Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor coach acknowledges UFC 229's mistake: "We trained not to lose"

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Conor McGregor did not really look in his main event UFC 229 against Khabib Nurmagomedov. He suffered his first career reversal in the UFC competition, becoming very difficult in the second round. Even after having managed to keep the fight standing in third position after a control lap and a penalty round from the Dagestan champion, he could not seem to collect shots that could hurt Nurmagomedov. Several observers noted that his left hand was a remarkably absent factor. He won the third round, the first round of the UFC that Khabib lost unanimously, but failed to do much harm to his tireless opponent.

It was McGregor's first fight since his rise to Ireland, where he had not managed to find the fork of his left hand for a shot of color. Whether this was due to Khabib's deceitful defense, the threat of his fight or McGregor's fatigue after being beaten and beaten by Nurmagomedov in the first two rounds, was not immediately clear.

John Kavanagh, his head coach, participated today in the Joe Rogan experience. He added that McGregor was hoping for immediate revenge and when Joe Rogan asked if the unbalanced nature of the fight would make the sale difficult, Kavanagh suggested that their preparation may have been called into question. See around 1:11 for exchange:

I think the third round has been promising. I would have liked to change things a little bit. More specifically, a more offensive state of mind. I thought that on the defensive we had done very well, but offensively, we were not really where we usually are. Just when the fight was over, I thought, you know what, I was going a little bit in this not to lose, but not for to win. His blows were not as clean as they normally are. He had the opportunity to hit him, especially in the third round, and it just seemed … to be the reach … something was wrong.

Kavanaugh admitted that the rust of the cage could have been a factor, despite the recruitment of unknown training partners and the imitation of the fight night to try to make sure that Conor again knew this feeling .

Now that the dust has had time to calm down after the fracture, does McGregor deserve immediate revenge, or, as Rogan and Kavanaugh agreed, should he first tackle the focus? ?

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Insomnia

Derrick Lewis, who now has a million followers and will probably have more after his stint at the Joe Rogan Experience, takes full advantage of his victory in UFC 229.

Chris Pratt was about as excited as me when Derrick Lewis got that knockout. Neighbors hammered the walls, wanting me to be quiet.

Kung Fu bullfighting ?? Whenever you think you have seen everything, you realize that it is not the case.

What a perfect meme Nurmagomedov.

Saturday night, Joe Rogan is right to celebrate Tony "El Cucuy" Ferguson and Anthony "Showtime" Pettis.

Many have been blamed for the aftermath at UFC 229, but it is truly remarkable that so many people have escaped in front of everyone standing in the octagon and its surroundings.

Daniel Cormier celebrates his teammate, Khabib.

Boxing has nothing better than that.

Khabib's father had the best answer to his … lack of discipline.

Dana White did not criticize how he managed the promotion of UFC 229 … at all.

freeze frame, scratching the tape

Israel Adesanya has taken another path with the same:

Does McGregor refer to the later fight as "the battle"?

Khabib is a happy man. From his Instagram:

Fraternal, even now you slow down, otherwise I am uncomfortable for you, I said, on October 6, I will tell you everything, or did you really want to beat me there? hurt by our common victory✊️ And my sincere fans – you are just a space thanks for your incredible support, I love you, really – Habib Nurmagomedov. #ThereCity #VoResAhl

McGregor is pretty good at losing compared to most mixed martial artists.

The guy who attacked McGregor in the cage can say goodbye to Artem Lobov and his career in the UFC.

This boxer Naoya Inoue seems deadly!

Another look at this fan knockout after the fight.

KSW also experienced a violent end over the weekend in Poland:

Nate Diaz arrives with his crew …

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Random earth

This is very satisfying:

It's very funny

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