have read my previous breakdowns on Conor, one thing you will often see is how Conor's mental speeds and reaction speeds are second to none
Conor's ability to read, process, render, react (from mind to body) is Floyd-like
If you just blink an eye lash, Conor is reacting and already on the draw executing lol
In this exchage we see Nate attempting to lead with his 1-2
Conor changes levels (gets low at the knees) and shifts low to his right slipping to the inside of the jab as he simultaneously shoots a counter over the top
Pay attention to this. As Conor slips the jab, he parries Nate's jab hand
(then comes over the top with the counter)
Because Conor got low and shifted to his right - to slip low to the inside, the follow up left straight from Nate misses Conor too (sailing past Conor's lead shoulder)
(as Conor had countered over the top)
I mean...holy snaps..what a beautiful slip and counter on a taller opponent TO perfection by Conor
Nate leaned right into it too. As you can see Conor's beautiful flush counter snaps Nate's head in such a bad concussive manner it jolts his arms upwards. Nate was stunned.
Here we see another instance of Nate trying to lead with the 1-2 again
Again Conor shifts to his right, slips to the inside and times a perfect simultaneous counter over the top as both of Nate's 1-2 misses Conor
This counter from Conor completely JOLTS Nate down to his feet. Nate was rocked
How can any true fan of the sweet science not be in awe of Conor's flawless defensive counter punching skill?
Here are some bonus gifs of just Conor making Nate miss
Heres Conor showing off his matrix defense : )
All though it looks like at one point that Conor is stood parallel, which is a big no no, pay attention to how its actually Conor stepping from southpaw to orthdox then shuffling out laterally (plus Conor keeps a strong base and knows when hes in a defensively safe range) Conor has phenomenal defense.
Anyway, lets look back at those gifs. Take the time to really appreciate the level of countering mastery we see from Conor. Such pure boxing skill by Conor. Such beautiful timing. Perfect countering IQ and slipping IQ by Conor. Smooth flawless countering skill by Conor.
Nate is one of MMA's "best boxers" according to forums, so how can you not respect/praise Conor even more considering the fact Conor was counter fucking Nate repeatedly despite massive height and reach disadvantages. That speaks volumes about how incredible Conor's boxing skill is on a legit pound for pound scale.
So In the 1st gif, Conor changes levels, shifts and slips low to the inside with a simultaneous over hand counter (Conor rocks Nate while both Nate's 1-2 miss). Second gif, more of that. I wanted to quickly recap, because thats HOW you counter a taller opponent (or his jab)
You will notice that when Conor was fresh this was how Conor was shutting down Nate's jabs and 1-2s for the most part
via slip and counters, pull away counters, split entry counters. Conor's counter IQ is sublime btw (so many countering tools in his tool box)
Btw Conor's slips to counter punches are such pure poetry in motion. Just slip and drop the punch with no wind up all in one smooth motion.
In fact, every time Nate showed his lead hand, Conor was on the draw countering
The fact Nate was being countered raised the threat level to red. The threat/then fear of being countered off his jabs had Nate throwing less and less jabs.
It wasnt until Nate started setting up jabs with push kicks that he could start jabbing with out worry again. Nate also started varrying the speeds of his jab. Conor has been made aware of all of this and will shut it all down in the rematch. Lateral movement renders linear kicks ineffective, plus broken rhythm/feints will disrupt Nate's different jab speeds/timing.
In conclusion, its almost been impossible to talk about this fight on the internet because of the insane amount of revisionist history thats taken place on forums - and the lies being repeated again and again (because some people on the internet dont like Conor they allow their irrational hate to blind them to all reality. Sad)
You have heard it before
"Bu but Conor threw everything at Nate and couldnt hurt him so imagine a rematch derp"
Fact is Conor did badly rock Nate twice (on top of massively out striking Nate, out boxing Nate, and out countering Nate the majority of the fight)
You would be deluding yourself to think Conor cant beat Nate or cant score a TKO off accumulation (or that he could still even counter KO a frustated Nate who cant cut off the ring and thus starts rushing Conor/running into shots. Conor already countered Nate a few times leaning in to it thus rocking him)
Having said that, there were also mistakes made by Conor that Conor acknowledges that Conor has promised to make the adjustments for
When the fight gets closer I plan to do the most extensive thorough breakdown you have ever seen: )
Dont worry, I will give you a quick tease right now: ) From the perspective of; what are Nate's flaws, what Conor did right vs what he did wrong, and how Conor can build off what he did right to really expose Nate while adding simple additions.
