{"id":370376,"date":"2020-12-07T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=370376"},"modified":"2020-12-07T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:48:14","slug":"conor-mcgregor-sends-advice-encouragement-to-pfl-bound-claressa-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-sends-advice-encouragement-to-pfl-bound-claressa-shields\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor sends advice, encouragement to PFL-bound Claressa Shields"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor has some words of advice for boxing star Claressa Shields, who will transition to MMA under the PFL banner in 2021.<\/p>\n

Shields, a three-division boxing champ at just 25 years old, will make her MMA debut in the PFL cage in 2021. Ahead of that debut, Shields has been training at JacksonWink MMA<\/a> alongside former UFC champs Jon Jones and Holly Holm. She’s also received some advice from another former UFC champ in McGregor.<\/p>\n

McGregor shared some advice for Shields and her coaching staff in the replies on an Instagram post from ESPN MMA. See what he had to say below:<\/p>\n

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