{"id":200843,"date":"2016-08-10T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T17:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200843"},"modified":"2016-08-10T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T17:56:21","slug":"conor-mcgregor-feels-confident-going-ground-nate-diaz-ufc-202","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-feels-confident-going-ground-nate-diaz-ufc-202\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor feels confident going to the ground with Nate Diaz at UFC 202"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has widely been criticized for what many believe to be a lack of a ground game. Ahead of his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz<\/a> on August 20th, McGregor <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/photo-conor-mcgregor-looking-shredded-next-to-dillon-danis1\/\">brought in elite level BJJ black belt Dillon Danis<\/a> to help him prepare for the ground game of Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>According to the featherweight superstar, the training paid off, and he feels extremely confident going to the ground with Diaz once again at UFC 202 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">despite being submitted at UFC 196.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/08\/conor-mcgregor-says-hell-be-confident-on-the-mat-against-nate-diaz-at-ufc-202\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think the difference between us in that fight was the jiu-jitsu; I think it was the durability, the endurance, the experience,\u201d McGregor said on a recent UFC 202 media conference call. \u201cI think that was the difference. When we were both fresh, I ended up in the mat and caught that kick and he did that takedown he does, and I swept him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident on the mat with Nate. After that, I\u2019ve brought in heavier people, more experienced jiu-jitsu people, to come in and push me daily. I will be experienced for his jiu-jitsu in the later rounds, also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople can say what the (expletive) they want,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel his weight anywhere until that moment, until when he sprawled. When I went to turn away from mount and regain guard or something, he sprawled me out at the right time and that was it. It was done at that stage, but (expletive) it. I\u2019ll take that one on the chin.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see McGregor&#8217;s Jiu-Jitsu on display at UFC 202?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has widely been criticized for what many believe to be a lack of a ground game. Ahead of his UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz on August 20th, McGregor brought in elite level BJJ black belt Dillon Danis to help him prepare for the ground game of Diaz. 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