The mental torment Conor McGregor caused Jose Aldo on the UFC 189 was all part of a carefully constructed plan.
Conor McGregor’s antics on the UFC 189 world tour were artfully planned out by the Irish UFC superstar.
The Notorious revealed at a recent open workout that his constant annoyance of Jose Aldo were designed to break him down while his mental strength was at its nadir.
“They are done with the game. I am only on my way in, so I knew his mind was beat throughout that world tour. I knew he would have flown straight back to Brazil and went heavy, heavy at it.
“Heavy rounds, heavy training. Having the whole of Brazil on his back. The pressure on him to beat this loud-mouth Irish kid. Heavy, heavy rounds. The body breaks.”
McGregor elaborated by breaking down the techniques he employed to infuriate the featherweight champion while promoting their title fight at UFC 189.
‘The world tour was just a combination of me looking at him dead in the eye and telling him what was gonna happen to him. I knew he does not speak English, so I spoke in his native tongue in Rio de Janeiro and told him he will die. And then that was it.”
He added that the way the Brazilian reacted to his verbal sparring sessions are very telling of how he will respond to his the fight inside the cage in July.
“It’s the same way in the fight I’ll go in, I’ll set him up, he’ll react to what I’m doing. I’ll put him down, raise the belt and boom. I was just mimicking what will happen July 11 in Las Vegas.”
“I knew his body was tired. I knew his mind was drained. He’s on his way out of the game. All you gotta do is look. He’s looking for his exit.”7
UFC 189 can’t come soon enough.
Hat-tip to MMA Fighting
