I videon nedan så diskuterar UFC-profilen Joe Rogan varför Conor McGregor ”klappade ut” i superfighten med boxningslegenden Floyd Mayweather.
Rogan tror att irländaren har ”stora problem med uthållighet” och att detta är anledningen till varför han förlorade fighten mot boxaren genom teknisk knockout i tionde ronden.
Utöver detta pratar Rogan med Brendan Schaub om den begränsade tidsramen som McGregor hade vid sina förberedelser inför boxningsmatchen och hur detta påverkade resultatet i superfighten.
So Conor McGregor was not really sure if he was actually going to have this boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. So he knocks out Eddie Alvarez (at UFC 205) and then somehow or another the rumblings get started. But that’s just not enough time! A few months to prepare for Floyd? To have the fight so close after they actually announced it was happening was just crazy.
For something like that, if you gave Conor like six months… Maybe he could get in better shape. Or he could survive. He’s never going to be, against a guy like Mayweather who is so efficient and who’s movement is so crisp. This is how I was describing it to a friend of mine. Who was trying to figure out why (Conor) would get so tired. I go, ‘Ok when you tie your shoe you don’t even think about it, you just do it. But if you have to think about lacing up your shoes, it takes more energy. You have to think and then your tense. Floyd was just tying his shoes. He’s so good and he’s been doing it so long that he just has it ingrained in his movements. So Conor has to think way more than Floyd does.’ Conor’s belief in himself is incredible! But even that is not enough if you fight a better boxer and your body gets tired.
Rogan menar att matchen hade slutat annorlunda om McGregor hade kunnat bibehålla sitt inledande tempo matchen igenom:
In the beginning of the fight, if (Conor) could have maintained, somehow or another, if he was in good enough shape that he could maintain the pace that he had in the first three rounds for the entire twelve, then it is a way different fight. Because he is dangerous, he is quick and he’s able to move away. He (McGregor) has a huge endurance problem, at least when it comes to boxing. Maybe in MMA as well.
Irländaren förväntas återvända till UFC-oktagonen vid sin nästa fight. Det ryktas i nuläget om en trilogi-fight mot Nate Diaz, möjligtvis vid UFC 219 i December.
McGregor har gått ut med önskemålet att matchen ska ske på 70 kilo så att han kan förvara sin lättviktstitel för första gången.
Dock vill Nate Diaz ha 20 miljoner dollar för att ta sig an McGregor så det återstår att se om UFC är villiga att hosta upp pengarna för denna fight.
