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#2. The Birth of Mystic Mac before UFC 178
A promising up-and-comer in the UFC back in 2014, Conor McGregor certainly knew how to grab the headlines. At the press conference ahead of his UFC 178 clash with Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor was oozing with confidence. The fashionable, young and outspoken Irishman promised to crack Poirier early with the jab before bouncing his head off the canvas in the first round.
Every single word spoken by McGregor turned out to be true. At the time, Poirier had never been knocked out in his entire career but could you really doubt 'Notorious'?
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After testing the waters in the initial exchanges, a glancing left-hand shot by McGregor clipped Poirier on the temple. He went crashing down to the canvas, his head bouncing off it, just as advertised.
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It took Conor McGregor less than two minutes to get the job done against Dustin Poirier at UFC 178. In the post-fight interview, McGregor said the following:
"I don't just knock them out, I pick the rounds. You can call me Mystic Mac, because I predict these things."
Since then, McGregor has also been known as Mystic Mac for being able to accurately predict the outcome of his fights.
#1. The method to Conor McGregor's madness
Conor McGregor mastered the art of mind games to perfection ahead of his fight with Jose Aldo at UFC 194. Ahead of the fight, the Irishman would intentionally incite the Brazilian legend by insulting him and getting in his face chance he got.
By the time all the press conferences and media obligations were done with, McGregor was inside Aldo's head, and he knew it. In fact, that was his masterplan. McGregor knew that Aldo was so angry, all he wanted to do was get his hands on 'Notorious'. This over-aggressive mentality played right into McGregor's hands.
McGregor sensed it long before the fight. In an interview with Robin Black, McGregor narrated exactly how he was going to KO Jose Aldo at UFC 194:
"When we stared down, I felt his right hand was twitching a little bit which was a subtle tell for me. He is ready to unload that right hand but that could be a downfall for him. If he let's that right hand go, I will not be there," said McGregor.
The fight went exactly as McGregor said it would. Aldo over-extended with the first punch he threw and McGregor pulled back and countered with a precise left hand shot of his own. It was over in the blink of an eye. To date, McGregor holds the record for the fastest KO in a UFC title fight at 13 seconds.
