In his post fight, cowboy said his nose got broken by elbows, even though they were shoulder strikes This means he was so rocked by the knee, or maybe first shoulder strike that he didnt even know what he was getting hit with Explains why he didnt defend them well, or the power shots after
I think it was just a slip of the tongue. Meant to say shoulders and said elbows. No need to read more into it than that.
Or the headkick that moved his jaw across his face muddied his recollection of the event that just transpired
No, I think it is more likely he thought they were elbows, he tried to defend it by holding on tighter to conors arm after he started to get hit by them Pretty common for a hurt fighter to get confused like that
It was a bizarre performance from him. Looked as though he was rocked instantly from what looked like a thigh, not a knee. Then just stood in the clinch and ate 4 shoulder strikes without moving or attempting to disengage (Conor was also wide open for a breakaway elbow). Then backs up, gets rocked yet again by the kick that was a lot of toes, and that’s all she wrote. Literally everything appeared to rock him. Pretty embarrassing for Cowboy.