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17th November 2016
02:51pm GMT

"I got hit and my butt was on the ground and I remember thinking in my head 'What the fuck was that?' I had no clue what the first shot I got dropped with was but I think it was that I threw and he threw at the same time. It was basically throw-on-throw. I threw and he threw and I missed but his range was able to get me."
In the build-up to their grudge match, Alvarez had ridiculed McGregor as a one-dimensional fighter and claimed that his opponent had just one basic shot on which he relied in every bout.
While that was likely gamesmanship on the part of 'The Underground King', it seems that the left hand is enough for McGregor as he's now used it to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two separate weight classes simultaneously.
"He does it really well," Alvarez continued. "He throws on throw and he also changes it up where he'll let you throw, he'll rock back and then he'll counter.
"He does it all three ways. All three ways of engagement, he does it all three ways with that left hand and he does well with it.
"What bugs me about the whole thing is that he didn't do anything that we didn't prepare for and I have no one to blame but myself about it and that's what fucks me up about it and gets me angry.
"It would be easier if I could go back to my coach and say 'You son of a bitch, you messed up and you didn't tell me this was going to happen.'
"We literally got ready for all of this and I guess there's a difference between knowing and doing. We knew but I simply didn't execute."Explore more on these topics: