{"id":1174,"date":"2023-05-19T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2023-05-19T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T14:51:22","slug":"conor-mcgregor-a-mad-scientist-like-lebron-james-and-tom-brady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/conor-mcgregor-a-mad-scientist-like-lebron-james-and-tom-brady\/","title":{"rendered":"CONOR MCGREGOR: &#8220;A MAD SCIENTIST&#8221; LIKE LEBRON JAMES AND TOM BRADY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MMA \u2013 The director of the Netflix documentary had a lot to say. Conor McGregor is seen as a LeBron or Brady perfectionist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conor McGregor is the headliner of a brand new documentary on Netflix. While the first version focused on his debut, we follow him here after the duel against Floyd Mayweather until his big leg injury. Gotham Chopra, the man behind the documentary, thus had the opportunity to follow the &#8220;\u2009Notorious\u2009&#8221; during many adventures. If he did not know the athlete well, he admits to having been &#8220;\u2009fascinated\u2009&#8221;. Chopra describes in particular this obsession of the Irishman to leave nothing to chance. Conor McGregor is thus a great perfectionist, just like LeBron James or Tom Brady.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_73782\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QwHM63RIHbQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"NFESzE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What actually happened was McGregor falling to Poirier in back-to-back fights with the last bout ending with that devastating injury.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ueu7DC\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEverybody expects wins,\u201d Chopra said. \u201cThat\u2019s what you do. You get on the ride and it\u2019s like \u2018he\u2019s training really hard, he\u2019s looking really good\u2019 and you\u2019re listening to all the trainers telling you \u2018he\u2019s never been in better shape in his life, his mind is so right\u2019 and all this stuff. You go into the fights thinking of course he\u2019s going to win these fights.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FtLgiZ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI was at both of the [Dustin] Poirier fights, and we had a vision, and I\u2019ve been through this before with Tom Brady where you think he\u2019s going to win the Super Bowl and he doesn\u2019t. You adapt. I have to say for the filmmaking, for the storytelling, losing \u2014 I don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s better but it\u2019s more interesting. It gives you more tension. It gives you more storytelling opportunities than just another victory. I think that\u2019s the case here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"8ZONyh\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much like Brady bouncing back from a loss in a Super Bowl and then winning the very next year, Chopra saw McGregor begin his climb back from defeat with that same kind of ferocity.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YbH5to\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In fact, Chopra says McGregor shares one particularly strong trait that he\u2019s seen in Brady, James, and Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry, which probably helps them amass the kinds of achievements only possible in the best of the best.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rTiKBy\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019d say what\u2019s in common is this relentless work ethic,\u201d Chopra said. \u201cThis obsession with getting it right. I\u2019ve seen it with Tom in throwing sessions or Steph Curry in shooting sessions. You\u2019re talking in Tom\u2019s case the greatest of all time with quarterbacks, or Steph Curry, the greatest shooter of all-time or in LeBron\u2019s case, they are like mad scientists in the laboratory.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ok4Hg7\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen this with Conor in his practice sessions. He\u2019s obsessing over little things. [We shot a lot of footage in training] and Conor will look at the tape and every little movement. He\u2019s a mad scientist. He\u2019s a perfectionist. It\u2019s like you\u2019re supposed to work out for two hours and four hours later you\u2019re still going. Always looking for that next level, that edge to get it right. That\u2019s what\u2019s in common.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ty9RmD\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The difference between McGregor and all those other athletes comes down to him competing in an individual sport where he has no one to count on but himself when he sets foot in the UFC octagon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Z2OElW\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou can \u2014 and Conor does \u2014 have the greatest trainers, dieticians, he\u2019s using technology, and all this stuff and prepares and you see physically where he\u2019s at and his trainers say this, push him in the octagon, close the cage, he\u2019s on his own,\u201d Chopra said. \u201cIt\u2019s a violent sport. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tKd6fR\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSteph can have an off day and Klay [Thompson] is there or in LeBron\u2019s case with Anthony Davis and Tom always says \u2018I had [Rob Gronkowski], I had [Julian Edelman], I had Wes Welker and Randy Moss, I had an entire defense that would pick me up when I had a bad game.\u2019 You don\u2019t get that in fighting. 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There are quiet moments where McGregor is just playing with his kids at the park as well as the occasion when he and his longtime girlfriend Dee Devlin find out the gender of their next baby.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yC7BOs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chopra says it was a remarkable journey to follow McGregor, who has become arguably one of the most recognizable celebrities across the globe, while also becoming one of the wealthiest. In fact, McGregor often touts the obscene amounts of money he\u2019s made while plunking down millions for a Lamborghini yacht or a new mansion in his native Ireland.<\/p>\n<p id=\"t8mBK9\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, McGregor making more money than he could spend across 10 lifetimes has also resulted in questions being raised about his commitment to fighting. As famed boxer Marvin Hagler once said \u201cit\u2019s hard to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 a.m. when you\u2019ve been sleeping in silk pajamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"3LnR5h\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">While no one doubts that McGregor is certainly living a more comfortable lifestyle these days, Chopra says from everything he saw during the filming of this documentary, the drive and desire to return to fighting and get back to the top of the sport is still very much ingrained in him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fwK2Hg\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEven with the race cars and the yachts and all the money, I\u2019ve never see him say \u2018let\u2019s cut this training session short.\u2019 It\u2019s the opposite,\u201d Chopra said. \u201cThere\u2019s something about the sport, you cannot do that. You can\u2019t walk into the octagon unprepared. You will get your ass beat or worse. You just can\u2019t do it so he does seem mentally and emotionally there still.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TgRUMT\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe\u2019s very committed. His career is not over. I think there is a reality where your body ages, you take a lot of damage in this sport, you\u2019ve seen it with Tom and LeBron but they are the exceptions. We\u2019re at an age where you can\u2019t go on forever. I think that people question and legitimately so but I don\u2019t think mentally or emotionally or spiritually this guy is at all compromised. He still wants it desperately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA \u2013 The director of the Netflix documentary had a lot to say. Conor McGregor is seen as a LeBron or Brady perfectionist. Conor McGregor is the headliner of a brand new documentary on Netflix. 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