I think by now most people have seen the “fight of the century”. This fight was a classic the young vs the old. To be honest there where a few things going against McGregor from the very beginning.
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- He was overconfident. If you watch everything leading up to the fight you will notice that McGregor thought he was going to walk over Mayweather. So going into the fight he dismissed Mayweather Jr as real threat.
- He didn’t truly understand the game of boxing. In MMA the game is totally different.
- He played right into Mayweather’s strategy from the very beginning. Another words the fight started months before they actually stepped into the ring. Looking back on all the events that took place, you can see Mayweather giving the impression that McGregor is going to railroad him.
- He Played right into Mayweather’s plan from the very first round. This has everything to do with experience.
I heard some people say that McGregor, kept trying to take him down and hitting behind the head. He did deliver blows behind the neck but you can see that he was pulling those punches I really believe that he was throwing those by accident out of habit from his MMA habit.
I also noticed that Mayweather did a great job of using the rules to tire out McGregor. [Read more…]
Often times we as martial artist can get tunnel vision in the style we are training in. Even though today a lot of people talk about mixed martial arts and in fact mixed martial arts have been around for hundreds of years still people seem to get stuck in their chosen style.
