Gunnar Nelson: Conor McGregor needs time to train, get some space

Gunnar Nelson is fighting at UFC: Rotterdam this weekend, but with Conor McGregor’s situation with the UFC dominating headlines, he naturally had to field inquiries about his high profile training partner.

“I haven’t trained much with Conor since his last fight, but we did a week in Iceland,” Nelson said, answering questions from the international media. “We always focus quite a bit on grappling, so I think his focus will be as it has been. Maybe focus on some specific things for his opponent, who is going to be again, bigger and longer. Some tactical strategies maybe for him specifically.”

Apart from setting a game plan for a potential rematch with Nate Diaz, Nelson believes that McGregor just simply needs more hours in the gym.

“Also, I think he needs some time to train. Like we’ve seen, he ‘retired’ that other day because he felt like he wasn’t getting the space to train. There was too many media obligations and things like …

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