Coach John Kavanagh on Conor McGregor's failures & resilience | Straight Talk Podcast | Mark Bouris

[@beepbop6019]

I wanna see Conor rise back again so bad man, I ain’t even a Conor man but this guy made me fall in love with MMA all over again. I hope he just stays nice and respectful and 1 fight at a time attempts to climb back, rn he gets mauled by Justin but his style lines up well with Charles hope he can bounce back. It would make for one of the greatest redemption arcs in history of sports/entertainment.

[@capedcrusader4055]

i want him to win too but he's getting more and more delusional. Few months ago he was calling for his comeback with Nate Diaz and in recent interview where he's in his pub during the day before saint patricks' day, he said he wanted to fight Usman - who's best p4p fighter right now at 170! How is that not delusional?!

[@chryslerrichins5282]

@@capedcrusader4055 I’m still not sure if he’s being serious about Usman, because that’s a mf death wish for him

[@paraicgrimes1977]

100% accurate. The last fight where Conor’s leg broke was a solid 10-9 round for Porier, but people saying it was a 10-8 is foolish

[@genorivera2207]

Same here, I saw the fight and thought Dustin edged out the round on ground and pound . Then everybody started saying 10-8 Porrier and I thought I missed something cuz the first half of the round McGregor was winning.

[@jessechavez4820]

10-8 poirier it was pretty obvious. Almost ended the fight once or twice

[@genorivera2207]

@@jessechavez4820 Porrier caught him once standing up , I already gave Porrier a 10-9 round cuz of the ground and pound . A 10-8 round is total domination and that just wasn't the case. You can even make a case that McGregor caught Porrier with more elbows to the head than Porrier had clean shots on McGregor off the ground.

[@jessechavez4820]

@DannyDevitoIs77 obvious bro. More control time more significant strikes and just the eyeball test

[@jessechavez4820]

@@genorivera2207 lol you definitely cannot make that case you're stupid if you think so. With all due respect that's a stupid frame of mind

[@savagescvngr4776]

DC was hating on Conor the whole time in the 3rd fight against Poirier

[@EdgeyGfx]

He was pulling for his Lafayette native. He was very biased imo as well

[@alexp3997]

Dude seriously and especially when poirier fought Charles for the belt both joe and dc were both EXTREMELY biased towards dustin is was honestly crazy how they weren’t even hiding it.

[@filth6996]

@@alexp3997 So true. Every time Izzy blinks the commentary reacts like he landed a damn fatality combo.

[@alexp3997]

@@filth6996 I wish Dana and the ufc would start cracking down on it and being more disciplinary, biased commentary is terrible for the sport no matter who it is.

[@lormd_kaimd69]

I lost respect to.DC after that. It's so unfair to Conor and his fans. Also Justin gaethje said afterwards that he enjoyed Conor breaking his leg more than the 2nd fight outcome. So much hate towards him. 🇮🇪👑

[@keonegibbons1565]

So many haters out there for no reason y’all j hate on Conor for no reason yeah he’s had his ups and downs but have respect for all he’s done for the ufc and fighters. He’s only human after all

[@Eclipzo]

Lol you really think some ppl hate Conor for “no reason”? Lol come on man that isn’t even a reasonable thing to say. I’m a Conor fan and I can admit that some of his trash talk goes far when he mentions religion, family, etc. even his actions outside the octagon as well… punching an old man, altercations in Bellator octagon, commiting a crime when he attacked a bus, etc

[@chrisdee1583]

Absolutely clueless comment, embarrassing.

[@lequack7399]

No reason? Conor gives us one every 5,6 months along with Jones.

[@keonegibbons1565]

@@Eclipzo I mean there are some things he’s said and done that’s F’d up but I’m not gonna hate on him for it or any fighter for that reason. Idk I just don’t get it fr

[@knuckle-sandwichmma681]

@@Eclipzo i can get over the religion part which never happened btw. thats a lie. the bus attack which was provoked. but dude is talking shit, gets wrecked and talks even more recklessly and deluded afterwards all over again

[@knuckle-sandwichmma681]

the problem is that conor is doing what he wants even in fight camps. kavanagh has been nothing short of waterboy for conors last 5 fights

[@chrisdee1583]

This guy's nothing but a McGregor apologist these days it's cringe as fuck.

[@kungallu2133]

Kavanagh is just a conor dikrider and has no authority over conor at al. And the reason is that conor feels entitled because he thinks he made them al, and the reason conor can't even leave is because he has talked to much.

