If Dustin Poirier is looking to take Conor McGregor down at UFC 257, ‘The Diamond’ could be in for rude surprise.
That’s according to top-three welterweight Gilbert Burns, who believes McGregor is a severely underrated defensive grappler, pointing to ‘The Notorious’s’ grappling handiwork against Nate Diaz at UFC 196.
“He’s (Conor McGregor) good,” Burns said in a recent video on his YouTube channel (h/t Derek Hall of Middle Easy). “People think he’s very bad, but he’s very good. People don’t remember he swept Nate Diaz in their first fight. I think he’s very underrated. People say, ‘All you have to do is take him down.