UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor - Main Event Preview

McGregor's "weakness"

Chad Mendes controlling McGregor on the mat.

It is a little easier to pinpoint a weakness in McGregor's arsenal and funnily enough it is also his opponent's main strength. We have seen very little of the Irishman's wrestling in his career thus far, although it did get exposed by Chad Mendes when the two men met for the interim featherweight title back in July 2015. Mendes took McGregor down 4 times in the 2 rounds the fight lasted and controlled him very well from top position.

With that being said, however, since this contest, we haven't really seen 'The Notorious One' being taken down again, he showed near-perfect take-down defence against both Nate Diaz and Eddie Alvarez, only suffering one take-down right at the end of his rematch with Diaz.