Media Conor McGregor Sparring Before Poirier 3 Fight (Video)

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Get To Da Choppa said:
He should've worn those shin guards to the fight
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The cast Dom wore vs CoGar would have helped

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Tomas said:
-Conor throwing lots of leg kicks

-Lots of stance switching

-Almost all boxing / muay thai stance

-Trying to smother in close
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LMAO, it's like he dropped his counter style for a more aggresive style which, it didn't worked shit.

Instead of working up his style to match what Dustin did, he just thought, "hey, let's be aggresive with lots of leg kicks". Also, look at his TD, the sparring partner just dropped like nothing and we know who went down first.

Awful gameplan from the start.
 
Reffson said:
Not moving like he did in the first fight when he made Dustin look like an amateur.
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Watch the second fight: Mcg did his counters and rocked dustin, But this time dustin put up the work to beat Mcg, not wasting his prime doing shit and coke.
 
He always does stance switching in his training videos but never found a way to apply it in his real fights. He's just not comfortable enough to fight in orthodox stance in a real fight. He has very limited move set which he isn't confident throwing from that stance. That's why every time he has switched stance in a real fight he switches back quick because he knows he is too weak in that stance to offer and real offense or defense.

He needs to take up the offer from Canelo's team and train his boxing there for like 6 months and not just come in for a week. If he wants a pressure forward style he needs to learn how to fight on the inside. Canelo's team can teach him that. They can also improve his actual power punching technique, since Canelo's team knows how to properly throw power punches.
 
ColombianFist said:
LMAO, it's like he dropped his counter style for a more aggresive style which, it didn't worked shit.

Instead of working up his style to match what Dustin did, he just thought, "hey, let's be aggresive with lots of leg kicks". Also, look at his TD, the sparring partner just dropped like nothing and we know who went down first.

Awful gameplan from the start.
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Yeah that's how it's been since the Cerrone fight. Even against Khabib he was at least trying a few counters. It was his timing and speed which got him these finishes from counter punching. I just think his interesting in boxing leading up to the Cerrone fight made him become a pressure / smother fighter who plants his feet and tries to unload heavy punches.

FIghtxIQ said:
He always does stance switching in his training videos but never found a way to apply it in his real fights. He's just not comfortable enough to fight in orthodox stance in a real fight. He has very limited move set which he isn't confident throwing from that stance. That's why every time he has switched stance in a real fight he switches back quick because he knows he is too weak in that stance to offer and real offense or defense.

He needs to take up the offer from Canelo's team and train his boxing there for like 6 months and not just come in for a week. If he wants a pressure forward style he needs to learn how to fight on the inside. Canelo's team can teach him that. They can also improve his actual power punching technique, since Canelo's team knows how to properly throw power punches.
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He was able to switch stances in the 3rd Poirier fight, but it was only for side kicks and a few front kicks. He doesn't throw punches from orthodox

FATM said:
So the guy was throwing alot of kicks in his sparing despite having known that his leg had a fracture in it. Totally believable story from Conor.
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Just because somebody has an injury doesn't mean that they're not going to train on it. He injured his foot / ankle before the Diaz 2 fight and still trained on it & fought on it.
 
The reality is Conor has been treading water from a skills perspective for years, while the others top tier fighters are getting better and more diverse. Time has passed him by.
 
WTF happened to him. He used to be so good when he would look for counters, luring his opponents just into range slipping back and countering with his left. Now he just bum rushes forward and applies stupid pressure.
 
He thought he's a boxer. He never went back to his style....His Karate stance, counter, speed attack style....This is why he wont ever win again unless its against Chumps.
 
KingBarbozaGOAT said:
WTF happened to him. He used to be so good when he would look for counters, luring his opponents just into range slipping back and countering with his left. Now he just bum rushes forward and applies stupid pressure.
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He used to train in Taekwondo. Its an amazing art if done right with a proper teacher. You develop speed and cardio. The bounce tires you out but you can develop it to the point that it becomes natural and it will not lead to fatigue.

 
FATM said:
So the guy was throwing alot of kicks in his sparing despite having known that his leg had a fracture in it. Totally believable story from Conor.
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Joanna was throwing leg kicks with her right shin sparring in pre-camp like 3-5 weeks after peeling the skin back on the same leg after missing a box jump to a point where the wound started to bleed so she had to stop.



Fighters do things they really shouldn't do. Go figure.
 
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