C.McGregoras: „Floydas MMA narve turėtų keletą privalumų“ (1)

 Praėjusį šeštadienį Las Vegase (JAV) įvyko grandiozinė bokso dvikova tarp šio sporto legendos 40-mečio amerikiečio Floydo Mayweatherio ir 29-erių metų mišrių kovos menų (MMA) žvaigždės airio Conoro McGregoro.

Kovoje dėl WBC „pinigų“ diržo visų 12 raundų neprireikė. Dešimtajame raunde po F.Mayweatherio smūgių krušos C.McGregoras nebeturėjo jokių vilčių. Airis nebepajėgė gintis nuo amerikiečio atakų ir teisėjas netrukus sustabdė kovą. Pergalė F.Mayweatheriui įskaityta techniniu nokautu, nuo dešimtojo raundo pradžios praėjus 1 min. 5 sek.

Ketvirtadienį C.McGregoras savo „instagram“ paskyroje išplatino ilgą pranešimą, kuriame dėkojo savo komandos nariams ir visiems savo sirgaliams bei užsiminė apie F.Mayweatherio potencialą MMA narve.

„Sveikinimai Floydui su pergale, jo pasirinkta taktika ringe visiškai pasiteisino. Jis yra labai patyręs boksininkas, apgalvojantis kiekvieną savo judesį. Linkiu jam geros „pensijos“. Visada sakiau, kad Floydas yra boksininkas, o ne tikras kovotojas, tačiau ringe pakeičiau nuomonę apie jį. Floydas yra labai stiprus klinče ir nuostabiai vengia smūgių. Tokios savybės jam tikrai padėtų ir MMA narve. Tai galėtų tapti jo privalumais“, - rašė C.McGregoras.

Airis taip pat pripažino, kad jam šiek tiek pritrūko laiko tinkamai pasiruošti kovai su F.Mayweatheriu. Jei treniruočių stovykla būtų trukusi ilgiau, airis tikina, kad jam būtų užtekę ištvermės ir 12 raundų kovai. C.McGregoras taip pat pripažino, kad jau galvoja apie naujus iššūkius koviniame sporte, bet kol kas neatskleidžia, kas bus kitu jo varžovu.

Just coming back around after a whirlwind couple of days. Thank you to all the fans for the support of the fight and the event! Without your support we as fighters are nothing so I thank you all! Thank you to my team of coaches and training partners! I had an amazing team and It truly was an amazing and enjoyable camp, and honestly I feel with just a little change in certain areas of the prep, we could have built the engine for 12 full rounds under stress, and got the better result on the night. Getting to 12 rounds alone in practice was always the challenge in this camp. We started slowly getting to the 12 and decreasing the stress in the rounds the closer it got to 12. I think for the time we had, 10 weeks in camp, it had to be done this way. If I began with a loaded 12 rounds under much stress I would have only hit a brick wall and lost progress as a result and potentially not made the fight. A little more time and we could have made the 12 cleanly, while under more stress, and made it thru the later rounds in the actual fight. I feel every decision we made at each given time was the correct decision, and I am proud of everyone of my team for what we done in the short time that we done it. 30 minutes was the longest I have fought in a ring or cage or anywhere. Surpassing my previous time of 25 minutes. I am happy for the experience and happy to take all these great lessons with me and implement them into my camp going forward. Another day another lesson! Congrats to Floyd on a well fought match. Very experienced and methodical in his work. I wish him well in retirement. He is a heck of a boxer. His experience, his patience and his endurance won him this fight hands down. I always told him he was not a fighter but a boxer. But sharing the ring with him he is certainly a solid fighter. Strong in the clinch. Great understanding of frames and head position. He has some very strong tools he could bring into an MMA game for sure. Here is a toast of whiskey to everyone involved in this event and everyone who enjoyed it! Thank you to you all! Onto the next one!

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