Anyone who was watching along during UFC 307 this past weekend will have noticed one thing on social media.
Conor McGregor is well known, or "Notorious" you could say, for being very vocal about his opinions on fights and people's performances. This was the case during the PPV card in Salt Lake City where he weighed in on several fights that place on the main card, from Kevin Holland's injury to Mario Bautista's controversial win.
Like every fight fan, McGregor came away from the event with two strong feelings following an entertaining main event. He was both impressed by the performance that Alex Pereira delivered and the toughness and will displayed by Khalil Rountree.
McGregor's Advice
Having posted on social media via his own X account and in comment sections underneath Instagram posts, McGregor has already made his feelings on the main event clear.
However, he did also personally reach out to Rountree as the title challenger recently revealed during an appearance on the Pound 4 Pound podcast.
The #8-ranked contender was able to surprise a lot of people by starting the first few rounds with a decent amount of success but ultimately, wasn't able to maintain this.
He recapped his performance with Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, stating what he could have done better to push Pereira even further.
Rountree said that one key point regarding him not pressuring "Poatan" enough was made to him by McGregor in a serious of messages that he received once UFC 307 was behind him.
A couple days after the fight I got some messages from Conor and it was really cool to get some messages from him, but one thing he pointed out was that I could've put more pressure.
Just like you were saying, when he was going up against the cage, yeah, he has that left hook, but if I would have just been a little bit more relentless with my pressure and not backed off so much and retook the centre of the cage, I think I would've been able to apply a little more damage to him"
- Khalil Roundtree