Do you remember Rocky IV? It had some legendary training sequences. Sylvester Stallone grew a beard and he depicted Rocky going back to savage basics. He ran through snow, pushed plows, jerked on ropes, he had to get primal to fight his opponent. All this was set up to juxtapose Ivan Drago in a state-of-the-art facility, with cords hooked up to him while he was attached to lifting machines. Doctors were even there recording every result and change in his body. That’s kind of what Conor McGregor was doing down at the UFC Performance Institute to push himself to the next level in preparation for Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of common knowledge through social media and things like that, Conor has used our altitude chamber extensively. Ultimately what he\u2019s trying to do is change his physiology somewhat. If you look at the work-rest ratio of boxing, it\u2019s about 3-to-1. If you look at the work-rest ratio of a UFC fight, it\u2019s about 1-to-4. It completely flips the physiology on its head, right? Which means Conor has kind of adapted his physiology to 12, three-minute rounds rather than five, five-minute rounds.” \u2014\u00a0 UFC Performance Institute vice president of performance Duncan French speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nGood work tonight at the @UFCPI<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QE3Xe3kEfo<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) August 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n