What happens when you have two men with opposite goals working together? You get some drama, of course.
It's not often that a sparring partner will make his own agenda known (or necessarily even have one) after working with a famous fighter, but then again former IBO & IBF welterweight champion Chris Van Heerden isn't quite your average MMA sparring partner.
In an interview with Submission Radio back in May, Van Heerden talked about working with Conor McGregor in "the Notorious" one's preparation for his rematch with Nate Diaz. Van Heerden made it clear that his work with McGregor was not just to help McGregor sharpen his hands, but to prove something to himself:
"That was the first time I've ever laced gloves up against an MMA fighter," Van Heerden told Submission Radio.