Will be continued in part 2
Conor's ability to read, process, render, react (from mind to body) is Floyd-like
If you just blink an eye lash, Conor is reacting and already on the draw executing lol
In this exchage we see Nate attempting to lead with his 1-2
Conor changes levels (gets low at the knees) and shifts low to his right slipping to the inside of the jab as he simultaneously shoots a counter over the top
Pay attention to this. As Conor slips the jab, he parries Nate's jab hand
(then comes over the top with the counter)
Because Conor got low and shifted to his right - to slip low to the inside, the follow up left straight from Nate misses Conor too (sailing past Conor's lead shoulder)
(as Conor had countered over the top)
I mean...holy snaps..what a beautiful slip and counter on a taller opponent TO perfection by Conor
Nate leaned right into it too. As you can see Conor's beautiful flush counter snaps Nate's head in such a bad concussive manner it jolts his arms upwards. Nate was stunned.
Here we see another instance of Nate trying to lead with the 1-2 again
Again Conor shifts to his right, slips to the inside and times a perfect simultaneous counter over the top as both of Nate's 1-2 misses Conor
This counter from Conor completely JOLTS Nate down to his feet. Nate was rocked
How can any true fan of the sweet science not be in awe of Conor's flawless defensive counter punching skill?
Here are some bonus gifs of just Conor making Nate miss
Heres Conor showing off his matrix defense : )
All though it looks like at one point that Conor is stood parallel, which is a big no no, pay attention to how its actually Conor stepping from southpaw to orthdox then shuffling out laterally (plus Conor keeps a strong base and knows when hes in a defensively safe range) Conor has phenomenal defense.
Anyway, lets look back at those gifs. Take the time to really appreciate the level of countering mastery we see from Conor. Such pure boxing skill by Conor. Such beautiful timing. Perfect countering IQ and slipping IQ by Conor. Smooth flawless countering skill by Conor.
Nate is one of MMA's "best boxers" according to forums, so how can you not respect/praise Conor even more considering the fact Conor was counter fucking Nate repeatedly despite massive height and reach disadvantages. That speaks volumes about how incredible Conor's boxing skill is on a legit pound for pound scale.
So In the 1st gif, Conor changes levels, shifts and slips low to the inside with a simultaneous over hand counter (Conor rocks Nate while both Nate's 1-2 miss). Second gif, more of that. I wanted to quickly recap, because thats HOW you counter a taller opponent (or his jab)
You will notice that when Conor was fresh this was how Conor was shutting down Nate's jabs and 1-2s for the most part
via slip and counters, pull away counters, split entry counters. Conor's counter IQ is sublime btw (so many countering tools in his tool box)
Btw Conor's slips to counter punches are such pure poetry in motion. Just slip and drop the punch with no wind up all in one smooth motion.
In fact, every time Nate showed his lead hand, Conor was on the draw countering
The fact Nate was being countered raised the threat level to red. The threat/then fear of being countered off his jabs had Nate throwing less and less jabs.
It wasnt until Nate started setting up jabs with push kicks that he could start jabbing with out worry again. Nate also started varrying the speeds of his jab. Conor has been made aware of all of this and will shut it all down in the rematch. Lateral movement renders linear kicks ineffective, plus broken rhythm/feints will disrupt Nate's different jab speeds/timing.
In conclusion, its almost been impossible to talk about this fight on the internet because of the insane amount of revisionist history thats taken place on forums - and the lies being repeated again and again (because some people on the internet dont like Conor they allow their irrational hate to blind them to all reality. Sad)
You have heard it before
"Bu but Conor threw everything at Nate and couldnt hurt him so imagine a rematch derp"
Fact is Conor did badly rock Nate twice (on top of massively out striking Nate, out boxing Nate, and out countering Nate the majority of the fight)
You would be deluding yourself to think Conor cant beat Nate or cant score a TKO off accumulation (or that he could still even counter KO a frustated Nate who cant cut off the ring and thus starts rushing Conor/running into shots. Conor already countered Nate a few times leaning in to it thus rocking him)
Having said that, there were also mistakes made by Conor that Conor acknowledges that Conor has promised to make the adjustments for
When the fight gets closer I plan to do the most extensive thorough breakdown you have ever seen: )
Dont worry, I will give you a quick tease right now: ) From the perspective of; what are Nate's flaws, what Conor did right vs what he did wrong, and how Conor can build off what he did right to really expose Nate while adding simple additions.
Will be continued in part 2
