This footage is from before his second bout with Diaz, about 15 months ago. Obviously he's improved since then. However even the recent Paulie leaks, and the photos on Instagram, show that he's still fighting with his right hand down, his chin up, his left over-extended, and a hell of a lot of slapping. I'm not buying the MMA community viewpoint that McGregor is purposefully revealing these flaws, that he's hiding his true ability to mislead and deceive. What he's hiding is his strategy, not his ability. Even with a clever strategy, his team have set him up to fail by sparring amateur fighters, and all the visualisation in the world won't help him overcome that.
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