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The Bottom Line: Mystic Mac’s Miracle Round
- Updated: August 23, 2016
Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sherdog.com, its affiliates and sponsors or its parent company, Evolve Media.*** Conor McGregor has lived what feels like a charmed MMA existence. During his rapid ascent into superstardom, it seems like everything has broken right for the Irishman. That’s not to diminish his hard work, intelligence and skill, but MMA is not a sport that lends itself to storybook endings. Things have a way of working out for McGregor in ways that they just don’t seem to work out for other fighters. That never felt truer than during the fourth round of his rematch with Nate Diaz — one of the most improbable rounds in the history of the sport. MMA has a way of turning quickly. There are so many ways to win that an advantage doesn’t necessarily last for long. Mirko Filipovic was destroying Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in Pride Fighting Championships, but there was always the possibility that the fight would shift if Nogueira got it to the ground. When Nogueira did just that and pulled off the submission, it was a remarkable 180-degree turn in the course of the fight, but it was the sort of turn that happens in MMA. The same goes for Miesha Tate’s submission of Holly Holm in the fifth round of a fight she was handily losing or Anderson Silva’s submission of Chael Sonnen at UFC 117. They were shocking but logical given the fighters involved. McGregor pulling out the win over Diaz felt like something else. Early in the rematch between “Mystic Mac” and Diaz at UFC 202 on Saturday in Las Vegas, McGregor looked like he was going to avenge his loss without a great deal of difficulty. McGregor’s leg kicks were doing great damage and …
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