Everyone wants to talk about Conor McGregor, but few know his style as well as UFC lightweight Joe Duffy does. ‘Irish Joe’ tapped McGregor with an Arm Triangle on November 27, 2010, when both were among the top fighter in Cage Warriors. It’s one of just three losses on McGregor’s record, the other two being Artemij Sitenkov and Nate Diaz; all three were via submission.

McGregor, a UFC former featherweight and. lightweight champion, challenges current lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 on October 6, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Duffy offered some thoughts in an interview with Reuters.

What makes this fight most intriguing is that you’re looking at probably the best wrestler in the whole of the UFC against the best striker in the whole of the UFC, he said. That’s the beauty of it. They’re both going to be looking at each other’s strengths and training specifically for them. I think it’s going to be a great fight and that we’ll see that the one with the best preparation wins.”

Khabib had problems against a southpaw before, it’s not as easy to use the shoulder roll against them.”

If Khabib wins he’s going to want to defend the title, a fight against Dustin is probably imminent, and people will want to see him fight Tony too. If he wins those two fights, it probably solidifies him as the greatest lightweight of all time. But if Conor was to win, it would cement his legacy and it’s all down to what his next move is.

That’s the thing with Conor though – you never know what he’s going to do.

Duffy, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, hopes to return to the Octagon in December.