When it comes to the world’s most renowned MMA stars, the Irish legend Conor McGregor stands tall. Conor has etched his name in the list of the legendary figures who will emerge out of the UFC. Few can match his ability to talk the talk and back it up with his performance in the cage.
UFC President Dana White also sang praises for the Mac and even compared him to the most legendary figure in combat sports.
Dana White Compares Conor McGregor to Muhammad Ali
The UFC president, Dana White, appeared on the show hosted by Andrew Schulz, where he talked about everything related to MMA. He gave massive props to the biggest McGregor and compared the latter to the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.
Conor McGregor’s mental warfare is on the level of Muhammad Ali’s.
Dana White made it clear that Conor McGregor’s ability to get into his opponent’s mind before the fight in the octagon is comparable to what Muhammad Ali used to do. Ali was known to trash talk a lot before his major fights. The boxing Hall of Famer threw many verbal jabs toward his opponents in the ring and beat them on the fight day. Many believed his opponents were diminished versions of themselves on the fight day due to the trash talk.
‘The Notorious’ employs the same tactics and has often finished his opponents in the first round after a week of talking trash to them and annoying them. After a week of spewing hateful comments toward him, Conor captured the Featherweight title after finishing Jose Aldo in the first round.
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It will be interesting to see if Conor tries to get into Michael Chandler’s head before they clash in the main event of UFC 303.
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