Conor McGregor hasn’t exactly been silent since his recent defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229. We’ve seen him promote his Proper Twelve whiskey in multiple ways on various platforms, and we even saw him on the field with the Dallas Cowboys, but he hasn’t said anything about his loss to Khabib.
Until now.
Late Monday night, McGregor took to social media to break his silence on the bout with Khabib and he broke down the entire fight, round by round, and gave his brutally honest take on the entire fight based on his memory and tape from that night.
Here’s how he saw the entire thing.
Thoughts on my last fight.
Round 1. I believe from a sport standpoint, round 1 was his. Top position against the fence. Zero position advancement or damage inflicted. But top position.
From a fight standpoint the first round is mine.
Actual shots landed and a willingness to engage. Straight left early. Knee to the head on the low shot. Elbows in any and all tie up scenarios. Opponent just holding the legs against the fence for almost the entire round.
Round 2 he is running away around the cage before being blessed with a right hand that changed the course of the round, and the fight.
It was a nice shot.
After the shot I bounced back up to engage instantly, but again he dipped under to disengage. That is the sport and it was a smart move that led to a dominant round, so no issue. Well played.
If I stay switched on and give his stand up even a little more respect, that right hand never gets close and we are talking completely different now.
I gave his upright fighting no respect in preparation. No specific stand up spars whatsoever.
Attacking grapplers/wrestlers only.
That won’t happen again.
I also gave my attacking grappling no respect. To defense minded.
Lessons.
Listen to nobody but yourself on your skill set.
You are the master of your own universe.
I am the master of this.
I must take my own advice.
Round 3. After the worst round of my fighting career, I come back and win this round. Again walking forward, walking him down, and willing to engage.
Round 4. My recovery was not where it could have been here.
That is my fault.
Although winning the early exchanges in 4, he dips under again and I end up in a bad position with over 3 on the clock. I work to regain position and end up upright, with my back to the fence.
A stable position.
Here however, I made a critical error of abandoning my over hook at this crucial time, exposing the back, and I end up beaten fair and square.
What can I say?
It was a great fight and it was my pleasure.
I will be back with my confidence high.
Fully prepared.
If it is not the rematch right away, no problem.
I will face the next in line.
It’s all me always, anyway.
See you soon my fighting fans I love you all ❤
McGregor, like always, was brutally honest through his fight analysis and even gave credit to his opponent for his dominant upright fighting. While he expects to have a rematch against Khabib at some point in the near future, McGregor understands that he has to fight his way back up to the spotlight after his recent loss. The 30-year-old knows that he has to face whoever is put up against him and he’s no longer in the position to choose his opponents, but when the time comes for the rematch it’s going to be everything we waited for and more.
McGregor owns a professional record of 21-4, but has lost two of his past four bouts after going nearly six years without a loss.
