Why did Conor leave behind his free flowing karate stance?

[Söze Aldo]

Karate stance Conor was the Conor who looked unstoppable. Post-Floyd Mayweather he adopted the tight heavy on the lead leg boxing stance, which was susceptible to getting chopped down with kicks.

Any reason he wanted to fight like in a Boxer in MMA when he had so much success with his older stance?

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Started working on his boxing more and throwing less kicks after losing to Diaz. Mayweather Conor was just the cherry on top

 

[Jackonfire]

Because Nate Diaz slapped him all around the octagon, turned him into a panic wrestler, and choked him out in front of millions of people. He still hasn't recovered.

 

[Ares Black]

I guess somebody told him he was a good boxer

 

[HoiceNJuicy]

Something, something, TOUCH BUTT!

 

[188912345]

Boxing, and that he started to build more muscle to flex on Instagram.

 

[Fight Professor]

Ido Portal was the key to Conor’s movement.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Because he became stuck in the mud

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

Stopped fighting short guys in fw. Figured he needed extra power

 

[markys00]

He trained with his phone in his pocket and kept getting someone's wife in his DMs. He had to develop that stance to get to his phone faster

 

[ElLunico]

Moved up to 170 and had to put on weight and therefore had to adapt his style. Even after going back to 155 he was already too muscular to go back into that style.

 

[BigOlJeet]

Because his delusional retarded fan base made him believe he’s the greatest striker in the history of mankind.

 

[Thy]

drugs, partying, no focus, took too much energy to not have his head slumped forward. And he got beat up a few times so he lost his confidence. maybe lost reaction speed too from being a mess.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Mayweather fight…. Which makes no sense to me. You’re already no where near his level, why try to match him at his game? (The fight, not the money).

 

[gentel]

I mean if the flowy karate stance were the best I think we'd see boxers doing it

Conor made it work with some crazy snipes and maybe the unorthodox style was harder for some opponents to read, but I think the boxing stance is better, just the opponents also got better and Conor also declined in athleticism and MMA talent by spending years on the boxing match

 

[Ube]

Simple, he’s now fighting people his size.

 

[Mitchell Cummingham]

Because Nate Diaz slapped him all around the octagon, turned him into a panic wrestler, and chocked him out in front of millions of people. He still hasn't recovered.

Bro Diaz was so emotional after Conor tapped that he almost cried lol

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Bro Diaz was so emotional after Conor tapped that he almost cried lol

Because he knew he was about to double the payday since the the midget would get a rematch

 

[Chaotic Progressor]

I've no idea. As someone said I believe Diaz 1 to 2 was the key moment, not even the Mayweather fight...

He gassed very quickly in Diaz 1 and I think he recognised that, and that he wasn't going to get Nate out of there with 1 or 2 punches. And that karate movement uses a lot of energy, so I think he became more flat footed to conserve energy and then it just carried on from there.

But, yeah he was much better with the karate stance. That's what he used to throw people off and draw shots out of people in order to counter them. Now he's just a slugger with a shit tank.

 

[Frode Falch]

He is a very strange man with a very strange ego. So when Floyd Mayweather destroyed him by walking forward, he tried his best to change his own style into just that