Conor McGregor is gearing up for his return to the Octagon, and it seems he’s as motivated as he’s ever been.
The Irishman has been training heavily as a fight with Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone appears to eke closer to being signed and announced, with UFC president Dana White saying he was aiming to host that fight later this year.
And today on social media, McGregor posted a lengthy note along with grappling footage on how his recent training focus has been on offensive grappling, citing his lack of preparation on attack hurt his chances in his last outing.
“My attacking game is still catching up as you can see here. Loose arm drags and over eagerly jumping to hooks and losing position. But I am gaining good traction again. My passing and my overall forward pressure is building nicely,” McGregor wrote. “I will keep building. For I am a brick wall. Before I went into my last camp I was doing extensive work in the gi and my attacking game was developing really well. My submissions were becoming a lot more frequent. I was supremely confident in my attacking. I could spend full rounds attached to the back. Through all ranges. Snatching the neck. Breaking posture. Generally mauling anything I touched. For some reason though, I went into camp and focused solely on defense. I trained to disengage. To Anti grapple. To Avoid.
“I disrespected my own attacking game and became a stranger to it. I allowed outside influence filter into my own thinking. I can pull a dead horse out of a ditch if I latch around it’s head why would I not snatch up the neck? Why would I disengage? Why would I avoid anything? I don’t know what I was thinking back then. But I am thinking clear now.
“I will not make that mistake again. I am going to literally tear these men apart now. Watch me. One by fucking one.”
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