Conor McGregor dealt with his second loss in the UFC in early October when he tapped to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s face crank in the fourth-round of their fight at UFC 229. One common fixture in his camp who was not present at the time was Gunnar Nelson, who was nursing a knee injury.
Nelson, who holds a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie, admitted that it was not easy for him to see his training partner get dominated in such a manner, especially since he was not able to be of help at all.
“It was very unfortunate.