[@averyrosario466]

The thing is right, you guys keep saying that as if you know everything. I don’t think Conor did whatever do he wanted in the second and third fight against Dustin.

[@Sharkhunterking]

So true he needs to go to a real gym where he's not just its cash cow.

[@chrisdee1583]

@@averyrosario466 No one knows "everything" but if you use a bit of the auld grey matter it's clear to see that Kavanagh is nuhn but a yes man and why shouldn't he be? It still doesn't wash with current contenders though, McGregor is dust these days.

[@r3an1mated_36]

Most of the people are just either haters or don't understand MMA very well. The 3rd fight would've 100% be a FOTY contender had Conor not break his shin. Conor entered 1st round extremely dangerous and was hitting precise and also hitting a lot. Poirier bounced back, did some strikes on feet, had some ground & pound (Some went trough, some not), also, keep in mind Poirier's 8-9 shots he had over Conor, also happened near the end of the round when Conor already broke the shin and there was a solid 8-9 sec till the bell. 2 judges scored the first round (if i remember well) 10-8 for Poirier, but you gotta keep in mind.. At that time, the judges didn't know that Conor broke his shin, they counted it as a knockdown probably, because that round is not the round you award someone 10-8 (unless it's horrible judges, which tbf, we do see sometimes). We can score 2-1 Poirier officially, but you know it, I know, and both of them know it... This is not a win, this is a 1-1-1 We can talk all the gimmicks about Conor getting gassed out and all that.. But it's just part of "what if". I wanna see them fight for 4th time and determine the better fighter... May the best fighter win.

[@bamf186]

Absolute facts

[@salamkoubar8979]

Bro i dont care if conor was gassed, broke his chin or even horny during the fight. The one and only round that we saw unquestionably went for Dustin. He won that fair and square. That's the fighting game. Sometimes it's unfair. But i bet if it was Dustin who broke his leg, we would've seen you conor fans all over the internet talking sh*t and saying "ThE KinG iS BaCK". So stop finding excuses.

[@mariocardenas1833]

Naw man. It was obviously 2-1 in Dustins favor. You really started your argument by dismissing anyone who disagrees with you. Conor lost

[@bobharris7225]

The mental gymnastics here is hilarious. Conor lost 2 times to Dustin bud. Get over it.

[@rudra3354]

​@@mariocardenas1833Doctor Stoppage. He was fighting with the pain in his foot already which makes it difficult to focus.Respect him for that

[@tycrowther33]

John Kavanagh, what a man.

[@breakbad9753]

The people who claim, just because Conor lost the first round he was automatically going to lose the next 4 are just clueless…. That’s literally the rules of the sport…. You could be getting your ass beat for 4 and a half rounds and KO them with 30 seconds left and everyone would praise that person lol…. How often do you hear the commentators say when round 5 is bout to start……. “we could easily be looking at 2-2 here” you see fighters all the time get rocked in round 1 and comes back in round 2 and rocks the other dude

[@Saviourofhaha]

conor does not age well in fights. poirier ages well in fights. conors best round in the first poiriers isnt. poirier beating conor in the first round was not a good sign at all. conor gasses poirier doesnt.

[@murfchop9783]

@@Saviourofhaha you don’t know if conor got better cardio over the fight kinda like in the second fight with porier where he looked great cardio wise yes he got TKO in the second but he was wining that round as well

[@Saviourofhaha]

@@murfchop9783 no. he got TKOD before his cardio begins to fade. his cardio goes from the end of the second round and then again like a couple of minutes into the third round. until we see change in that it's safe to assume it's just not something he has genetically

[@jfleming6870]

@@Saviourofhaha you watch the fight? he lost that fight because his leg was gone from kicks. dont give your opinion if its utterly uninformed.

[@Herogames2022]

Idk who thinks Conor lost the Round because he was on his Back for 2 Min or so while still Punching and Elbowing him in the Face xD

[@spence61]

I totally agree…I feel like we never really got the third fight bw Conor and Dustin…I hope that chapter isn’t closed

[@snappyfish]

Conor and his training camp, not all the antics but just the best thing in the fight game I will probably see.

[@joelsalminen1357]

"Conor might be the most well known fighter in your gym". That's quite bold statement, it's not like Conor is the 3rd most well known fighter ever after Muhammed Ali and Mike Tyson :D

[@God_Sent10]

Mayweather ?

