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11th July 2017
12:18pm BST

"I could see him be able to make the crossover successfully. He has the reach, he has the height advantage, nobody really knows what he's going to do. I think it's going to be a great hype, a great lead-up to the fight, but you never know, it could go either way."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/879861407088611329 Overeem believes that McGregor is actually in a good position to transition to boxing because of he has reached the zenith of MMA. As he sees it, becoming a world champion MMA fighter requires the ability to analyse and learn techniques from traditional combat sports and this penchant for problem-solving could prove very useful against arguably the greatest defensive boxer ever.
"MMA is very complex. If you're not clever, you can't do it because there's too many factors involved. You have to put these arts together. One art is one thing, all these arts together is complex. I believe that Conor McGregor is very intelligent. He has an extremely high fight IQ. He's able to study and dissect and that will come in handy going into this fight." "We as MMA fighters are able to dissect other sports because we have to do it for our own sport. I think that Floyd Mayweather is obviously an expert at dissecting, but so is Conor, so it's going to be really good to see the dynamic and of course there's the mental warfare thing which is separate, but the technical side is going to be very interesting to see as well."Check out the full interview in the video embedded below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pogCcCAY8Qk
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