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U talking about an emotional reckless aldo who usually is one if the most disciplined and cautious fighters, to the point of being boring, who went very far out of his norm and lunged at mcgregor, both feet off the ground, and was caught.U talking about grapplers who knocked out good strikers where Conor who was already known to have good striking picked his shots and flatlined Aldo like he's never been before.
Aldo McGregor didn't really pick his shots all that much. It was a nice counter but aldo easily slipped McGregors first left. Then McGregor rolled back on his heels, blocked aldo punch with his face, and landed a powerful shot on aldo that put him out. Connors eyes were even closed. Like I said it was nice but people overstate how skillfull it was. He literally used no defensive effort and was awarded the KO based on the combination of his size advantage, aldo being airborne, and aldo flying into it.
So that one exchange aside u believe aldo is more skilled. He is better on the pivots and use of angles. Connor relies heavily on his reach advantage and his chin. See the number of times chad and siver caught him with overhand rights ad he back STRAIGHT back. And that was a chad that lacked the excellent lateral movements and shifting he'd shown against aldo.
So again, I would probably favor McGregor to win by KO again but I think aldo is more skillfu