Do you think Conor Mcgregor's striking training for Floyd Mayweather bout will improve his MMA game?

[Armored Saint]

Conor's shown some crisp damn hands in UFC (by MMA standards), let's be honest, fan or hater, his precision is great and he hits with venom, having sparred with big name boxers in prep for his Mayweather fight I reckon his hands will be a lot better, what are your opinions?

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I think so. He already has good striking. Now all the added high-level boxing. Could be a bad idea to stand and bang with him.

 

[ivory suit]

It cant hurt.

Just as long as he keeps his unorthadox style and doesn't try and box 'traditionally' moving forward

 

[YOLOGOGOPLATA]

Definitely. His hands were already impressive, now they could be the best in all of mma. But will the other aspects of his game deteriorate because of the single minded focus of a boxing camp?

 

[Death By Samson]

By concentrating on training for Floyd he honed his strengths while also neglecting to address his weaknesses.

 

[Armored Saint]

MMA is my favourite sport, but you can't deny the hand skills of boxers are light years ahead of MMA's.

By concentrating on training for Floyd he honed his strengths while also neglecting to address his weaknesses.

His biggest weakness was his cardio, I think preparing for a fight like this he'd have learnt to control himself a lot more.

 

[Death By Samson]

MMA is my favourite sport, but you can't deny the hand skills of boxers are light years ahead of MMA's.


His biggest weakness was his cardio, I think preparing for a fight like this he'd have learnt to control himself a lot more.

His cardio was still a major issue vs Floyd. And it is safe to say that he spent no time on his TDD or ground game the entire time that he was training for Floyd.

 

[Paynebringer]

Conor's shown some crisp damn hands in UFC (by MMA standards), let's be honest, fan or hater, his precision is great and he hits with venom, having sparred with big name boxers in prep for his Mayweather fight I reckon his hands will be a lot better, what are your opinions?

We can only hope...

 

[Armored Saint]

His cardio was still a major issue vs Floyd.

Agreed, but he lasted longer than I expected him to, even if Mayweather threw rounds. Training for a fight like this must have been harder than training for multiple MMA fights combined that he's had in the past.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

We can only hope...

lol wtf

 

[wisdom blows]

We can only hope...

Now imagine your favorite MMA fighter trying to hit Floyd.

 

[Mamou]

We can only hope...

 

[Armored Saint]

We can only hope...

Different sport lol. Mayweather tooled him, no doubt about that, but by MMA standards.

 

[Death By Samson]

Agreed, but he lasted longer than I expected him to, even if Mayweather threw rounds. Training for a fight like this must have been harder than training for multiple MMA fights combined that he's had in the past.

Grappling takes a hell of a lot of energy.

 

[wookie brawl]

What makes Conor dangerous in boxing & MMA is his slips & counters. In MMA, it's one of the best.

 

[billharford]

Probably not as much as some might think. Boxing is very specific. The footwork is different. The angles are different. The distance is different. Conor would have to abandon his normal stance and strategy to use much of what he learned.

 

[clutchCAT420]

He needs to work on his touchbutt. I havnt heard from his touchbutt master or seen any new beach training vids.

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

He focused so hard on training boxing and only boxing for so long now that he forgot everything he ever learned about mixed martial arts and is going to come out like Art Jimmerson or at best James Toney.

 

[Armored Saint]

I reckon we'll see a new Conor, both in terms of ability and cardio.

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

no man, don't you know that conor is garbage? like at everything?


he couldn't even beat floyd mayweather (who???)