{"id":286550,"date":"2018-10-02T09:51:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286550"},"modified":"2018-10-02T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:51:38","slug":"cian-cowley-everyone-will-know-on-saturday-how-good-conor-mcgregor-truly-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/cian-cowley-everyone-will-know-on-saturday-how-good-conor-mcgregor-truly-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Cian Cowley: ‘Everyone will know on Saturday’ how good Conor McGregor truly is"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor<\/a>\u00a0will be taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday at UFC 229 for the lightweight belt. Not only will McGregor be making his long-awaited return to the Octagon,\u00a0he is also looking to reclaim his lightweight belt.<\/p>\n

Helping Conor McGregor during his training camp is Brave CF fighter, Cian Cowley. Cowley knows just how good the former double-champ is. Even with McGregor having so much success at the UFC level, many are counting the Irishman out, saying he will get mauled<\/a> by Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

According to Cowley, however, he has no doubts about McGregor’s skill.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are so quick to forget about Conor\u2019s ability, where he has been, the fights he has been in and the level of opponents [he has faced]. Every time he\u2019s been matched against these lads it\u2019s always the same bollocks talk. I just don\u2019t know how people don\u2019t see that,\u201d Cowley told the\u00a0Eurobash<\/a>\u00a0podcast (transcribed by\u00a0MMAFighting.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

While Conor McGregor has not fought in MMA since he defeated Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, McGregor has spent that time training in the gym, improving his game, something Cowley has noticed.<\/p>\n

“Think about it, the Mayweather fight and all that\u2019s happened since then\u2026.the Alvarez fight must be two years ago now. He\u2019ll be a different fighter now than he was then,” Cowley said. “That\u2019s a long time ago. He\u2019s matured as a fighter, especially after what he\u2019s been through with Mayweather. He had the 30 minutes with Mayweather and he had the whole camp involved with that fight\u2026that\u2019s different level type sh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cowley is excited to watch McGregor perform on Saturday and prove doubters wrong, the same doubters who said he wouldn’t win against fighters like Jose Aldo and Alvarez.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m behind Conor 100 percent in everything, inside the ring and outside the ring, I\u2019m over his shoulder the whole time,” he said. “He\u2019s a big thing for our country\u2026huge\u2026not only as a fighter but as an Irishman as well. That\u2019s what we\u2019re all here for support. Watching the greatness unfold and watching him slap the head of this lad on Saturday and then the Irish are back on top.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many have mixed opinions on who will win the fight at UFC 229, Cowley believes ‘real fighters’ know who will win because they know how good McGregor truly is.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019ll always be the jackasses giving it this and that, you\u2019re never going to get rid of them. The real ones will know, the real fighters. I think the real fighters know now, to be honest,” the Brave CF fighter said. “If you look at anyone who came out and said anything about the fight, the real solid fighters that don\u2019t claim to be this and that, they\u2019re all saying what\u2019s going to happen. The real ones know and everyone will know on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Conor McGregor will be better than ever when he fights Khabib Nurmagomedov this weekend?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/2\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor\u00a0will be taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday at UFC 229 for the lightweight belt. Not only will McGregor be making his long-awaited return to the Octagon,\u00a0he is also looking to reclaim his lightweight belt. Helping Conor McGregor during his training camp is Brave CF fighter, Cian Cowley. Cowley knows just how good the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":286423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39608,10089],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCian Cowley: 'Everyone will know on Saturday' how good Conor McGregor truly is | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conor McGregor\u00a0will be taking on Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday. 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