Henry “Triple C” Cejudo seems to have it in for Conor McGregor. With McGregor recently posting various training updates to his social media, Cejudo jumped at the opportunity to critique McGregor on his YouTube channel, labelling his fellow former two-division UFC champion the “King of Cringe”.
“Conor McGregor might be the real King of Cringe if you look at it. Talk about bringing the macarena back. Look at Conor McGregor out there twerking. I think he’s trying to get elusive here [circles the hip]. I think I get what he’s trying to do but in reality it’s not his mobility that he needs help on.
Henry Cejudo Labels McGregor “King of Cringe”
He needs more help on understanding leverage and how to distribute his weight when being taken down. Your focus should be more on tactical training rather than movement.
No twitch, no setup, no inching in, not disguising the entry. These are important things. It could be a powerful kick, the only problem is, everyone is going to know it’s coming because it’s done naked.
This is why you want to train as you would practice. A lot of people go, ‘Oh you’re hitting pads!’ It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter whatever it is that you’re doing, you have to make sure you’re feinting and you’re doing it all. You can’t just throw naked. He throws one punch and then he bounces out, and then he comes out of position again. “
Cejudo acknowledged that he is “picking on” McGregor, but claims it’s with good reason. “It almost sounds like a lot of times I’m picking on Conor and maybe I am, just a little, but I do have to nitpick him. That’s the same reason I became the best in the world. That’s the same reason I became the Triple C.
Conor McGregor, I’m going to give you some tips here. If you want to take your training serious, you’re going to have to really focus on your entries. As I said before, you really want to disguise what you’re doing.
Power’s not the key, man. You’re precise. It doesn’t take that much power to knock somebody out, but you tend to like the physique style of look. But get away from that, man. Study your positions, study fakes, study feints, study the real distance game, adjust your stance, because if you’re able to do that, Conor, maybe, just maybe you’ll be able to be a top contender.”
Conor McGregor is still recovering from the broken leg he sustained fighting Dustin Poirier in July last year. Although McGregor has promised a return to the UFC, there has been no official word on when that might be.
Is Triple C right about McGregor, or is he simply trying to boost his own profile off the back of the biggest name in the game? Let us know in the comments.
