But dos Anjos was an anomaly. Rather than simply swarming his opponents and attempting to overwhelm them, he developed a pressure fighting game. He cooked opponents. Pressure is about a fighter’s presence and is more about the threat of punches than the ones that are thrown. Much of the pressure fighting approach is down to ring cutting, something that Conor McGregor himself is rather well versed in, often forcing his opponents to the fence with his footwork alone.
