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Published 13:08 16 Aug 2017 BST
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“The ropes kept him up multiple times, he was badly concussed, the sparring partners who were in the house that night were worried about him saying he was incoherent, he was stumbling. It didn’t go good for him."While we won't be able to verify McGregor's claims until the full sparring session drops, there was evidence to suggest that Malignaggi spent a considerable amount of time on the ropes. The red marks on his side were the telltale signs.
The other big takeaway from the footage was McGregor's reaction to Malignaggi falling arse-first onto the mat. Shamefully, like so many others, we missed this initially, but it was brought to our attention in Luke Thomas' phenomenal breakdown.
Once Malignaggi began his descent, McGregor was still a picture of focus. His gaze firm on the downed opponent as he took a deep breath during a rare mid-scrap break.
After realising what had just happened, his facial expression transformed, took a moment to admire his handy work.
A smile washed across his face as he took a moment to admire his handy work. Right then, McGregor knew he had got the better of the former world champ. knew he had him.
He knew he had him.
Considering how many hundreds of millions of eyes have watched those clips on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, fucking LinkedIn... whatever, it's ridiculous that more people didn't cop McGregor's immediate reaction.
When McGregor first drafted Malignaggi into his fight camp, he vowed that they would 'have a knock' then Malignaggi was "going to have to answer to what he's been saying."
That may very well have been the moment Malignaggi received a very loud and coherent answer to the criticism he fired McGregor's way prior to being brought in as a sparring partner.
Either that, or it was just very clever editing.Football

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