My coach Fabiano Scherner was in New York a week ago for PFL.
Or, err, my teammate Rick Story was fighting, he was out there cornering Rick and
Khabib was out there, Khabib was cornering somebody. and
Khabib did a workout in the back room and my coach sat and watched it, and he said:
You know Khabib didn't have you know, these master submissions or things you haven't seen before, it was all pretty straightforward
he said, but,
He had a pressure. And he said he-well first let me tell what the workout was
Okay, so Khabib comes in he's got five guys, and what the workout is gonna be is one-by-one
Khabib is gonna work out with each guy until each guy gives up
Once the guys had enough reaches a level of exhaustion he's done and the next guy comes in
My coach said the workout was 90 minutes. The first guy was the most talented guy made it 20
20 minutes in the Giger. I'm done. I have nothing left to offer you great
Kobe beef stays a new guy comes in died. Number two comes in for 15 minutes or so guy number three comes in
For 15 minutes or so the guy number four
Even though when it was done could be was standing up and all five guys were laying down just from exhaustion
He didn't hurt him. It was a grappling work. I didn't hurt these guys. He just put a pace on him now
We've seen could be do this on television. We're well aware of khabib space. I
Was just sharing with you guys as this fight gets closer and closer
So much is made of Conor space
Connors old opponents talk about that pace
And we've also seen that on television through. Khabib. I thought it was a good story. I thought it was very interesting
It's very hard to wear somebody out
Usually when you're with another trained fighter a trained killer in there
one guy does wear out first, of course he does but
It's very hard to do and once you finally reach that critical mass generally the workout is now over
If one guy can't go on the other guys on fumes as well and the workouts over
Sometimes you will do a rotation
Where every two and a half minutes a guy will come in and then he goes out another guy comes in
But then the first guy comes back in it's just two guy and they are coming in repeatedly
Maybe we'll call it a shark bait or Ironman are
Our colloquial terms in the industry for that kind of a drill could be brought in five
Guys and wore them all out. I
Didn't get to see it, but I heard about it. The only time I've ever seen that
Seen that with my own eyes was Tony Ferguson
When we used to train at the rain training center
He would go through the entire practice everything warm-up drills live rounds conditioning he would do it
All everybody's headed out maybe a couple of guys are sticking around
Working on something at a real slow pace not getting their heart rate up, but work on a position or a technique
Tony's in the middle looking for four guys to spar with round after round after and he used to wear guys out
He would wear them out to the point that nobody else would come in to spar with him while he was in the middle
no rest and
Then he would go over to the only thing that could continue a workout which was the heavy bag
It's the only guy I've seen do that with my own eyes, but I heard
This Conner story. I thought I would share with you guys because I think ultimately it does come down to pace. I
Think so many of us are talking about if Conner can land the left or khabib can land the take down
But it's usually an intangible
It shows you never as straightforward as we think you don't have to go back any further than when we all thought DC had to
Wrestle steep a down or steep. I had to knock DC out and it ends up going the exact opposite direction
You don't have to look back any further than that to realize it's never as clear as we think it is
it's always an intangible who can deal with the pressure who can keep the pace who can go five rounds who can go harder than
The other guy it's never about who very seldomly is about who is technically more proficient
Who's more dynamic who's more explosive those things all have a little piece of the pie?
But it's generally in intangible
and
Generally when you have to get ready for a fight outside of that lucky punch or submission
You have to plan for a worst-case scenario
Which is to be there out there all night long
It's wife worked so hard it's why they get in such good shape for that worst-case scenario
I can't get this guy out of here. I'm gonna see him again
round after round after round I
Don't know that that favours
Could be I think it does. I think it does but when you when you talk to Conners former opponents
They all talk about that pace, too
so Connor jumps right on you never lets up and there's a narrative out there about his conditioning and
that largely came
because of his fight with Nick Diaz where Connor said I ran out of energy, he said that I
Just don't know that that was an accurate assessment. Meaning that Connor was in poor shape
Or if you should also look at the intangibles of which one he was surprised
So when you have an adrenaline dump or some kind of a frustration
It's gonna cause some stress which is gonna cause fatigue and also he was up two weight classes
He was a forty five pounder back then
Passed up 55 when all the way to 170 when you have those bigger guys. You're also gonna run out of energy faster
That narrative was expanded upon
After he fought Floyd Mayweather for a half hour, and he said yeah
My problem was that I ran out of energy
So so many people came out with this old Connors not in great shape. They did not take into consideration
the stress of being an event
where he's a sizable underdog his first time in a sport against the greatest to have ever done it and
Still did it for a half hour. I?
Would ask I will ask you guys
shadow box
And all shadow box means is you you clench up your fists and you throw them in the air one hand after the next
Do it as hard as you can
Doing this podcast is over do it as hard as you can
Hitting nothing hitting absolutely nothing, but I'm not talking about moving your feet
I'm not talking about a head movement and slipping and dealing with stress and someone punched out your I'm talking about plant your feet still
And just throw your hands one after the next in any combination you want to do as hard as you can for 30 seconds
You will be exhausted
You will not think 30 seconds could have ever been so long
Hunter went out and did that for 30 minutes?
in a sport that he had never done against the greatest to have ever done it so I would just tell you that even though
Connor helped to add fuel to the fire
Which was I didn't have enough energy
which created a false narrative what I believe is a false narrative that he has cardio and
Lung issues. I don't think that's true. I think he was in a ridiculously hard environment
Where fighters will fight for years and years and years three rounds years ten years of three round fights
Maybe in their career if they have a high enough level of success, they'll even be signed for a 12-round fight
he had none of those things and
fought for 30 minutes, so I just suggest you that I don't know that that narrative is
Accurate
The Nate Diaz fight to weight classes up. Yes, you're going to get tired faster
The Floyd Mayweather fight he went out there and did it for a half of an hour
You're going to get tired. I think that that's false and I think that that in many ways is what's going to decide this
People believe that khabib has a higher pace I am one of those people I believe khabib has a higher pace
I'm just not sure that
that makes it so
so I'm going to share with you my coach Fabiana shared with me when he got to see a private workout and
There was five exhausted guys
Laying around and khabib standing in the middle saying who's next?