[@joelsalminen1357]

@@God_Sent10 i think Conor is a much bigger star than Floyd. I know random people who know nothing about MMA or boxing who know Conor but don't know Floyd or if they know Floyd they know him because he fought Conor.

[@evanlouanthony]

@@God_Sent10 may weather is a mega star in the boxing world. Conor is a mega star.

[@paullynch4021]

Ali, Tyson....Artem.

[@jojoexperience]

Glorified Yes man

[@mitchelljames4538]

I can smell a McGregor come back 🥋

[@davidsiguenza4388]

John speaks so well, great interview !

[@sol2n]

It's the first time I heard your voice 👌 powerful and calm 🔋 🔥🔥🔥

[@WorldwideEngineer]

The best Coach. Ever!

[@Football0Lover]

He’s not that good tbh

[@WorldwideEngineer]

@@Football0Lover shut up. You are haters. Get out of here.

[@benji6158]

lol Johnny Walker just went night night under the stewardship of John.

[@synnc3626]

@@WorldwideEngineer name on good fighter besides conor hes coached

[@k2m524]

@@synnc3626 Gunnar Nelson.

[@barnellbaptiste412]

3 times is a lot to you?? To the best fighters in the division? Y’all casuals kill me

[@Michael-dm2ym]

Why No one talk about the resilience of the old man at the bar? He took a sucker punch and kept drinking. That's resilience.

[@scribble3478]

Years of practice of bashing his own pea brain in with alcohol so Conors punch was child's play.

[@alexp3997]

People really saying conor should get a new coach don’t know anything, Kavanagh is an elite MMA coach.

[@מיכאלמאירוביץ]

He needs a new team. How can you improve without any other ufc top fighters in your team? He doesn’t train with any other ufc fighter, not even one. It could work maybe 7 years ago, not now.

[@ryangreen45]

Nothing elite about Conor’s last few performances. He loses to everyone in the top 5 atm

[@alexp3997]

@@ryangreen45 ok how about yo shut up alright

[@lequack7399]

Johnny Walker approves.

[@iLuSi0n]

@@ryangreen45 Artem the GOAT

[@himanshubudhiraja8906]

Whether it is conor or Johnny walker , if you don’t listen to your coach you will end up losing the fight. Kavanagh is an elite coach.

[@17N.]

I think he use to be an elite coach but now is more of a delusional try to milk the cow before it’s all over.

[@welshkarlos]

@@17N. huh? He has fighters fighting almost every night? Yes he coached the fighter that brought the UFC to the masses who he obviously believes in? I don't see how he's milking anything? Conor wants to fight then his coach will coach him?

[@17N.]

@@welshkarlos you’re right about almost everything except Conor. I was referring to his last fight with Dustin which right after he gave an interview to Laura Sanko and he pretty much said,that Conor looked amazing that night. Well,everybody knows that the last fight Conor looked amazing was back at the Alvarez fight,coming out and say that Conor looked amazing at Dustin fight it seems more than a milking cow situation to me than everything else. From cold hard math business prospective,he is doing the right thing but as a coach-athlete point of view,he is trying to milk the cow as much as he can for the last couple of fights Conor has left in him.

[@welshkarlos]

@@17N. I know what you mean pal. I don't think he's milking a cow tho? Just looking at things through rose tinted glasses perhaps? He's worth a fair bit himself now I'd Reckon.

[@17N.]

@@welshkarlos I hear what you’re saying too brother.you might have right. Cheers.

[@kingofeverything2159]

And he went to that press conference in the era where you would still sit next to your opponent you just had war with. Not like in today's where you show up and it's a therapy session type of setting. Great mental resillience of that man.

[@keishonsmall7198]

Well said actually

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

John "Yes man" Kavanagh

[@tysonvincent3659]

I’m big Conor fan but he Needs to be focused on getting the results

[@joanneee1037]

Conor's no.1 Yes Man.

[@georgefreemon2935]

Idiotic comment

[@TheElitegamer23]

"probably you're best known trained fighter" lol wtf kind of wording is that I'm glad John called it out respectfully but still there's no question forget John's fighter Conor is the most well known active fighter today. He's also probably only behind Ali and Tyson historically.

[@magnusenamd]

He has to remove this coach. He is happy when they lose and he is happy they do not care about losses. This is about winning and not being a good loser. He has emptied Conner of being able to win again with his little psychological nonsense.

