{"id":336930,"date":"2020-01-02T08:43:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=336930"},"modified":"2020-01-02T08:43:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:43:54","slug":"donald-cerrone-coach-downplays-conor-mcgregors-skills-he-just-has-a-left-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/donald-cerrone-coach-downplays-conor-mcgregors-skills-he-just-has-a-left-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone coach downplays Conor McGregor&#8217;s skills: &#8216;He just has a left hand&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jafari Vanier, the head coach behind Donald Cerrone, doesn&#8217;t view Conor McGregor as a particularly versatile fighter.<\/p>\n<p>The coach gave his take on McGregor, who Cerrone will fight in the main event of UFC 246 on January 18, in in Cerrone\u2019s documentary \u2018More than a Cowboy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were to look at the two, he\u2019s got a lot more to worry about than we do,\u201d Vanier said, comparing Cerrone and McGregor&#8217;s arsenals (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/01\/donald-cerrones-head-coach-on-conor-mcgregors-arsenal-he-just-has-a-left-hand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cWe\u2019ve got multiple submission victories, head-kick knockout victories, we\u2019ve got decisions. He just has a left hand. You don\u2019t see Conor submitting anybody, you don\u2019t even see the guy going on the ground \u2013 very rare, right? Not saying we\u2019re going to force the fight to the ground, but what I\u2019m saying is he\u2019s got a lot more to worry about than we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vanier continued, suggesting that McGregor is only dangerous with his left hand in the first round. If Cerrone can survive that phase of the fight, Vanier believes it will be his fight to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just have to worry about a left hand in that first round \u2013 him coming out on fire,\u201d Vanier said. \u201cYou\u2019ve never really seen \u2018Cowboy\u2019 ever gas. After the first round and a half for Conor, (he) fades. There\u2019s not a lot of pop in that left hand any more, footwork goes down, his hands are heavy. So I mean these are all things that you watch and see, so these are no secrets to what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for us, it\u2019s just a matter of capitalizing on those things, making sure we\u2019re very aware, eyes open in that first round, stay away from that left hand. We stay away from that left hand, it\u2019s going to be a short night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think a Donald Cerrone victory is as simple as avoiding Conor McGregor&#8217;s left hand?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/2\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jafari Vanier, the head coach behind Donald Cerrone, doesn&#8217;t view Conor McGregor as a particularly versatile fighter. The coach gave his take on McGregor, who Cerrone will fight in the main event of UFC 246 on January 18, in in Cerrone\u2019s documentary \u2018More than a Cowboy.&#8217; \u201cIf I were to look at the two, he\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":324841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10134,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Donald Cerrone coach downplays Conor McGregor&#039;s skills: &#039;He just has a left hand&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jafari Vanier, the head coach behind Donald Cerrone, doesn&#039;t view Conor McGregor as a particularly versatile or dangerous fighter.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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