Conor McGregor may have a future as an analyst.
Many fighters, past and present, have taken to the breakdown game like ducks to water. Â Dominick Cruz, Tyron Woodley and Rashad Evans just three former fighters who have excelled in the punditry realm.
And ‘The Notorious’ may be setting himself up to follow suit as he wonderfully broke down the famous fight-ending sequence in the 2007 rematch between Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Chuck Liddell.
‘Rampage’ went 2-0 against the UFC Hall of Famer when he knocked him out in under two minutes at UFC 71.
McGregor explained how the finish materialised and how disappointed he was by the knockout as he was a huge Liddell fan and even met ‘The Iceman’ at an event back in the day.
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Describing the moment as one that “broke his heart back in the day”, Conor plays a game of “What If”, imagining what would have happened had Chuck planted his foot as his threw a left body shot, instead of continuing to flow through as he did in the fight.
It’s an interesting breakdown of the fine margins between a win and a loss in the brutal world of UFC.
Of course, with this being Conor McGregor, he has to cheekily tease to his upcoming future.
“If that was boxing he’d [Chuck] have been back up by the 8 count fresh. But it ain’t boxing”.
Oh Conor… tell us more about you and boxing right now? 😉
