Conor McGregor’s penchant for fast, emphatic wins may have caught up to him.
That’s one of the reasons “The Notorious” fell short in his rematch with Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, according to Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi. McGregor has a long reel of first- and second-round finishes on his resume, but it was Poirier who ended the bout via strikes in round two this past Saturday.
Zahabi broke down the main event clash in a recent live chat, and one thing that stuck out to him was McGregor’s reaction to adversity.