Conor McGregor was right about Islam Makhachev struggling by a foul bout of staph main into UFC 302. However in accordance with Makhachev’s head coach Javier Mendez, the staph was previous information by the point “The Infamous” pointing it out.”
In a brand new interview with Crimson Nook MMA, the AKA chief mentioned Makhachev’s powerful coaching camp en path to defeating Dustin Poirier by way of submission within the fifth spherical of their light-weight title battle (watch the highlights here).
“Once I received to camp nearly a month in the past, Islam was not coaching as a result of he had this large nasty staph an infection,” Mendez mentioned. “He mentioned this camp was a really dangerous camp for him. However from my perspective, since I used to be there the final half of the camp, it was an important camp. Every part was nice.”
“When Khabib confirmed up, every little thing received even higher. , Khabib is the chief. I’m extra the mentor function now. Khabib took over the management function, and each division caring for the fellows, ensuring after they went to sleep, etcetera, etcetera. So every little thing went good. The the staph an infection didn’t have an effect on [Islam] in any way. He was not on antibiotics the week of the battle, so we can’t use that as something. He was completely tremendous.”
As for the drama with Conor McGregor, none of it bothered Group Makhachev as a result of Islam had already recovered from the staph an infection.
“He introduced that staph up, which could be very observant on his half, to be sincere with you,” Mendez admitted. “Very observant on his half. The one factor is he noticed it manner too late. On the time he talked about that, it was already 3 weeks previous.”
And Mac calling them a bunch of “scruffy f—s” could ultimately construct into another multi-million dollar chance to beat Conor up. That’s one thing Mendez would like to see.
“Conor goes on a rant, beginning to create drama with Islam,” he mentioned. “Which is kinda good as a result of Conor’s the the kinda man you need to to root towards or root for, regardless. Everyone needs to see him. Me, I wanna see him get beat by Islam. So for me, him doing what he’s doing is inflicting lots of consideration. So there can be nothing higher for me and Khabib than to have Islam have a battle with [Conor] someplace down the road.”
