The 5 best strikers in the UFC today

#3 Conor Mcgregor

Like him or hate him, Conor McGregor is probably the best boxer in the UFC today

Great another fighter I don’t like, YAY! As much as I do think Conor Mcgregor is overrated as an MMA fighter, he’s properly rated as a striker.

Mcgregor’s accuracy and timing are uncanny, and he uses his reach and kicks to create an insane amount of pressure on his opponent. But it’s that left hand that truly makes Mcgregor special. It was my contention that part of Mcgregor’s power was him dehydrating himself to make 145 lbs.

That notion was dispelled when he blasted Eddie Alvarez into another galaxy. My new theory is that it’s secretly Thor’s hammer... Mcgregor is no one trick pony on the feet though. He uses an array of snapping front kicks and until recently, spinning round kicks to herd his opponent towards the fence where he paws with his lead right before blasting the left to the head or body.

While Mcgregor’s defence on the feet has grown increasingly reliant on his chin, in his Cage Warriors days he showed off excellent defensive head movement. Another thing that makes Mcgregor special is his counters; we watched as Eddie Alvarez became flummoxed and unable to throw punches because he feared what was coming back.

It remains to be seen if Mcgregor’s overall MMA game can hang with the top of the shark tank that is the 155lb division but there is no doubt he’s a threat to knock any man standing across from him out.