Please never speak about technical analysis again, when you clearly know nothing.
That rockback left is simply just a pull counter (which many orthodox greats in boxing also use) and it's simply just 1 of MANY different methods/counters Conor utilises.
Here is Conor hitting a pull counter on Nate, which thoroughly disproves your whole bullshit about "Conor struggles with strikers with more reach"
Incredible of Conor!
I bet you won't even be able to tell me how Conor set Nate up for that (because you don't know fighting, which is why you can't truly appreciate the true genius of Conor)
I will give you a hint....
Distance deception.
It's one of many major staples of Conor's game.
That's why Conor is always landing what he wants when he wants no matter who's he's facing. Conor will have multiple set ups for just one tactic alone
Now here is Conor hitting a completely different inside slip parry to overhand counter on that same much taller opponent
Simply incredible of Conor!
Now for an example of what I was talking about earlier. Here is Conor using his pull counter with a dramatically different set up in a dramatically different way
Here is Conor using his footwork/angles to create his countering opportunity (instead of distance deception like before)
Conor taking subtle lateral side steps to force Nate to turn to him out of position, so that Conor can pull counter from the angle thus line up his follow up right hook from a defensively safer position
People like you who dont really understand fighting will never be able to understand the true genuis of Conor. Conor has impeccable other worldly skill with Bobby Fischer like fight IQ
Boxing is all about subtlety. That's Conor's game in everything Conor does.
Its sad, if you dont know fighting, you will never be able to understand all the steps Conor took and for what purposes, what set up Conor was utilising, how Conor was setting up that opponent all along, how Conor was utilising distance deception to create his countering opportunity or how Conor utilises fients in conjunction with his sophisticated leadhand probing radar system to keep an opponent off balance, set them up, distract for the lead, to draw out responses, or to time them out and snuff them out
Here is Conor even out-jabbing Nate, when Nate was known as the jabber
Conor the much smaller fighter with much less reach was out jabbing the shit out of Nate. Think about that. More proof to debunk your bullshit that Conor struggles against taller strikers with morr reach
Conor was destroying Nate with jabs via fients/leadhand probes/switching up the speeds of his jabs utilising different kinds of jabs (upjabs mixed with straight jabs to pump fake jabs and double jabs) to always keep Nate continually off guard and off balance
Thats the theme of Conor. They are always sophisticated layers and layers to everything Conor does
The reason why Conor is so next level and is so hard to ever figure out is because he's one of the most complete strikers combat sports has ever seen who can do it all defensively and offensively from any range, any position, hit any counter from anywhere, and set you up from anywhere etc
Conor has multitudes of different set ups alone for just the simplest things he does. Opponents never know what Conor is doing and when Conor is setting them up or how etc
Conor really doesn't get the credit he deserves, or even just the credit he deserves for that Nate fight either
People don't understand the brilliance of what Conor was accomplishing
Nate is one of the best boxers in MMA (not named Conor) ANDRE freaking Ward said Nate gives him trouble.him in sparring
And yet Conor despite being 2 weight classes smaller then Nate still put a boxing clinic on Nate.
Only an insane person or someone who knows nothing about fighting would call this struggling
Conor the career FW is the only fighter to ever outbox Nate Diaz. Conor the much smaller fighter was even OUT JABBING Nate.
Conor should be celebrated for the incredible world class #1 p4p skill he showcased against Nate - and is always continuously showcasing against nothing but the best of the best.
Let me continue to educate you
Conor would humiliate Barboza
Barboza has weak boxing, is terrible on the back foot, has NO chin and crumbles under any kind of pressure. Conor literally destroys Barboza without breaking a sweet.
Borboza's weakness is to boxers, and Conor is the best legit fundamentally skilled boxer to have ever competed in the UFC at the highest level
Tony with all his gaping defensive flaws gets counter fucked by Conor worse then Alvarez did
Conor all day over Khabib too. Khabib needs to close the distance. Good luck with that against Conor's range control, elite footwork, slick counter punching which all further aid TDD. Plus Conor has another secret measure he uses to stuff wrestlers once they get inside on him. Stiff arming and neck framing etc. Conor is the one whos actually a bad natch up for Khabib. You will see.
Its sad how many people still can't understamd that Conor operates on an entirely different universe compared to everyone else
This is the realest quote I've ever read
"The UNeducated eye simply can not comprehend the brilliance of Conor McGregor"