How Good is Conor McGregor?

#3 Grappling

McGregor has been training with grappling ace Dillon Danis for quite some time now

Conor McGregor has been time and again derided by his critics for, what they claim to be, a lack of grappling skills. Well, if only someone had sent McGregor the memo, perhaps he may not have been able to out-grapple several notable foes over the course of his career.

Despite blowing out his knee during his fight against a young Max Holloway, McGregor continued to soldier on--transitioning from a striking-oriented strategy to a more grappling-based route. Furthermore, McGregor also memorably out-grappled Eddie Alvarez as well as Nate Diaz--the latter in their rematch--stuffing Alvarez's takedowns, and going toe-to-toe with Diaz in the clinch.

Love him or hate him, one simply cannot deny that McGregor's grappling skills are in fact criminally underrated.