{"id":208206,"date":"2016-10-23T13:46:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T20:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=208206"},"modified":"2017-02-14T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T04:36:41","slug":"exclusive-lorenz-larkin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-lorenz-larkin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Lorenz Larkin “Conor McGregor’s striking does not impress me.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following his first-round destruction of Neil Magny at UFC 202, feared welterweight striker Lorenz Larkin became a free agent.<\/p>\n

“The Monsoon” is still waiting on a call from the UFC in order to work out a new deal.<\/p>\n

Larkin recently joined BJPENN.com’s “Rapid Fire” with host Chris Taylor where he discussed the striking game of current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo tell you the truth. Conor McGregor doesn\u2019t really impress me. As far as his style and striking goes. To me he was just a 145-pounder that was big for the division. Don\u2019t get me wrong he has accuracy. Which really is key to him. But I don\u2019t know man. He\u2019s not really a kicker. His striking is really just his hands. I don\u2019t feel like he\u2019s that great. Conor is not an all around striker. If you get what I am saying, his strongest point is that he is really accurate when he punches. I feel like because he was a big 145-pounder that was his key. He was able to hit guys on the button and put those guys down. I\u2019m curious to see how he does against Eddie Alvarez.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Larkin went on to explain that people should not have made such a big deal about Conor fighting at welterweight (170-pounds), as Nate Diaz is not a true 170-pound fighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiaz is not a true 170-pounder. Nate is a 155er. I don\u2019t know why everyone was making a big deal about the welterweight thing. It was two guys (Diaz and McGregor) who were not anywhere near the size of true 170-pounders.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to his game, Conor is really on point with his strikes. But other than that I don\u2019t see much else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you agree with the statements made by striking specialist Lorenz Larkin? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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