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28th August 2018
02:09pm BST

"When you talk to Conor's former opponents, they all talk about that pace too. There's a narrative out there about his conditioning. That largely came because of his fight with Nick (sic) Diaz where Conor said, 'I ran out of energy.' He said that. I just don't know that it's an accurate assessment meaning that Conor was in poor shape or if you should also look at the intangibles."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1033492788317442048
"One, he was surprised. So when you have an adrenaline dump or some kind of a frustration, it's going to cause some stress which is going to cause fatigue. And also, he was up two weight classes. He was a 145 lber back then. Passed up 155 went all the way up to 170. When you have those bigger guys, you're also going to run out of energy faster." "That narrative was expanded upon after he fought Floyd Mayweather for a half hour and he said, 'Yeah, my problem was that I ran out of energy.' So so many people came out with this, 'Oh, Conor's not in great shape.' They did not take into consideration the stress of being in an event where he's a sizeable underdog, his first time in the sport against the greatest to have ever done it and still did it for a half hour."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1033506564756451328
"I would just tell you that even though Conor helped add fuel to the fire which was, 'I didn't have enough energy,' which created what I believe is a false narrative that he has cardio and lung issues. I don't think that's true, I think he was in a ridiculously hard environment where fighters will fight for years and years and years. Three rounds. Years. 10 years of three round fights. Maybe in their career, if they have a high enough level of success they'll even be signed for a 12-round fight. He had none of those things and fought for 30 minutes. So I just suggest to you that I don't know that narrative is accurate." "The Nate Diaz fight two weight classes up - yes, you're going to get tired faster. The Floyd Mayweather fight, he went out there and did it for half an hour. You're going to get tired. I think that's false and I think that, in many ways, is going to decide this."He could be onto something. Another point worth noting is that we haven't seen McGregor competing since the Mayweather fight. Still in the prime athletic years of his career, and with a full training camp for a 12-round boxing bout under his belt, there is every chance that McGregor has improved his cardio since his last fight.
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