Notorious: The Life and Fights of Conor Mcgregor

Product Information

Through seminars and publications such as Animal Day, The Fence and Three Second Fighter, Thompson taught that fear was not only inevitable in a combative situation but that it was a necessary instinct. Kavanagh's mantra in recent years has been 'We win or we learn' and that optimistic philosophy served him well following a crushing loss to Bobby Karagiannidis in South Africa. If you want both an MMA education and an entertaining guided tour through every punch McGregor has thrown, this is the book for you. Provisionally entitled Notorious: My Life in and Out of the Octagon, the book will be part memoir, part philosophy in which McGregor reveals the secrets to his incredible work ethic and ‘unshakable belief.

To tell you the truth the Mcgregor bio as a whole for me was teh leats interesting part of it however Jack Slack's writing on striking and what makes Mcgregor special is what made me sit up and take more notice of him beyond just another talented UFC fighter.Something I didn't like about this book was when Conor gave up after he lost for the first time and went back to his boring job. Sullivan of legend, the first heavyweight champion of the world and the child of Irish parents, Conor McGregor has always spun a great yarn.

It is about how one young man, through bloody-minded determination and indomitable spirit, changed the whole game. Kavanagh had a so-so career as an MMA fighter at a time when there were few events held in the UK and hardly any to speak of in Ireland. He was a brown belt at the time, and seeing him in action reiterated everything I had already thought about jiu-jitsu. Much of the conversation between the two young scrappers was dominated by the subject of fighting, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and martial arts technique. In Conors early fighting days no one would have thought he was going to be the best MMA fighter there is.Slack teaches readers about the fight game rather than recapitulating generic descriptions, and the result is an extremely enjoyable experience. Gracie didn't knock anyone out, he didn't muscle anyone around; he slowly tripped them to the floor, got on top of them, moved to their back and submitted them with a choke.

The book is essentially Jack describing every single Conor fight (up to his second Nate Diaz fight in 2016) in detail – right from his humble beginnings in Cage Warriors to to his title fights in the UFC. For someone like me, who follows MMA and the UFC promotion from afar without being an expert but having a base understanding of the sport, there is some really informative exposition on how the fight game works, matching opponents and the different tactics/techniques used. I didn't find a negative thing about the book it was interesting and I recommend people who are fans of Conor Mcgregor to read this.

I can actually feel it coming on and that makes me more nervous, which increases it, and it goes on and on until I feel like I'm a beetroot.