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Coach: Conor McGregor Not “Obsessing” Over Mayweather Loss Like Diaz

Conor McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh saw first hand how the UFC lightweight champion responds to losing. After the Diaz defeat at UFC 196, Kavanagh said McGregor obsessed over it until evening the score at UFC 202. Kavanagh discussed McGregor’s response after losing to boxing legend Floyd Mayweather to Express Sport (via Bloody Elbow) and […]

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Kavanagh discussed McGregor’s response after losing to boxing legend Floyd Mayweather to Express Sport (via Bloody Elbow) and remarked how differently the champ has handled it.

“I think it’s different. After the Nate loss, it was an obsession.

“I don’t see that same level of interest in the Mayweather rematch. “Not that he would turn it down if it was offered. But certainly not in the same way that he was for the Diaz fight.”

There has been rumors ever since their August blockbuster encounter that Mayweather might offer McGregor a rematch, perhaps even in MMA. Just the other day Mayweather said he could sign a contract with the UFC whenever he wants.

However, all signs from McGregor himself point to a return to the Octagon. The lightweight champion has an interim champ in Tony Ferguson to fight, or perhaps a go at welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Maybe even a trilogy with Diaz. With Conor, nothing is impossible.

McGregor posted an image of himself training in MMA on his Instagram yesterday, suggesting a strong possibility that his next fight will be in the UFC.

Solid rounds tonight at @sbgireland

A post shared by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Dec 17, 2017 at 4:27pm PST

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Report: Conor McGregor Will Return April to Mid-2018, Claims Kavanagh

SBG Ireland’s John Kavanagh has reportedly told MMA journalist Farah Hannoun that Conor McGregor is some way off a return to the UFC McGregor was heavily-linked with a UFC 219 title-unification bout in December with Tony Ferguson, yet this appear…

John Kavanagh Comments On Conor McGregor’s Bellator 187 Tirade

Conor McGregor made headlines this past weekend when he rushed the cage at Bellator 187 (Nov. 10, 2017) to celebrate a TKO victory for his SBG Ireland teammate Charlie Ward. After entering the cage, however, McGregor shoved referee Marc Goddard, while also appearing to slap a Bellator official. Appearing on an edition of The 6 […]

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Appearing on an edition of The 6 O’clock Show, McGregor’s longtime head coach John Kavanagh discussed the situation, saying that the “Notorious” one simply ‘got a bit emotional’:

“Charlie is one of Conor’s very close friends and he’s coming off two pretty devastating losses,” said Kavanagh on The 6 O’clock Show (Via MMAFighting.com).“He [Ward] lost fast and hard in both his UFC fights and was dropped by the UFC and then he fought on Bellator,” Kavanagh said. “So, when you’re seeing someone that you’re that close with, with two bad defeats and then has a great victory in front of his hometown crowd…he got a bit emotional, jumped in and he didn’t realize that the fight had no actually been called. He thought when he knocked the guy down it was over, but it was actually just the end of the round. The fight wasn’t over. The referee was trying to tell him that the fight was over. It was pretty obvious it was over, in his defense. He was a little bit over emotional there, but you sort of understand when you know his and Charlie’s relationship over the last number of years.”

Many have criticized McGregor for his actions, while others have begun to discuss possible consequences for the UFC lightweight champion, but Kavanagh made it a point to focus on the relationship between McGregor and Ward when speaking on what took place:

“It’s the personal relationship that the two of them share,” Kavanagh said. “It’s like soccer players when they score goals and you see them running around and then some will go like this. It’s funny because Conor wouldn’t even do that for his own victory. He gets more involved when it’s his teammates’, his friends’, victories.”

What do you make of the situation?

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John Kavanagh Says Conor McGregor vs. Tony Ferguson Makes Sense

Conor McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh believes his fighter should be going one-on-one with Tony Ferguson next. Ferguson captured the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title last month. He submitted Kevin Lee in the third round of their UFC 216 main event. UFC President Dana White said that a unification bout between McGregor and Ferguson […]

Conor McGregor Unlikely to Return to UFC in 2017 Says Coach Kavanagh

Fans hoping to see Conor McGregor defend his UFC lightweight championship may have to wait until next year, according to John Kavanagh McGregor spent the majority of 2017 preparing for his lucrative boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas month. According to speculation, the 29-year-old bagged in excess of $100 million from that […]

John Kavanagh Gives Final Prediction For Mayweather-McGregor

Floyd Mayweather, one of the very best defensive boxers of all-time if not the very best defensive boxer of all-time, has said that he will be aggressive and go after Conor McGregor when the two meet on Saturday (Aug. 26, 2017) night in Las Vegas. John Kavanagh, McGregor’s longtime head coach, doesn’t expect Mayweather to […]

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John Kavanagh, McGregor’s longtime head coach, doesn’t expect Mayweather to come forward, which is why he’s predicted a sixth-round finish for the “Notorious” one:

“When the two of them walk to the middle, one of them has to take a back step. If Floyd takes a back step, which I believe he will, then I predict round six,” Kavanagh said on The MMA Hour. “That’s my prediction on it. I think for the first five rounds, he will back up, he will lie on the ropes the way he does, he will cover up and try to just absorb, and try to wear Conor down. That’s how I think he’ll approach the fight.”

If “Money” does indeed fight how he says he’s going to, however, then Kavanagh’s prediction is a bit bolder:

“If he doesn’t take a back step, and we’ll all see it — we’ll all see their feet, we’ll all see who walks backwards — if he walks forward and exchanges, it’ll be a one-round fight. It’ll be over in a minute. Because he’d be fighting in such a way that’s not normal to him, he won’t have had time to develop the skillset for an aggressive exchanging fighter. Like I said, I didn’t know a lot about Floyd before this, but I did watch his fights for his defensive work. So for him to go in there and try to trade with Conor and not walk backwards, would be so alien to him but so normal for Conor — that’s exactly what Conor’s the best at — he’ll be unconscious in a minute.

“But I think he skips to the middle,” Kavanagh continued, “I think he has his classic hand position, Philly Shell hand position, and he’ll feint and throw a jab or something, Conor will walk forward, [Mayweather will] back up, and he’ll aim to just pot-shot, cover up, cover up, pot-shot, clinch, pot-shot, and just try to get through the first couple of rounds. As I believe that will be the case, that will be the scenario, I think round six, Conor’s hand is raised.”

Either way, Kavanagh is a predicting an early finish for McGregor, which is important to note given the fact that the majority of the boxing community is counting him out.

What do you make of Kavanagh’s comments?

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