dr. Lawrence woods expert biomechanics
Conor McGregor vs. khabib nurmagomedov
big fight coming off I'm gonna break it
down I'm gonna tell you exactly who's
gonna win okay before we begin I just
want to be straight up with you I am NOT
an expert on UFC fighting in fact I've
never seen Conor McGregor or any UFC
fight ever in my life but I have worked
with hundreds of fighters in fact some
world champions and so I do have an
expert eye on biomechanics and that's
what I'm gonna be commenting on today
and from that I will give you my
quote-unquote diagnosis okay so on with
the first clip
habib has a positional awareness unlike
anything I've ever seen before his
center of balance is always over his
dominant position and it seems like
khabib swirled or where he wants to take
this game is on the mat it seems like
that's his world and that's where he's
best I used to wrestle an occasion to
get a guy who could work an angle but
this guy this guy takes it to a whole
new level look how many possible
maneuvers how many vectors this guy this
guy controls the arms his opponents legs
and look how much pressure puts on the
sternum and it's it's hard to even
imagine what these opponents are going
through but when you're putting that
much pressure on your rib cage you just
can't take a deep breath and then what
happens is acidosis is this thing called
acidosis starts to creep in and you just
get fatigued you get weak and you start
making poor judgments so this guy is
kind of like a spider and he's weakened
in his opponent before he comes in to
finish him off very impressive
okay now let's take a look at Conor
oh he's a southpaw didn't know that um
Connor here in Ireland is like a
modern-day mythological creature he's
the stuff legends are made of
and you know we're very proud of it and
we hadn't been this proud since the
World Cup in 1990 but if you look at his
performance he's quintessentially he's
isn't all-around almost perfect athlete
he's I got a chance once to see Michael
Jordan play and he's I'd say he's on par
with Michael Jordan he has a surgical
precision he's speed he can move his
body thin very various angles and he
kind of reminds me of like like Bruce
Lee
and what I mean by that is he's striking
in a relaxed position if you take a look
at his joints look at his shoulder in
his arms his joints everything's fluid
he's not trying he's kind of allowing
his body to move through the environment
and you know there's a lot more going on
here with Conor McGregor this guy seems
intelligent he's confident beyond
measure but but most of all he's present
and it seems like he's connected to
something much more profound his mind is
empty I am I've never seen actually I've
never seen Connor perform before and
that's this is wow this is going to be
an amazing fight okay on to the next
clip
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all right another fantastic example of
ground leverage and contortions and
mauling and trapping the arms and legs
and feet
this guy's like an animal he stays on
top of his opponent like a pressure
cooker
while he's striking them it's kind of
like death by a thousand cuts however on
his feet it's a different story and and
this is where he might be exposed
because when he's on his feet he if you
if you watch him he's kind of
predictable in he's one-dimensional and
he's using short lever strikes and so if
he stays in this if he stays on his feet
Connors gonna destroy them because
Connor is anything but one-dimensional
Connor can turn on and dine Connor can
angle and from any position and he if
somebody's predictable Connor is gonna
destroy him so for khabib the win he's
got to bring this match to his terms in
his terms is going to be on the mat and
it's gonna be the outer part of the
Octagon at the cage because what this is
gonna do is this is where he applies his
pressure and this limits Connor from
having any options okay great clip and
let's take a look at Connor
except for Connor to win this fight he's
got to stay on his feet he can't bring
this to the mat he's got to bring this
to his terms he's got to lead this fight
and you know Connors moving patterns are
second to none if you look at his hip
movements they're perfect the way he can
adjust and scramble and and he could
even change the tempo I like his is his
movement patterns he keeps up wider than
normal foot stance and it keeps that
right arm out there and the right arm is
pretty interesting because it's almost
like an antenna where he's detecting any
potential movement patterns from his
opponent and his left is lethal is
lethal and you know folks he is textbook
perfect he draws his energy from his
hips and he uses his Serato Center is
serratus muscles did you ever see the
movie rocky rocky like it like the first
rocky now that one is not Rocky 15 okay
but when Stallone is holds arms out here
yes he's three humongous muscles right
here there are the serratus muscles and
particularly for boxers this is serratus
anterior muscle and the reason why it's
so important when you watch Conor strike
it when he uses the hips and is drawn
power from the hips and he uses the
