Conor McGregor's former opponent Eddie Alvarez has recognised the Irishman's ringside instructions helped him win his bare-knuckle boxing fight.
Two of McGregor's former UFC opponents, in Alvarez and Chad Mendes, fought in the co-main event of BKFC 41 last Saturday night. 'Notorious' praised both men for putting on a "barn buster" with Alvarez even responding to a shot suggestion McGregor shouted during the fight. The Irishman could be heard yelling for Alvarez to land an uppercut, with the fighter going on to land the exact shot just moments later. Alvarez then pointed in the direction of McGregor to seemingly thank him for the call.
“Well, Conor yelled it. He was yelling for uppercut, and I was kind of recognising that Chad was hitching, he was doing a little hitch before he came under and Conor picked it up and then he was mentioning it as soon as he was against the [ropes]. As soon as he yelled uppercut, I was like, ‘I see it,’ and then I landed it and I was like, ‘Good call.’ It was a good moment. He recognised it, I recognised it and I think that was that," Alvarez said on The MMA Hour.
