I'd also like to point out that Chads footwork on that left hook was shoddy and took away a metric ton of power. McGregor may have a strong chin but I think if Aldo landed his left hook in that same situation we would have seen Conor on skates.
You know what took away the power of Mendes left hook? Conor rolling with it. You haters are so desperate to downplay him
And do you know why Memdes was never really in perfect position to land with authority? Because of Conor - his range control, and footwork
Because of Conor clipping Mendes coming in, smoothering him, and then rolling Mendes right hand clean off his back making Mendes miss widely.
That left hook was literally the only thing Mendes could get through. It was meaningless. Conor quicly recovered, hop stepped back and re-established range with a throw away left
How was that gif not impressive on Conor's part when that was Mendes BEST MOMENT and yet Conor still dictated it, WON IT, controlled and neutralised. Aldo couldnt neautralise Mendes best momemts like that. Mendes tagged Aldo at will
Its insane how delusional you Conor haters truly are, only seeing what you want to see
Again, did you not miss the clean left Conor clipped Mendes with as he came in?
Mendes ate a huge shot to get off
In the same situation Aldo gets tagged and then stopped in his tracks
Mendes is more willing to eat shots to land his own then Aldo is. Mendes is more willing to brawl in the pocket
Its funny how some of you people say "It was Conor's chin" which is non sense, because if Mendes had truly landed "plenty" clean on Conor, Conor's face wouldve been way more marked up then just a cut from a elbow, YET in reality it was Mendes chin that saved him and allowed him to even get off in that sequence
Did you also miss Conor making Mendes miss every single right hand after first clipping Mendes?
In that same situation, Conor embaresses Aldo even more. Tags him, stops him in his tracks, and makes Aldo miss what ever he can muster up
Aldo wont eat shots to give them like Mendes