Gunnar Nelson: ‘I could’ve done some right’ for Conor McGregor at UFC 229

Conor McGregor dealt with his second loss in the UFC in early October when he tapped to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s face crank in the fourth-round of their fight at UFC 229. One common fixture in his camp who was not present at the time was Gunnar Nelson, who was nursing a knee injury.

Nelson, who holds a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie, admitted that it was not easy for him to see his training partner get dominated in such a manner, especially since he was not able to be of help at all.

“It was very unfortunate. Obviously, I couldn’t join the camp because of my knee,” Nelson told reporters during a UFC 231 pre-fight scrum. “I could’ve maybe done some right at the end, but he had…