straightest he's creating a torque or
torsion which increases the impact
exponentially it makes it so lethal so
Connor needs to keep moving which kind
of brings us to his acute kilise heal
and you know I'm not gonna you know I'm
just I'm just givin in my impression
this is my opinion okay but I think it
says fitness level and you're probably
thinking there what the heck are you
thinking this guy this guy trains harder
than anybody and that's I get it that's
not what I'm talking about
I've been at this for a long time and
I've been working with a lot of people
like this and and one thing I see
particularly in South palsy people come
to me is they I see a problem structural
problem and if you look at these videos
here you can see if you look at the
fossa in here at the base of the neck
you could see on the right side there's
a bit of inflammation there but
particularly when you look at the back
of his neck you can see a slight
rotation at the base of his spine there
now without getting into too much
Anatomy here what's happening there and
this is my opinion is we're seeing what
they call subluxation a subluxation is a
slight rotation out of his normal
alignment and what this does it pinches
on these nerves and these nerves go
through the area's the
he needs for breathing responsible for
breathing the muscles that lungs and
everything like that and there's just
it's kinda like if you have a rock on
your hose going to your garden it
doesn't matter how much you give it
water how much you give it anything it's
just it's just not gonna do well so the
training is not the issue the it's just
the interference there and like I said
I've been at this for a long time and I
see this a lot and this simple fix
other than that though his his technique
is absolutely perfect but the thing
again he cannot let could be take this
to the ground he's got his Sam his feet
he's got to keep his distance and he's
got to be unpredictable khabib is is
very predictable and if he watch kabhi
he steps in to make a punch he jumps
back if Connor goes with him it doesn't
let him go in and out if he stays with
them he's gonna he's gonna he's gonna
take control his game and he should do
really really well
okay let's see the next video
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okay this clip shows beep striking is
sometimes wild and off-balance and which
leaves him wide open for Connors counter
punch witches can be unpredictable and
he can he can he can attack from any
angle also when could be when he's
literally when his backs against the
cage he is his he's actually literally
on his back foot his is his movement
patterns become very predictable they
become very linear and erratic he moves
the straight lines and his footwork
becomes off which could give them
massive bounds issues khabib strengths
are in short lever maneuvers okay and
that that's mostly at the outer
perimeter of the cage so it would be
absolutely pointless for him to make a
short lever maneuver towards Connor in
the middle of the arena because Connor
is lightning fast and he'll just get
away from him and he's gonna suffer the
encounter so oh and lastly another thing
is another vulnerability with Khedive is
is he always always always every single
time he always takes down with the right
shoulder okay for what that's worth
okay now let's wrap this up with Connor
okay two things here in this clip with
Connor and Chad Mendes Connor showing
some difficulty getting off his back now
no disrespect to Chad Mendes but khabib
is a different kettle of fish altogether
I mean if Connor struggle in here what's
he gonna what's looking me like when
this Russian gorilla starts squeezing
the life out of you and lastly if you
look at Connors sparring this counter
with a sparring partner he kind of
leaves his right leg exposed and he'll
never ever ever get away with that what
could be because could be it will do his
signature takedown those are the single
leg takedown and then the squeezing
begins okay
now finally on to my conclusion I'm
gonna tell you exactly who's gonna win
this fight next this is kind of a coin
toss because you're looking at two of
the greatest fighters of our day and
their styles are diametrically different
but this fight is gonna come down to
movement patterns and well for example
like if they stay on their feet the
fighters to defeat Conor McGregor is
gonna win if it goes to the mat khabib
is gonna win it's that simple it's that
simple that's what's gonna happen and I
don't think this fight is gonna go the
full distance I don't think it's gonna
be a long match it's gonna be a short
match and my prediction is are you ready
drumroll is that Conor McGregor it's
gonna go down here and I hate saying
this but what's gonna happen is
eventually Habib's gonna get a hold of
him and he's gonna bring him down and
Connors proverbial batteries are gonna
drain to zero and then that's where
Habib's gonna take control this fight
and it's gonna be game set match that's
my prediction I know you're not gonna
like what I had to say here I'm sorry
I'm just being honest and objective but
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