Conor: "I don't train for my opponents, i focus on me"

[HespectNutting]

He'd roll out that line during every training camp whilst partaking in those silly "movement" drills. And imo this is what separates truly great fighters from pretenders. A true great can watch one round of a person he's gonna fight and figure out what to do. Hell even during the fight itself the special ones like a Mayweather, Anderson, Ward etc start to adapt...but if Conor really did stay true to those words then we all saw the consequence of that tonight...because how the feck do you trade AT DISTANCE with Nate all night and then try to take him down? Those are both Nate's advantages right there and that is why Conor got his ass whooped.

Conor appears to be an "instinctive" fighter without much intelligence...and when the size, reach, weight etc advantages tilt in the other guy's favor then that's when "instinct" can be nullified and you need something else which Conor simply didn't have.

 

[HHJ]

He didnt have a choice,given the circumstances. There wasnt time to strategize how to cleverly get inside.

 

[HHJ]

Takedown had nothing to do with smarts.he was hurt and desperate and had to do something.