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McGregor’s coach would ‘absolutely support’ UFC 200 title fight with Lawler
It sounds like the McGregor camp has their eyes on every belt between 145 and 170, and to hear John Kavanagh tell it, he’s behind McGregor 100% when it comes to moving up in weight, even to fight Robbie Lawler.
We all know that Conor McGregor is “here to take over.” It’s a tagline that sits perfectly with his trash talking, power of will, mentality. But, when it comes to just what taking over might mean, well that’s a little less clear. Or, at least it was a little less clear. Recently Conor McGregor’s coach spoke about his fighter’s potential plans after his upcoming bout with lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 in Las Vegas this March. And while it isn’t something they’ve specifically laid out, it sounds like a one big idea floating around out there would be another step up in weight to take a crack at the welterweight championship, held by Robbie Lawler.
It’s a move that Coach Kavanagh would be all in favor of, if it’s what McGregor ends up wanting to do. Kavanagh stated his case for supporting it in his latest column over at The 42:
“Speaking of welterweights, I’ve seen that rumours of Conor fighting Robbie Lawler for the 170lbs belt at UFC 200 on 9 July have been gathering momentum. It’s not something we have discussed specifically but after Conor wins the lightweight belt, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the next fight is for the welterweight belt.
“If that’s what Conor wants to do, I’ll absolutely support that move. I think that would be fantastic. We’re already talking about making history in a few weeks, but can you imagine what it will be like if Conor is the champion in three weight classes by the summer?”
Kavanagh went on to remark that despite his ability to make featheweight, McGregor’s unusual body shape could make him a pretty reasonable welterweight given the right training:
“As time goes on, it’s harder to predict what will happen in the future. Conor has a sort of unusual body type in that even though he can make featherweight, he’s still a very big lightweight. Given some time, as well as a bit of strength and conditioning work, he could also be a force at welterweight. This is an interesting time.”
That’s something that some baseline numbers hold with as well, showing that while McGregor isn’t overly tall for a featherweight, his reach is right in line with the welterweight division:
We’ll finally see McGregor vs Aldo at #UFC194. McGregor is ridiculously rangy for his division, Aldo not so much. pic.twitter.com/pUITvyVoAL
What do you think, if McGregor gets by Dos Anjos (or even if he doesn’t) should the UFC let him take a crack at the welterweight title?
It sounds like the McGregor camp has their eyes on every belt between 145 and 170, and to hear John Kavanagh tell it, he’s behind McGregor 100% when it comes to moving up in weight, even to fight Robbie Lawler.
We all know that Conor McGregor is “here to take over.” It’s a tagline that sits perfectly with his trash talking, power of will, mentality. But, when it comes to just what taking over might mean, well that’s a little less clear. Or, at least it was a little less clear. Recently Conor McGregor’s coach spoke about his fighter’s potential plans after his upcoming bout with lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 in Las Vegas this March. And while it isn’t something they’ve specifically laid out, it sounds like a one big idea floating around out there would be another step up in weight to take a crack at the welterweight championship, held by Robbie Lawler.
It’s a move that Coach Kavanagh would be all in favor of, if it’s what McGregor ends up wanting to do. Kavanagh stated his case for supporting it in his latest column over at The 42:
“Speaking of welterweights, I’ve seen that rumours of Conor fighting Robbie Lawler for the 170lbs belt at UFC 200 on 9 July have been gathering momentum. It’s not something we have discussed specifically but after Conor wins the lightweight belt, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the next fight is for the welterweight belt.
“If that’s what Conor wants to do, I’ll absolutely support that move. I think that would be fantastic. We’re already talking about making history in a few weeks, but can you imagine what it will be like if Conor is the champion in three weight classes by the summer?”
Kavanagh went on to remark that despite his ability to make featheweight, McGregor’s unusual body shape could make him a pretty reasonable welterweight given the right training:
“As time goes on, it’s harder to predict what will happen in the future. Conor has a sort of unusual body type in that even though he can make featherweight, he’s still a very big lightweight. Given some time, as well as a bit of strength and conditioning work, he could also be a force at welterweight. This is an interesting time.”
That’s something that some baseline numbers hold with as well, showing that while McGregor isn’t overly tall for a featherweight, his reach is right in line with the welterweight division:
We’ll finally see McGregor vs Aldo at #UFC194. McGregor is ridiculously rangy for his division, Aldo not so much. pic.twitter.com/pUITvyVoAL
