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embedded content believes will fight again at some point, and he believes he may be an important part of helping his teammate fare better in the rematch. Nelson, an welterweight, is also a grappling wiz and longtime stablemate of McGregor at SBG Ireland. The 30 year-old Icelander spoke to “The Mac Life” ahead of his bout against this weekend at UFC 231 and explained why he was forced to sit out of McGregor’s training camp for the first Nurmagomedov fight.
“It was very unfortunate, obviously, that I couldn’t join the camp because of my knee,” Nelson said. “I could have maybe done it right at the end, but he had everything planned out and he had his guys there. But it was a little bit difficult to see, and I think for the next one — and I believe there will be another one at some point — I’ll be there for his camp for sure.” Nelson noted that he’s analyzed the fight and can point out a few things McGregor could do to improve his chances in a potential rematch with Nurmagomedov, but believes McGregor’s head coach, has done the same. “Yeah definitely I can see some things,” he said. “I’m sure McGregor can as well, and John Kavanagh obviously, our coach. “I think there was a bit too much chase in this fight,” he added.
“I’m not going to go into detail about how Conor will beat Khabib. “I’m a different fighter than Conor, so my strategy would probably be a bit different than his,” Nelson said, “but you don’t want to sit in Nurmagomedov’s world, and guys tend to do that a little bit. Actually did pretty well, I thought. He was able to tweak his strategy and did well, but guys seem to get caught in his world, and that’s his world.”.
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May not be ready to announce his return to MMA, but his coach sure seems to want to see him fight again. Last year, St-Pierre returned to the Octagon in style, wining the UFC middleweight title after almost four years away. He then claimed an illness would sideline him indefinitely and so, in the interest of preserving the integrity of the division, promptly vacated the belt. The big question coming into 2018 was, ‘Will GSP fight again, and if so, against whom?’ Then, while speaking with Ariel Helwani earlier this week, St-Pierre said that he is feeling from his condition, and that while he had no immediate plans to comeback, the possibility certainly still remained. Especially if an opportunity came along that “excited” him.
Well, his coach has one in mind. Speaking recently with, Zahabi said he hopes the UFC puts together a superfight against lightweight champion, because it would be the biggest fight in history, even bigger than McGregor’s most recent pugilistic outing against Floyd Mayweather. “They’re two huge names,” Zahabi said.
“I would love the fight to happen. I don’t think it’s gonna happen. I think the size difference and Conor’s gotta defend the belt sooner or later. They can’t fight for a middleweight title, that would be considered crazy. “I think it would just be a megafight that the fans want to see. It would just be a super-megafight that everybody in the world would want to see. I think it would be a bigger fight than Mayweather-McGregor.
I think it would be the biggest fight in history and everybody would for sure want to see it. I don’t make the fights, but if I did, that would be one I’d make.” Rumors have been circling about a possible St-Pierre-McGregor superfight since it was announced that St-Pierre was returning to the sport, with GSP’s boxing coach Freddie Roach even stating that an.
St-Pierre even discussed the possible fight when he spoke to Helwani earlier this week, saying that a fight with Conor would but that he was more interested in a legacy building bout. That isn’t a “No” from St-Pierre though, and with McGregor as the reigning lightweight kingpin, there isn’t much standing in the way of the UFC making a fight between two two-division champions who vacated their titles instead of losing them in the ring. And if it does happen?
Zahabi has complete confidence in his charge, saying the St-Pierre is “too smart” to get hit by that left of McGregor. “Listen, Georges is fully aware of the karate stuff and Taekwondo ranges and the distances McGregor uses,” Zahabi reasoned. “He grew up in that. McGregor’s very good at keeping that distance and when you cross the distance, he punches you. Georges understands that game so well plus Georges is much more schooled in wrestling and jiu-jitsu, so I’ve got to put it all on Georges side. “McGregor has that deadly, accurate left, I’ll give him that.
He has a better cross than Georges, definitely, but Georges is too smart, too intelligent, too calculated. It’s highly unlikely he will get hit with it.
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