It was just another day in Dublin’s Straight Blast Gym, circa 2014, complete with camera crews and reporters lurking around the facility seeking a glimpse into the world of coach John Kavanagh’s two star pupils, UFC featherweight Conor McGregor and The Ultimate Fighter season 19 middleweight Cathal Pendred.“Remember when no one gave a s**t about us,” Pendred asked McGregor. “No one cared what we were doing.”It seems like only yesterday when the two Irish standouts were scraping for whatever money they could pick up in the fight game, all the while honing their craft in relative obscurity on th … Read the Full Article Here
TUF 19 Profile – Cathal Pendred
It was just another day in Dublin’s Straight Blast Gym, circa 2014, complete with camera crews and reporters lurking around the facility seeking a glimpse into the world of coach John Kavanagh’s two star pupils, UFC featherweight Conor McGregor and The Ultimate Fighter season 19 middleweight Cathal Pendred.“Remember when no one gave a s**t about us,” Pendred asked McGregor. “No one cared what we were doing.”It seems like only yesterday when the two Irish standouts were scraping for whatever money they could pick up in the fight game, all the while honing their craft in relative obscurity on th … Read the Full Article Here