VIDEO: McGregors coach analyserar matchen mot Khabib
Den sjÀtte oktober nÀrmar sig, och MMA-fans vÀrlden över kan knappt bÀrga sig till UFC 229 och mötet mellan Khabib Nurmagomedov och Conor McGregor. Det Àr en kollision mellan tvÄ helt olika stilar, dÄ Nurmagomedov Àr e brottare av högsta rang, medan irlÀndaren har en okonventionell striking-baserad stil.
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Inför mötet talade McGregors huvudtrÀnare John Kavanagh med The Mac Life i en lÄng och detaljerad intervju om matchen. Kavanagh berÀttar bland annat att de försökt simulera en match sÄ mycket som möjligt, att han hade velat se en trilogi mellan McGregor och Nate Diaz och mycket mer.
âItâs similar to Nate but for completely different stylistic reasons,â förklarade han. âIf youâre fighting Nate youâre probably not dealing with a whole lot of takedowns. He doesnât shoot in all that often. Youâre probably not dealing with a whole lot of kicks, maybe not even knees and elbows. Itâs almost like dealing with a boxing match, almost a singular style approach to fighting.
âNow, heâs brilliant at it and I loved that fight. I always say Iâd love to see a trilogy. Now with Khabib, he probably brings more to that problem than even Nate because with Khabib he will throw shots. His last fight was mostly stand-up after the first round. But yes, if we were to be betting we could probably guess that heâs going to shoot right from the locker room right at the start of round one like he did in the Al Iaquinta fight. Thereâs probably going to be a low single coming right away. I find it hard to imagine that they have any plans for any exchanges on the feet.
âNot that he went for a whole lot of takedowns but he did start failing on his takedowns against Al Iaquinta and then he went back to that nice jab he was using in the fight. Heâs rounding out his game. Heâs with AKA, a very strong kickboxing background with [Javier] Mendez. I suppose they do have that as a âplan Bâ but it is interesting fighting an unbeaten fighter. Iâve had a lot of my guys that went a long time unbeaten and then they have the loss. Itâs always interesting to see, in that fight where they had their first loss, when things start to go wrong. Itâs an unusual feeling for them and sometimes they struggle to deal with that.
âI donât think Khabib has lost a single round in his UFC career. If you do lose a round are you going to be able to come back out with that same level of confidence in the next round? Thereâs a lot of interesting things to be played out in this fight.â
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