Conor McGregor har under den senaste tiden tränat med BJJ-mästaren Dillon Danis inför sitt returmöte med Nate Diaz under UFC 202. McGregor förlorade mot Diaz i andra ronden under UFC 196 via rear-naked choke.
Här får vi höra vad Danis har att säga om irländarens prestationer på mattan.
Conor is a great fighter. If I was here, or if I wasn’t here, he would still be a great fighter.
It’s unfair. Conor is amazing on the ground. One submission loss doesn’t mean anything.
If you go to a jiu-jitsu tournament and a guy loses by submission you’re gonna say ’ok that guy sucks’? It’s bullshit man. Conor is a great fighter, he’s got great jiu-jitsu. I’m having a blast here. I’m learning from him and he’s learning from me. It’s a great combo.
Det här hade han att säga om McGregors mindset och attityd:
It’s so easy to see why this guy is a champion. If you come here, you can see everything that he kinda got and he achieved, he deserves. A lot of guys you usually train with, at the end of the class, they’re tired. They say get a partner, and the guy usually gets the easier guy in the room, someone that’s not going to push them. Conor always goes for the best guy in the room. In jiujitsu, he always calls me out. I love it. He’s the guy who always wants to go and be the best.
UFC 202 äger rum i Las Vegas den 20 augusti.
