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Three Amigos No.83: McGregor vs. Diaz from all angles with Sean Sheehan

The Three Amigos are back with a special bonus episode featuring Severe MMA's Sean Sheehan in our traditional dissection and analysis of Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz.

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Welcome to your SECOND weekly dose of Three Amigos Podcast fun. This episode is our traditional partnering with Severe MMA's Sean Sheehan (our official Irish Three Amigos correspondent and all around awesome human) to dissect and analyze all facets of the Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz fight.

We covered a variety of topics that included:

  • Press conference discussion
  • Conor's difficulty controlling the media as effortlessly as he normally does
  • Nate's newfound media prowess
  • If "Conormania" is still as strong in Ireland as it was last year
  • Financial aspects
  • Conor constantly butting heads with UFC brass
  • Factors at play during the fight (size, mental aspect, striking, ground game)
  • Who wins the striking battle and the keys to it
  • Conor's underrated ground work
  • Predictions for the fight
  • The aftermath for each fighter in case of a win or loss

Make sure to check out Sean's work on Severe MMA and listen to his Severe MMA Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook, and can check him out more with the Three Amigos as we'll be doing some future breakdowns with him from time to time.

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