[@tommyschelby1493]

He dont give a fuck because he is fed up of money that he earned for being Conors coach

[@youtubeenthusiast11]

What are you talking about? Losses happen. Conor lost on a technicality. You want the coach to bitch and moan about that? Lol, he knows Conor lives to fight another day.

[@youtubeenthusiast11]

​@@stevena.simmons803 Losses are apart of the fight game. His coach is gonna take the professional and mature approach, which is accept what happened and come back better, faster, sharper, and stronger. You guys are just being ridiculous. That's the same coach that helped Conor become a double champ, and you want him gone just because he isn't crying about Conor's loss to Porier, which was a technicality anyway? Lol, you must be a child, that would explain the childish response.

[@ilovemelons4829]

@@stevena.simmons803 Dustin was elbowing him for like 2 minutes and John still says it was a good round + Dustin was outboxing him and Conor then went for the takedown lmaooooo

[@Part61Pilot]

@@ilovemelons4829 conor never shot for a take down 😂 dustin shot and conor sunk in the gilly. You are a fooking casual. Go look at the stats and come back and tell me who has a take down

[@elijahstark3663]

Honestly I blame John he’s become a water boy for Conor instead of his coach, he should’ve let Conor train with a actual boxing coach for Floyd and now he’s letting Conor running training and walking into the octagon just tryna box. Trevor would probably be best for Conor if he stays in mma or just let Conor heal and do boxing full time.

[@m.r.a7992]

If he didn't fight Khabib , he could still have done better until now , he might have some wins . But that fight took away everything from him , except the money .

[@positivevintageclothing8346]

So he is basically saying if you lose it doesn’t matter ? 😂

[@Tow_Sr.]

It is true. Alot of the fighters in the UFC have over 10 losses, But they learn and get better. Thats all the Coach ever wants for his Prize Fighters. Learn from every fight. EVEN the ones you win !!! But more important is learn when you loose , !!!!

[@richlyt2238]

@@Tow_Sr. conor being his own coach can't learn shit

[@ATPFLAME]

@@richlyt2238 Conor is your mother’s coach

[@richlyt2238]

@@ATPFLAME you don't have respect for your mum either

[@jonavery2264]

Did you watch the interview?

[@RighteousBrother]

I didnt like Conor on his rise, now I desperately want him to make a comeback with a resounding win, despite so many great fighters out there MMA just isnt quite the same without him.

[@rndmusr-pf5fd]

I had respect for that man john up to a point where i realised he bacame a yes man. What conor says about others is pretty much a reflection of him. He is surrounded by a bunch of yes men.

[@izmik6489]

Nah

[@joshuad748]

where was he after khabib

[@Mateo-hc8wo]

Where was khabib?

[@joshuad748]

@@Mateo-hc8wo he was there lol

[@silverbullet_6]

Biased commentary is real in UFC like it or not

[@muhammedriaz4478]

His argument is we had so many kicks at goal but the position scored! Ha ha ..very weird…breaking somebody’s leg in a fight is part of the strategy!,

[@stephendaedalus6192]

Conor's fault he jumped guilly, though. And he did it as he was flustered by a Poirier stance shifting combo. Maybe he could feel the leg wasn't right, who knows.

[@jonathanandbrittneygrisham4676]

I remember him saying for the cowboy fight he really wanted to utilize some head-kicks because that was cowboy’s go to move. I always wondered if he went for that guillotine because Dustin has said it is one of his top moves.

[@stephendaedalus6192]

@@jonathanandbrittneygrisham4676 Maybe. Dustin gave a lot of stick to Conor for cheating, but he used toes in the cage himself to manage to escape. Whatever you get away with, I suppose. But playing the righteous after?

[@russellduffy9873]

MOVE ON JOHN

[@Kevin-il3vx]

Cringe

[@bobsmith8124]

There was NO check

[@monitor-mindtheover-void6712]

Conor is MMA!

[@alexandar5253]

It's bad that Conor is now John's boss and the trainers including John don't tell Conor the truth. They dance how Conor is playng

[@stephengallagher2209]

Kav is a terrible coach. He has Conor winning up to jumping guilly in Poirier 3... ok, not part of the gameplan, but what was when Poirier shot/clinched, which is where he won both fights? Also, no mention of calf kicks before 2, clearly, nor after the first round, watching his leg get crippled 'keep doing what you're doing'. McGregor had been out for years, but Kav hadn't. Why wasn't he up-to-date?

