Conor McGregor, at his best, was a notorious knockout artist, infamous for the power in his left hand. The Irish superstar himself, however, believes that his most potent weapon is not that famous left hand, but his ferocious ground-and-pound game. In fact, according to a recent Instagram post, Conor McGregor believes himself to have “the best ground and pound in the game”.
“I’ve the best ground and pound in the game. My highest % of finishes does not actually come from my standing horizontal back hand, like most assume. My highest % of finishing wins actually come from the accuracy of my vertical punching (you are all novices vertical striking. Arm hitters. Ask ref to stop it hitters. Fall over on yourself hitters).”
McGregor Identifies His Best Weapon, and it’s Not the Left Hand
Those who remember McGregor’s heyday and his meteoric rise to UFC stardom will recall the vicious hammer blows he delivered to the heads of grounded opponents. Conor would often floor his opponent with that famous left hand, posture on their body with his knee, and follow with vertical strikes until the ref pulled him off.
Most self-proclaimed “ground and pound” fighters – like McGregor’s arch-nemesis Khabib Nurmagomedov – rely on their wrestling to at least initiate ground attacks. Not Conor.
“I don’t miss g’n’p. I do not hit arms. I do not fall in. I hit soft face, head and skull.
It’s how you’ve seen people vs me absolutely cut up. Looking like they’ve just got a bang of a few golf balls off the tee of a driving range. Skin fully opened. Yet me, skin like butter. Many times I’ve not even messed up my hair. That’s why a lot of these rat bags like to hate. I’m smooth like butter with it.
The richest, the baddest, the most unscathed. Anyways rat bags, It’s almost yacht season, or as I like to call it, caramel butter skin season.”
This aspect of McGregor’s game has been notably absent from his performances of late. Save for a brutal first-round TKO win over “Cowboy” Cerrone in early 2020, Conor has been unable to deliver his “don’t miss g’n’p” unto his opponents. Both Dustin Poirier and Khabib Nurmagomedov both grounded, and subsequently pounded, McGregor in their fights, giving him a 1-3 record in his last four bouts.
The Instagram post was accompanied by images of McGregor punching a grounded heavy bag, however, which implies that the former two-division champion is back in the gym training for another fight.
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