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'We Weren't Faking Anything', Conor McGregor's Agent On His Intense Training Regime

'We Weren't Faking Anything', Conor McGregor's Agent On His Intense Training Regime

McGreogor has been focused to the end.

Michael Minay

Michael Minay

The biggest event of 2017 is almost here, with little over 48 hours remaining before Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather step between the ropes.

For Mayweather, he's been here before. With each of his 49 fights, the pressure increased to keep his unbeaten record. And the training for each bout has been the same.

McGregor has made his training visible to the general public - there's been plenty of Instagram posts and tweets, as well as the open training session last week.

But what about the insider details? Conor's agent, Audie Attar (whose Paradigm Sports Management look after MMA, American football, and basketball stars), spoke to LADbible about his regime.

"We're in our element with this fight," he said. "We weren't faking anything.

"I don't know if Floyd has been tactical in letting everyone know he has been training, but Conor's regiment was to wake up, eat breakfast, go to training, eat greens and proteins, get some rest, wake up, train again, go home, do some business, hang out with the family, go to sleep, wake up, train, eat some proteins, get some rest, train again - and we continued this throughout camp."

It sounds pretty intense, but Conor didn't allow himself to become distracted... well, except once.

Audie told LADbible: "There was not a lot of extra-curricular things [in Conor's training regime]. In fact, I can only think of one thing he did that was consistent - that was shop, with downtime or off days.

"I think the only activity he actually did, that wasn't training, was he went paintballing with his friends, and that was the only thing.

"In the build-up it was like, 'why don't you go here? Floyd's done this', and we're not worried about what Floyd does, or what anybody does, we are actually focused on what we do and nothing else matters, and that goes back to focus that I mentioned earlier."

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Conor's meals were prepared by his chef and nutritionist, George Lockhart, who, according to Audie, took a 'specific approach' to make sure that energy was not sacrificed.

"I don't know how much weight he has put on," said Audie, "But you can see a shift in his muscle building, muscle weighs more than fat, so there is weight gain there and ultimately that is what you are seeing.

"He's not a 200lb-er, but he's definitely gotten bigger, faster, stronger - the weight track is on schedule and we're not going to have a problem making weight."

According to the agent, it's the muscle gain that gives Conor the edge.

Audie explained to LADbible: "The weight at 154lb is much to our advantage. You saw how much bigger Conor is than Floyd in the press conference.

"Floyd is not cutting weight, he's got to put that on. We pushed the commission on the gloves [to move them to 8oz instead of 10oz], and that will prove to be a costly move for Mayweather when he feels Conor's punches."

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At 29, Conor, to Audie, is only just beginning to come to ripe. He says that the training regime has proven this and at the end of this fight, regardless of outcome, he'll be left with two options.

"I believe that Conor is just coming into his prime, the best is yet to come," said Audie

"If he were to ride into the sunset after this fight, I would wish him well and would want that for him and his family, but he's so ambitious that from Saturday on, obviously there is success and ambition.

"His desire to accomplish more and more athletically, but as a businessman as well. The best is yet to come."

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Topics: Conor Mcgregor, Boxing, Floyd Mayweather