![]() ![]() Conor changed the game in many ways, but he was a product of his own brilliant marketing and the UFC behind it with no restrictions. Now please understand, I’m not saying he isn’t good. McGregor has been exposed in numerous ways: grappling, conditioning, and not really showing a tremendous will to climb out of the depths of hell when the flames are hot. Later down the road McGregor would lose two more fights against Khabib, who smothered him with wrestling, and Dustin Poirier who dismantled him with calf kicks. That fight showed a clear chink in McGregor’s game and exposing that would later be his demise.Īgainst Nate Diaz, Conor showed another chink in his armor, which was his cardio, and once again the inability to grapple reared it’s ugly head, but this time Diaz finished the job. However, he deserved a rematch on a full camp and never got one. As time went on, Mendes became gassed and was put away. If you watch that fight over again, Mendes served him a heavy dose of wrestling that McGregor really had no answer for. That was all proven to you when he fought a short-notice fight against Chad Mendes. However, Conor was the farthest thing from being a complete or a well-rounded fighter. There’s no denying Conor also brought an extremely cerebral intelligence to the cage with sound precision striking. ![]() He built a brand off his witty mouth and his brash personality. McGregor’s story is fascinating, and what this guy has done to his life in such a short time is nothing short of incredible. He was the product of a good fighter, in a terrible era for heavyweights and great marketing. Why was he fighting all these men that held mostly no relevance in the division? I’m not saying Tyson wasn’t good, because he was. ![]() It was really do or die for Tyson, and the marketing train was coming to its final station. When it came time to fight Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, it was just unavoidable at that point. In turn he fought guys like Tony Tubbs and Francois Botha who were not even on the contention radar because Don King was a businessman and knew the other men were all serious threats. He had power, explosion, intimidation and a great trainer, absolutely, but if you go through his entire resume, who did he ever fight that was truly great.ĭo you really believe in your heart of hearts that he could have lasted in the golden era of heavyweight lords? Frazier, Ali, Shavers, Norton, Foreman, and others? Why is it that he publicly turned down a fight with the 41-year-old Foreman? Why didn’t he ever fight Ray Mercer, when at the time he was undefeated? Why did he never fight David Tua? Mike Tyson, I never thought he was anything close to what they marketed this man to be. I know I am going to catch heat for this, but I still will never back down from what I feel to be true. Some examples inside and outside the UFC are as follows: Now, I am not sitting here saying that I pegged all of them, but since I was young, I was able to really go against the grain, and whether I was right or wrong, I stood firm to what I believed they were, and more times than not, I have been correct. If you look at the landscape of the most marketed champions in the UFC, you now ask yourself, “Were they really that good, or a product of seamless marketing?” The signs of a marketed champion are something to truly be appreciated - not the champions themselves, but the people behind the engine creating the facade for everyone to see. UFC 264 SPECIAL BUNDLE OFFER: Sign up for MadLab’s / Fantasy Labs UFC 264 bundle promo! Gain access to full fight breakdowns, DFS and betting analysis, a private DFS podcast, live streams, AND our MMA Optimizer loaded with MadLab’s projections for just $49.99 for your first month (normally $74.99) ![]()
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