{"id":183454,"date":"2016-01-23T08:42:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T16:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183454"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:16:37","slug":"must-see-conor-mcgregor-working-extensively-on-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/must-see-conor-mcgregor-working-extensively-on-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"MUST SEE! Conor McGregor shows off surprisingly impressive wrestling skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"If you think Conor McGregor doesn&#039;t prepare for wrestlers... you&#039;d be mistaken.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T893pO8YYig?start=389&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Throughout Conor McGregor&#8217;s run in the UFC many have criticized &#8216;Notorious&#8217; for what they believe is an inability to wrestle.  At <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-conor-mcgregor-vs-chad-mendes-highlights\/\">UFC 189<\/a> when McGregor fought Chad Mendes for the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mcgregors-belt-fake-money-mendes-thinks-so\/\">interim UFC featherweight championship<\/a> he managed to stuff some takedowns from Mendes, however was ultimately taken down and controlled on the ground for some time.<\/p>\n<p>In the video above from July of 2015 you can see McGregor working on wrestling with his wrestling coach.  You can see at the 6:30 mark how McGregor&#8217;s style of movement helps him in avoiding takedowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout Conor McGregor&#8217;s run in the UFC many have criticized &#8216;Notorious&#8217; for what they believe is an inability to wrestle. 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