Tag: John Kavanagh

Longtime Straight Blast Gym (SBG) Ireland coach John Kavanagh recently took to Instagram to post a “grateful” tribute to star student Conor McGregor.

Here’s what Kavanagh had to say about “The Notorious”:

“Not that long ago but feels like a different lifetime. 2 lads (1 with a dodgy lip ring) travelling economy around the world trying to make a dream become reality.

“I dont know what the future holds but I do know because of @thenotoriousmmaI’ve done more in the last 5 years than I would have ever imagined I’d do in a lifetime #grateful“

Kavanagh has been cornering McGregor throughout his mixed martial arts (MMA) and UFC career. However, recently McGregor decided to hang up his gloves for good. He announced he would be walking away from the sport on Twitter. Many believe the move is a power play to leverage more money from the promotion for his next fight.

McGregor responded to Kavanagh’s post with the following:

“Thank you Coach. What a journey it has been”

“Mystic Mac” is also dealing with sexual assault allegations from his native Ireland. At this point, if McGregor does ever fight again, it likely won’t be for quite a long time.

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One of the more pressing questions within the mixed martial arts (MMA) community is who Conor McGregor’s next opponent will be. “The Notorious” has been linked to chatter of an upcoming fight with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. However, nothing is ever certain when it comes to the Irishman. His longtime coach, John Kavanagh, spoke to MMA fréttir on […]

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Could there be trouble in paradise? That’s how it seems as speculation of Conor McGregor and John Kavanagh’s strained relationship continues to pop up.

It all started after McGregor’s UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov. That’s when coach Kavanagh claimed he had not been in contact with his most famous student in the days after the record-breaking fight.

Speculation of their strained relationship picked up more steam earlier this month when the SBG head coach revealed Conor would have to convince him to corner him ever again.

“He would certainly have to convince me to go again,” Kavanagh told the Irish Independent.

“I love him, I love the whole journey we’ve had but I’d need a good ‘why’. It might be [Nate] Diaz again because he promised that fight. It might be a rematch with Khabib. But if it was just: ‘Well, they want me to fight that guy’ I think I’d say, ‘I wish you the best.’

“He has a wife and two kids now and I don’t want him taking more hits than he needs to.”

Based on Kavanagh’s comments, it sure looks as though he and McGregor have grown distant. However, you can’t always read too much into words.

Out Of Context? 

According to Bellator featherweight and SBG fighter James Gallagher, the coach’s words were taken completely out of context., and that there is indeed no trouble in paradise.

“I feel like it was more he’d rather not see Conor fight in a fight that’s not meaningful. I think that was taken wrong,” Gallagher told The Metro. “I feel like it was more he’d rather not see Conor fight in a fight that’s not meaningful.

“Because Conor’s 30, he’s got a family. He doesn’t need to fight in a non-meaningful fight. I think that’s what he meant to say. He wants Conor in a meaningful fight like the Nate Diaz fight.

“He won’t be going in there fighting someone like Cowboy (Donald Cerrone). It doesn’t make sense. I think that was what he was trying to say. I could be wrong, but I do believe it was taken out of context.”

Before McGregor can fight again, he must first learn what his punishment will be for his role in the infamous UFC 229 post-fight brawl. The Irishman was supposed to appear before the Nevada State Athletic Commission last Monday but was granted a continuance.

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