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With Conor McGregor taking on Jose Aldo for the featherweight title at the UFC 189 this July, all the fans are already exited to catch these two fight it out in the octagon. Famous longtime action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who is a martial artist himself, has expressed that he could train Conor McGregor and help him improve his ‘striking’ skills.
Appearing on the Bruce Buffer’s podcast (via MMA Fighting), Van Damme spoke about the UFC featherweight contender and said:
"McGregor is a great fighter if he can use his legs as good as his fists. What he has that not too many people have is the eye. [Fedor] Emelianenko was not really in shape, but his eye. He's got that, but what McGregor has is hunger and he's training every day. After this fight I would love to spend some time with him to elevate the knee even better and not make mistakes. Turning around like that, it's fantastic. He's got the speed but a guy like Aldo can get inside him. That's dangerous."
Speaking about McGregor’s technique Van Damme said “McGregor has one thing nobody has in his division. He can go backwards as the same time he’s hitting.When a guy runs at him and he can go backwards and he’s hitting the guy. It’s very dangerous. He’s got the length to go forward and the technique to go backwards.”
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