[@steveng3770]

Let Conor team up with Firas zahabi

[@FranciscoPalacios.CFH.]

With all the respect for the coach but conor needs another camp. Yes man doesn't work

[@Shooooooop]

Did he really just compare Aldo being KO'd with one punch to being dominated for 4 minutes?? And in the first fight outsmarted? Yeah i'm out.. "effort over result" pure delusion.

[@kyleregan8632]

Basic comprehension isn’t really your strong suit huh

[@Shooooooop]

@@kyleregan8632 He literally said Aldo came into the fight against Conor, made one mistake to get KO'd and cost him the fight (which obviously, that did happen) then he compared the Poirier fight to that? Nah that's really not the same, that wasn't one mistake which cost him the fight. He got beat up and lost the round 10-8 (2 of the 3 official judges scored it that way). When he finally got up, he looked exhausted and beaten. That's not a case of - we got caught with a shot, things happen. It was a case of repeatedly getting caught, and being held in a bad position. He made the point about Aldo right before he spoke about the Poirier fight, to show the comparison. Think you're the one who needs to give it another listen 👍

[@panini79]

Cardio is conors problem and wrestling

[@ignaciojaque9983]

Man, how bad is for Kavanagh RIGHT NOW dealing with all this "experts" in Social Media?. Now more if you add the "Jhonny Walker", who's trainning with him recently, and also in the losing path by the moment. People, in general, it's just soooo full of shit JAJAJ, this a just hating situation 100%.

[@Rtbb_Zach]

How tf am I the first comment

[@flatulencetheunendingii5815]

NERD

[@Shino-lr2wi]

NERD ALERT

[@CharlieHoliday369]

He’s too delusional- he screams out “there’s no weeds in the garden,there’s no weeds in the garden !” there fuckin is. Conor wasn’t looking great up until his leg. Not at all.He was ‘just passing’ Conor needs to ditch this guy.

[@conarykao]

Conor was looking pretty good lmfao

[@muhammadm4582]

if you are a good fighter, go to SBG. you will be bad fighter 🤣

[@zochhuanawmazote1658]

Not bad for Being a water boy for Conor😂

[@iD-du1iu]

100% accurate conor has been defeated so many times… actually people could call him a looser

[@barnellbaptiste412]

3 times is a lot to you?? To the best fighters in the division? Y’all casuals kill me

[@iD-du1iu]

@@barnellbaptiste412 don't be upset just change your tampons

[@barnellbaptiste412]

@@iD-du1iu I’m not upset I honestly don’t care I’m stating facts Lmao

[@idanlau5836]

What have you accomplished David?

[@brazenlilhussy5975]

@@idanlau5836 He actually went fairly far in his last job chewing bread for gummy chickens.😂

[@noobhater17]

First comment is always a nerd

[@inobi30]

Kavanagh needs to own all the times he was a Conor yes man. The way he talked before Mayweather was embarrassing. Conor needs to do what Till is doing now. Change gym and train with wrestling killers.

[@screen7136]

The way they kept saying easy work. I was like wtf. If you dont have tactical stuff to say, just dont say anything. That kind of stuff can make a fighter rest on their laurels. So stupid.

[@lukedunkley5259]

John is in denial, Conor best days are behind him weather he likes it or not. They were over when Conor decided to fight Mayweather. Too much inactivity and money ruined him, Conor will never win a title again!

[@romerosneck]

Conor clinched because the stand up wasn't going his way. Dustin was gonna destroy him unfortunately

[@kungallu2133]

What a bunch of bull! You really think conor lost because he jumped on a guillotine choke? There was a reson conor felt the need to do that and lets just say it wasn't beacuse he felt everything was goin like he planned. Conor would lost that fight every time.

[@TubeSavage]

This is 🗑

[@tisssyyy]

He thought poirier 3 was going great... omg.

[@tisssyyy]

“If conors landed more significant strikes it’s only a matter of time before you’re unconscious” no... of that were the case he would have won the 2nd fight. He was getting beat lol.

[@iLuSi0n]

Kavanagh worst coach ever...keep sparing with Artem the Goat..

[@skezus]

Connor has become the highest paid loser in the world.

[@lk8300]

The man is delusional. Yes man or something get rid of him. Riding the money train idk bro

[@RanjitSingh-vz7bb]

What a weird combination these 2 are

[@jorgelunaortuno3562]

Delusional this guy