Midnight Mania! Firas Zahabi: Conor McGregor ‘gave up’ in Poirier loss

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There is a definite belief that Conor McGregor struggles with prolonged, tough fights. Even though there are some examples to the opposite — his 2nd-round rally reverse Chad Mendes and victory over Nate Diaz, for instance — it’s a sturdy enough narrative that McGregor himself spoke out to label his cardio woes a “myth.”

McGregor’s key occasion reduction to Dustin Poirier did not go deep into the second spherical, but even so, the Irishman is less than scrutiny in how he handles adversity. Veteran MMA mentor Firas Zahabi broke down the bout on his YouTube channel, and in his view, McGregor gave up when faced with adversity.

“In the 2nd round, when McGregor was finding hit along the fence. I identified it weird that he wasn’t — it seemed like he experienced previously gave up on the battle,” Zahabi mentioned (transcription via BloodyElbow). “Before he hit the canvas, I felt like he had given up on the battle, for the reason that factors ended up receiving challenging.

“The battle was getting tricky. His still left hand did not do the job, and he’s not utilised to that. He’s not used to hitting men with the massive remaining, and then (they) retain fighting. McGregor, in the next spherical, dropped his most effective card. He landed that ideal left hand, the one he’s relied on his total career. But for just one rationale or another, it didn’t work.

“Poirier did not go down, and it seemed that McGregor obtained psychological about it. He started out covering up, he was getting hit, but it didn’t glimpse like he was seeking to circle out and endure,” he described. “He seemed like a dude who was like ‘this is the conclusion, I improved do a thing.’ He threw a number of punches, but they ended up like — nearly desperate.”

Even though Zahabi did praise McGregor’s boxing and ability benefits, Zahabi also believes that Poirier’s experience in bloody battles is what support make the change. Zahabi later on summed up his watch on the combat, “When McGregor will get into a heated battle, it seems like he folds. It seems like he will fold more rapidly than Poirier by much.”

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