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Message: [QUOTE="Rincewind, post: 3205249, member: 203123"] Surely you are not naive enough to think that fighting ability has anything to do with McGregor's ascendancy to the top of the game? :D ;) Its his self promotion and marketability that has cemented him firmly at the pinnacle of the sport. If fighting ability was the sole determining factor of who is ''King'' the DJ would be it, without any competition. If you wanna consider McGregor talents and any percieved hole's in his game lets consider them fairly shall we? People are so dismissive of his ground game (you said obvious flaws) and continually trot out the old excuse of not having seen enough of him on the ground. To be honest thats just bs. When he went to ground with Diaz in the first contest he was bossed there because he was gassed and he basically gave up position followed by his back and neck to a very dangerous BJJ black belt. But what about when they were both fresh in round one? Remember when this happened? [IMG]https://giant.gfycat.com/BlankWarmCaecilian.gif[/IMG] Perfectly executed x guard sweep to recover top position against one of the best offensive jiu jitsu players in the sport. Any one that knows BJJ, knows that shit aint easy to pull off at the best of times never mind against Nate. Remember this against Mendes? [IMG]http://flo-static-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/api/56d0bf6031aa1.gif[/IMG] You dont learn escapes like that by accident man, c'mon!!? And here, my personal favourite. This pass to mount against Siver really shows the kind level he is on. Maybe the top 10% of Jiu Jitsu guys in MMA could pull off a pass like this so effortlessly and so instinctively outside of the gym. [IMG]http://flo-static-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/api/56d0bc230f9d4.gif[/IMG] People just dont give his ground game the credit it deserves because he is primarily a striker. [/QUOTE]

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