Unlike many, Paddy Holohan, a former UFC fighter and SBG teammate of Conor McGregor, feels as if McGregor will benefit from competing in the boxing ring. The “Notorious” one is set to take on all-time great Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, and while he’ll be competing against arguably the best boxer of […]
Unlike many, Paddy Holohan, a former UFC fighter and SBG teammate of Conor McGregor, feels as if McGregor will benefit from competing in the boxing ring.
The “Notorious” one is set to take on all-time great Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, and while he’ll be competing against arguably the best boxer of this generation, McGregor will be successful given the fact that he can just focus on one aspect of fighting according to Holohan:
“Literally, there’s a lot of danger taken away,” Holohan told Off The Ball.
“His senses are defending all of these stuff,” he said as he demonstrates how many varied attacks an MMA fighter deals with even in one specific situation. “There’s so much danger here, and to be comfortable in that type of danger? Not only that, but win two world titles at that level. Then take all of that danger away, then put it straight to just (boxing) — this is what we’re looking at now.”
Holohan even went as far to say that the circumstances surrounding the fight are ‘perfect’ for a guy like McGregor, who ‘has dynamite in his hands’:
“We’re taking away a lot of the high energy stuff — the risk of being taken down, the risk of scrambling. It’s all stand up and it’s perfect for a guy like Conor because he has dynamite in his hands.”
McGregor is indeed known for his knockout power, as 18 of his 21 professional MMA wins have come by way of knockout, but will that power transfer over to the squared circle?
The former UFC flyweight and teammate of Conor McGregor recently opened up on the differences between the worlds of boxing and MMA Holohan, who retired from Mixed Martial Arts and now runs an offshoot of the SBG Ireland brand in Dublin, recently discussed the bout with Independent.ie. “The Hoologan” retired from combat in 2016 due to […]
The former UFC flyweight and teammate of Conor McGregor recently opened up on the differences between the worlds of boxing and MMA Holohan, who retired from Mixed Martial Arts and now runs an offshoot of the SBG Ireland brand in Dublin, recently discussed the bout with Independent.ie. “The Hoologan” retired from combat in 2016 due to […]
Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have never been the best of friends. In fact, the two possess one of the deepest rivalries in the history of mixed martial arts. Diaz shocked the world in March 2016, submitting McGregor on short notice at UFC 196 before losing a closely fought majority decision to the “Notorious” one […]
Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have never been the best of friends.
In fact, the two possess one of the deepest rivalries in the history of mixed martial arts. Diaz shocked the world in March 2016, submitting McGregor on short notice at UFC 196 before losing a closely fought majority decision to the “Notorious” one in the rematch at UFC 202 last August.
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Now, however, Diaz has come to the defense of McGregor.
The Irishman is set to challenge the legendary Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match next weekend (Aug. 26, 2017) in Las Vegas, and he’s received quite a bit of criticism from the boxing community. Diaz feels as if those boxers criticizing McGregor are simply being ‘arrogant’:
“All the boxers are criticising Conor like ‘Conor will get embarrassed’, but that’s a real arrogant thing to say,” Diaz said in an interview uploaded to YouTube.
“Wanna know something that’s even more embarrassing? (It’s) if Floyd fought Conor in a MMA match. (That) would be more embarrassing than if Conor fought Floyd in a boxing match.
“(Floyd) would get mounted and laughed at, and slapped around (and Conor) would smile at the crowd and wave.”
Diaz, who is known for his boxing skills in MMA, has expressed his interest in competing in the squared circle over the years, but when it comes to ‘real life s*it’, the Stockton native said those ‘one-dimensional boxing f*cks’ would get ‘embarrassed’:
“I’m never taking the MMA fighter over the boxer’s side when it comes to punching and s**t, but I’m like ‘don’t be talking s**t’,” Diaz said.
“(They say MMA fighters) ‘would get embarrassed, it’s ridiculous’ yeah, but we’re talking real fighting now you one-dimensional boxing f*cks.
“This is real life s**t, you’ll get embarrassed.”
Diaz also didn’t hold back when speaking about Paulie Malignaggi, a former world champion boxer who was brought in as a sparring partner for McGregor, but left the camp after he was unpleased with certain circumstances:
“If I was (Conor), I would go down that gym and beat his ass. I’d box him in the ring, whoop his ass, and then throw him down at the end,” Diaz said.
“That guy was on the internet talking s**t on him the other day. I’m like, ‘what kind of sparring partners you got?’ I’d shove that guy in the gym and beat his ass if I was Conor, like: ‘what you’re going to put me on blast about what? You don’t know s**t. What gave you the right to talk s**t, criticize if we’re working together when I could beat your ass for real?’. Don’t even speak. That’s my thoughts.”
