Conor McGregor has been very vocal about his investment and desire to beat Khabib. In order to achieve this he’s enlisted the help of Dillon Danis and many others. Still Khabib was outspoken about wanting to take down McGregor – and McGregor was mostly open about his desire to utilize lethal left on Khabib’s “glass jaw” . Still McGregor might be looking to surprise on the ground:
“We’re the better grappler, he’s the better striker, but that doesn’t mean we won’t strike, it just means he’s better. It’s about who plays whose game.”
As for McGregor, he agrees that his striking advantage is his path to victory, but did not stop at saying he is just prepared for grappling. No, the former champ-champ claims that he wants there to be grappling come Saturday night.
“100% my striking is the answer, but I hope there is grappling exchanges,” McGreror said in an interview with Megan Olivi. “I hope I don’t just go in here and spark this man real quick. I’ve heard many people say I’m just a left-handed fighter, which is very disrespectful to me. There’s many skills in my arsenal. I hope we get a chance to show that, and we can make a fight out of it, and I can showcase some skills that maybe have been forgotten by the mixed martial arts public who saw me compete in the boxing bout last year. Here I am, returned to take back my throne.”
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