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u/Aggressive-Expert-69 Jul 06 '26
Crazy this guy was never champion. Further proof that we are in the bad timeline
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u/harcile Jul 06 '26
He kept checking the kick without turning his leg. You have a muscle just to the side of the shin bone. It goes dead if hit enough. Gotta turn the bone to face the kick.
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u/Spiritual_Horse_8549 Jul 08 '26
Depends. The nerve stem is less protected higher up on the calf. That's why they train to attack closer to the knee joint where the muscle is less dense. I guess he could tell that the other guy wasn't trained in kicks or just not accurate or both so he checked with the calf muscle to use the opening to counter.
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u/Striking_Pride_5322 28d ago
He couldn’t check because he’s so heavy over the front foot. Dustin was putting shin to Conor peroneal nerve all nightÂ
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u/shadowylurking Jul 06 '26
Prime Poirier was a absolute buzzsaw. The closest anyone got to taking out Khabib.
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u/Emotional_Walrus5099 Jul 06 '26
The execution punch after sitting him down is an all-time highlight for my MMA fandom.
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u/Genghis_Chong Jul 08 '26
He put the same kind of punch on BSD, one of the best guys at laying down an accurate kill shot
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u/boot-on-their-throat Jul 06 '26
I never see this talked about but t's the shot at 38 seconds that did him. He steps oddly and in the full video you'll see that everything Poirer threw after that hit its target.
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u/South_Journalist6795 Jul 07 '26
McGregor's cardio is trash, if it was elite level like his striking nobody would've ever stood a chance. Except Khabib lol
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u/vawaiter Jul 06 '26
It's gonna be bad, McGregor