Skip Bayless made the sensational claim that Conor McGregor will knock Floyd Mayweather Jr. out to Mayweather Sr’s face on Thursday Bayless, who has never hidden his massive belief in the Irishman, claims that Mayweather will eventually come undone in his 50th professional fight against the UFC lightweight champion. Mayweather Sr. has made a handful of […]
Skip Bayless made the sensational claim that Conor McGregor will knock Floyd Mayweather Jr. out to Mayweather Sr’s face on Thursday Bayless, who has never hidden his massive belief in the Irishman, claims that Mayweather will eventually come undone in his 50th professional fight against the UFC lightweight champion. Mayweather Sr. has made a handful of […]
The back-and-forth between former world champion boxer Paulie Malignaggi and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor hasn’t ended just yet. Malignaggi was brought in as a sparring session to help McGregor prepare for his Aug. 26 boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, but he left the camp after Team McGregor released pictures that he wasn’t fond of. […]
The back-and-forth between former world champion boxer Paulie Malignaggi and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor hasn’t ended just yet.
Malignaggi was brought in as a sparring session to help McGregor prepare for his Aug. 26 boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, but he left the camp after Team McGregor released pictures that he wasn’t fond of.
A video was also released by UFC President Dana White in which some have claimed that McGregor knocked Malignaggi down.
Malignaggi, however, recently said that the Irishman did a lot of ‘dirty stuff’ during sparring:
“Rules are different in mixed martial arts than they are in boxing and he wanted to know what he’s doing wrong and what he’s doing right and what not so every single sparring session he had, [Hall of Fame referee] Joe Cortez was there,” Malignaggi told Colin Cowhered on The Herd.”
“One thing Conor has to understand – and you see that in that clip that they sent out – it wasn’t so much that he’s landing shots because most of the shots are missing. If anything, they’ve shot themselves in the foot because all the dirty stuff he does that the referee will actually warn him for. In that particular sparring session, there’s no judges, but he lost two points from that particular sparring session for fouls, for rabbit punching and hitting behind the head and pushing behind the head.”
Malignaggi even went as far to say that McGregor could get himself ‘disqualified’ if he doesn’t change his tactics:
“What he really has to learn is to try to keep it within the rules because he’s a little bit confused as to what he’s doing in there. He’s a little bit confused, especially on the inside as you can see on that tape. He’s trying to grab and push the head down. Inside fighting in boxing is very different from inside fighting in mixed martial arts. You can’t grab. You actually have to know what you’re doing on the inside. . .
“I think Conor has to learn to turn punches over but more than that he needs to learn how to keep it clean. He’s gonna get himself disqualified if he keeps punching behind the head and pushing the head down. He needs to understand that inside fighting in boxing is different than inside fighting in mixed martial arts.”
Conor McGregor once said that he’s ‘cocky’ in prediction, and that trend has seemed to continue ahead of his Aug. 26 boxing match with the legendary Floyd Mayweather. Despite the fact that he has never competed in a professional boxing match, McGregor has previously predicted that he’ll stop the undefeated Mayweather within four rounds. With […]
Conor McGregor once said that he’s ‘cocky’ in prediction, and that trend has seemed to continue ahead of his Aug. 26 boxing match with the legendary Floyd Mayweather.
Despite the fact that he has never competed in a professional boxing match, McGregor has previously predicted that he’ll stop the undefeated Mayweather within four rounds. With the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) changing the glove size from 10 oz. to 8 oz, however, McGregor doesn’t believe “Money” will ‘exit the first round’:
“I said four, but that’s me being humble,” the UFC lightweight champion told Conan O’Brien. “I don’t believe he will even exit the first round, but I’m trying to be humble on national TV. So I say four — inside four.”
In addition to his patented power, McGregor feels as if his movement will serve as something Mayweather has never seen before:
“I think the styles of opponents that Floyd has faced have moved in a certain way,” McGregor said. “The boxing game is almost set in its way, I feel. Their feet are flat. They have no spring in and out. Compare that with a mixed martial artist, they can bounce in and out at a fast tempo. So I believe I will paint pictures in there that he has never seen or the boxing community has never seen before and that will cause him big trouble.
“Factor that in with the precision and the punching power — it only takes me one shot. I’ve KO’d men inside three seconds. I won the UFC title in 13 seconds. So, factor in all those things — with the punching power and the precision — it’s over for Floyd and that’s it.”
At the end of the day, McGregor is fully confident in his skills, and confident enough to say that he will ‘dismantle’ the former five-division world champion:
“I will go in and dismantle him at his own game,” McGregor said. “That’s what a true martial artist can do, they can adapt under any circumstance. Bruce Lee said, ‘be like water,’ and when the water enters a cup, it becomes the cup. That’s the philosophy I’m going into this contest. It doesn’t matter what ruleset or stipulations they try and put on me, I can adapt and overcome any situation. And that’s what I will do on Aug. 26.”
