BJJ champ: McGregor has great jiujitsu, amazing on the ground

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kneeblock

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'Really, well what is his BJJ for MMA like Dillon?'

That was a hypothetical follow up question from me to Dillon after I read him saying how good Mc BJJ is....

My immediate thought was 'how is this guys opinion on Conor's BJJ relevant to an MMA fight with Nate?'...

really, I am just perplexed at why Conor would go this route when bringing in new trainers.....just kind of poking fun at how completely irrelevant Dillon's opinion on Conor's sport JJ is, which is the only expert opinion he can have.

There are dozens of elite, proven BJJ for MMA guys that would love that job - he brought in a sport JJ guy from a sport JJ school/lineage to help him with his BJJ for MMA - I don't get it, at all. It screams Touchbutt 2.0
Normally I'd agree, but Dillon comes from Marcelo Garcia's academy and there's a strong emphasis among all of MG's athletes on pressure top game, strong wrestling and quick movement on the bottom to unbalance and regain the top. To me, that's as much refinement as Conor needs. While having a BJJ for MMA coach is ideal, he already has Kavanagh for that and he's a very good BJJ player and instructor as well as a former fighter.

I consider what Danis is doing like an NBA player working with a shot doctor or an MLB player working with a hitting coach. He's refining key weaknesses in bad positions and shoring up his ability to get to dominant ones. It's not like most boxing or kickboxing coaches have fought MMA so it's not that big a deal.
 

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because he is preparing for an MMA fight, I really can't see how a BJJ or boxing guy with no MMA experience is going to help him more than ones with Boxing/grappling for MMA...

and he basically can get almost anyone he wants, why not the best?

The two guys he has added to his camp since becoming a champion level fight...

Ido & Dillon Davis....not saying them may not help, just completely obvious there are better options
 

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hell, going a few rounds with the original Irish warrior 'Mystic' Marcus Davis is a better way to prepare to box in MMA than sparring an Oly boxer
 

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Of course he does. One of the first things you learn is to tap when you know you are finished, and he tapped to Nate like he had never been more sure of anything in his life.
 
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because he is preparing for an MMA fight, I really can't see how a BJJ or boxing guy with no MMA experience is going to help him more than ones with Boxing/grappling for MMA...
I guess we'll agree to disagree cause I don't see it like that at all.
 

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hell, going a few rounds with the original Irish warrior 'Mystic' Marcus Davis is a better way to prepare to box in MMA than sparring an Oly boxer
Was that the Irish hand grenade?

Was he the one that got ko'd by hardy? Thread hijack but my brain got a memory
 

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Don't worry about him. He praises the Diaz's for training with elite boxers in one breath, while criticizing McGregor for training with elite BJJ players in the other.
 

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Was that the Irish hand grenade?

Was he the one that got ko'd by hardy? Thread hijack but my brain got a memory
Yes, the 'Plastic Paddy' as Hardy called him - kilt wearing 90-00 UFC fighter (from a regional pro boxing background)
 

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Don't worry about him. He praises the Diaz's for training with elite boxers in one breath, while criticizing McGregor for training with elite BJJ players in the other.
The Diaz brothers train with elite boxers IN ADDITION to elite MMA fighters, and I guarantee which one they would pick if they had to pick one or the other, McGregor seems to be training with elite boxers and C level MMA guys....

huge difference
 

Zeph

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The Diaz brothers train with elite boxers IN ADDITION to elite MMA fighters, and I guarantee which one they would pick if they had to pick one or the other, McGregor seems to be training with elite boxers and C level MMA guys....

huge difference
Ok, bud. Whatever you say.
 

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Ok, bud. Whatever you say.
I just imagine Conor in camp with an Olympic boxer, a sport grappler, Ido and Artem while Nate is surrounded by Nick, Kron, Jake and Gil....

wtf?