What gym would you have McGregor join to have him improve?

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Conor's biggest weakness is his typically European training background. His gym/team is not only limited technically but is also insufficiently tough mentally. His loss to Nate reminds me of Vitaly quitting in the Byrd fight because of a torn rotator cuff, which would have been perfectly OK in Europe but in the US was devastating to his reputation.

IMO he should join AKA in the Bay Area, and emulate teh Diaz bros in working with Andre Ward in Oakland.
 
vespasian said:
Conor's biggest weakness is his typically European training background. His gym/team is not only limited technically but is also insufficiently tough mentally. His loss to Nate reminds me of Vitaly quitting in the Byrd fight because of a torn rotator cuff, which would have been perfectly OK in Europe but in the US was devastating to his reputation.

IMO he should join AKA in the Bay Area, and emulate teh Diaz bros in working with Andre Ward in Oakland.
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Tristar...work on his wrestling and ground game.
 
He needs Edmond.

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If you think about it, Conor is an over achiever considering that his most accomplished coach is Ido TouchButt.
 
If he were to switch camps, it seems like he benefit from one where he'd drill his ground game intensively with well known pros that are not afraid to humble him on the regular. JW would probably be a decent fit.
 
A lot of internet schlubs who don't know anything about training or competition always recommend that a fighter should jump ship after a loss, because they don't understand the benefits of dedication & loyalty, how those things harvest motivation & confidence inside a fighter, build a necessary relationship between fighter & coach, and breed the kind of environment of trust, discipline & hard work it takes to make a champion.

All most fans see is, 'hey that didn't work that one time, so now change everything.' If the fighter thought like that, they probably never would have become champions in the first place.

There are exceptions, but most of the greats became great at one place, and stayed at that place all during their prime reigns. Gym-jumping is usually the sign of a middler, or a fading desperate career.
 
AKA with Khabib or probably Rufusport with Pettis and Askren would fit his style more. Tristar would try to change him into a more fundamental guy, which doesnt match him but they would teach him to fight smarter.
 
vespasian said:
Conor's biggest weakness is his typically European training background. His gym/team is not only limited technically but is also insufficiently tough mentally. His loss to Nate reminds me of Vitaly quitting in the Byrd fight because of a torn rotator cuff, which would have been perfectly OK in Europe but in the US was devastating to his reputation.

IMO he should join AKA in the Bay Area, and emulate teh Diaz bros in working with Andre Ward in Oakland.
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Wherever he goes would be a panic rustled gym.
 
vespasian said:
Conor's biggest weakness is his typically European training background. His gym/team is not only limited technically but is also insufficiently tough mentally. His loss to Nate reminds me of Vitaly quitting in the Byrd fight because of a torn rotator cuff, which would have been perfectly OK in Europe but in the US was devastating to his reputation.

IMO he should join AKA in the Bay Area, and emulate teh Diaz bros in working with Andre Ward in Oakland.
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AMC Pankration.

Matt Hume is an MMA Wizard. MM and Benavidez would be good training partners for Conor. MM is a very skilled grappler Could definitely teach conor a thing or two. Maybe Conor would teach MM something about marketing himself...
 
This is the dumbest shit I have ever heard. Because he lost to a guy 2 weightclasses above him?? He even won the first round against Nate,.

Conor has 1 loss at FW, and that is almost 10 years ago. Has gone undefeated for 6 years, and beat Aldo, that has looked nearly unbeatable for 10 years. Has the FW belt.

Why would Conor change camps? Looks like he is doing fine where he is.
 
Peteyandjia said:
A lot of internet schlubs who don't know anything about training or competition always recommend that a fighter should jump ship after a loss, because they don't understand the benefits of dedication & loyalty, how those things harvest motivation & confidence inside a fighter, build a necessary relationship between fighter & coach, and breed the kind of environment of trust, discipline & hard work it takes to make a champion.

All most fans see is, 'hey that didn't work that one time, so now change everything.' If the fighter thought like that, they probably never would have become champions in the first place.

There are exceptions, but most of the greats became great at one place, and stayed at that place all during their prime reigns. Gym-jumping is usually the sign of a middler, or a fading desperate career.
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Tell that to the Klitschko bros, or to Amir Khan.
 
Peteyandjia said:
A lot of internet schlubs who don't know anything about training or competition always recommend that a fighter should jump ship after a loss, because they don't understand the benefits of dedication & loyalty, how those things harvest motivation & confidence inside a fighter, build a necessary relationship between fighter & coach, and breed the kind of environment of trust, discipline & hard work it takes to make a champion.

All most fans see is, 'hey that didn't work that one time, so now change everything.' If the fighter thought like that, they probably never would have become champions in the first place.

There are exceptions, but most of the greats became great at one place, and stayed at that place all during their prime reigns. Gym-jumping is usually the sign of a middler, or a fading desperate career.
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A lot of greats also left the gyms/training partners that they first entered the sport with to train with elite coaches/gyms re: Jon Jones (Jackson-Wink), Rory Macdonald (Tristar), GSP (Tristar/Jackson-Wink).

We all know why McGregor lost that fight...he gassed. He gassed because he was repeatedly loading up on his favorite left hand. Anyone who's watched McGregor knows that left hand is coming and that most of his other techniques are to set up his left hand. If he needs anything, he needs a coach that can game plan. Of course, working on his wrestling/ground game might be useful as well.
 
vespasian said:
Conor's biggest weakness is his typically European training background. His gym/team is not only limited technically but is also insufficiently tough mentally. His loss to Nate reminds me of Vitaly quitting in the Byrd fight because of a torn rotator cuff, which would have been perfectly OK in Europe but in the US was devastating to his reputation.

IMO he should join AKA in the Bay Area, and emulate teh Diaz bros in working with Andre Ward in Oakland.
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With Conor's past knee issues, he should stay far far away from AKA.
 
The one with the least touchbutt practice.
 
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