HeatWillRise wrote:Speaking of mental-warfare scheme of things leading up to this fight.
It seems like Khabib was the one that planted the mental-warfare seed first in Conor. In April when he slapped Artem around, Khabib knew Conor would retaliate in the most hostile was possible gaining the upper-hand. Khabib never really needed to do anything to Artem, as any fighter on interviews/podcasts talk crap about other fighters all the time, especially when there was already past-beef.
Hence during the presser, he kept repeating "Why did he eat this slap, why? Did you talk to him" Etc.. When Conor had no answer to this question.
Also this is the most invested/personal Conor got more than any fight he has been and it COULD play a part in the fight. Highly doubtful because Conor himself is a master at this but who knows.
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