John Kavanagh Calls Conor McGregor Situation With UFC ‘Weird’ | The MMA Hour

John Kavanagh and Rich Chou discuss the latest about Train Alta, Chou’s journey after Bellator, the program and how it works, the goals, new-look Bellator, Scott Coker’s new promotion, Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, recent retirements, Conor McGregor’s absence from the UFC, and more.
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[@erickrodriguez5655]

48:49 the notorious, your welcome fellas ;)

[@mattm8098]

Glad I didn’t waste 48 mins. You the man

[@sortakindageese]

Preciate it dawg

[@nyteowl8069]

Im so bored I listened to the entire thing

[@imurtr0ll]

🍻

[@ProfessorUFC]

King

[@chadmcnabb9193]

Conor talk begins around 49 minutes

[@zoheir1162]

Thanks boss 🙏

[@anasshahid224]

Thanks

[@NickChronic01]

thank you , what a clickbait title to watch 49m of nonsense

[@RichardSmithX]

MVP

[@graysonj3731]

thank you

[@choffmann8627]

Work on your 30 second pitch…no idea what your product does if it wasnt for Ariel pressing

[@boldottoman]

It’s a conversation. Not a blatant advertisement.

[@DJButterSmooth]

Pretty clear the UFC is doing their usual tactic of not wanting to let their top fighters fight out their contract so they're making it as hard as possible for Conor. Same thing they did with Francis, Nate, Silva, and many more i'm sure.

[@EightOEight808]

FACTS

[@beejj6190]

Kavanagh knows there's nothing 'weird' here. He's just being a diplomat over the few other fighters he has in the UFC. What you say is as it is (and too many can't work it out).

[@tztezza]

That’s exactly it

[@tztezza]

@@beejj6190it’s 100% the contract game

[@NikulPrasad]

Good point

[@e.caseyleydon2560]

If you can afford it, every fan should train for at least one year

[@trainalta]

Thanks Casey! Appreciate it !

[@bradleyhasse5220]

Mcgregor is the OG head of the UFC

[@carlosulloa2734]

Og of getting koed

[@bradleyhasse5220]

@@carlosulloa2734 h8r alert 🚨

[@Gallowglass7]

@@carlosulloa2734Critics are like eunuchs in a harem - they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

[@tztezza]

@@Gallowglass7what

[@jarry8150]

@@Gallowglass7 thats pretty funny hahah

[@SeanDuffy-go1tw]

Free Conor McGregor

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Conor should have gotten a better team by now but yet overachieved with the team he had. Anyway, people won't understand the greed of a promoter like Dana because even in Conor's case, he appreciates his money and the company not paying too much or losing money bringing him back quite yet until a better contract for them.

[@hatrickyman]

Money clearly isnt the issue for Conor, the issue is that he has two fights left on his contract and he wants to fight them out so he can go box, the ufc don't want him to fight out his contract.

[@alcottdevalte7440]

@@hatrickyman Right. That's what I meant. The ESPN deal ends after summer, so that's why the UFC aren't eager for his return quite yet. Dana always want to save money while making a new contract, which only benefits the company.

[@MrEstrogen]

Must be a tough realisation that you’ll never accomplish 1% of what Conor or John has. Never be a champion, never be a winner. Embarrassing. All you’ll ever accomplish is being exactly what you are right now. A nobody , talking about somebodies on KZbin, in the comment section 💀

[@alcottdevalte7440]

@@MrEstrogen What?!? Conor never evolved in his MMA game and other coaches could have helped Conor with this. Terrible training and gameplans against Dustin in the rematch and the trilogy, which ended up ruining Conor's career and his comeback might also end up being a disaster because of this, which I hope isn't the case. The calf kick being a very big deal during covid times and yet Conor's team had no clue about it and didn't even prepare for it along with going for a jumping guillotine on Dustin in the trilogy when he should have gone for a standing guillotine and thrown overhand left punches to block Dustin's check hooks instead of straight left punches, no ice on his calf and he stood between the round in the rematch, which was all advised by John in the worse way and etc. Conor's team has been terrible with the worst sparring partners and average coaches, which makes his journey more impressive. There's nobody else at his gym doing great...

[@hectorvega6759]

The guy next to John in this looks like the “BUSSIN OR DISGUSTIN” guy

[@johnnysjumps]

48 mins into a 56min video you ask about Conor then use that in the title of the video. You could have just cut that part and made a seperate one. It's really a bit of a kick to Kavannagh and everything he's doing with Alta to have done things this way.

[@keithharding9575]

Love jersey from my home club St. Pats 👌🏽👌🏽

[@ronniedeel4990]

Absolutely epic and what a treat in studio 🙏🏻

[@JamesOsyris]

If Conor's date gets oushed back again, fans should boycott all UFC media and events. It's ridiculous.

[@NRC613]

That's so dumb you'd say that

[@Khasinew123]

I respect this for Ariel he’s the real sports media(MMA) Free CONOR MCGREGOR!!!

[@Last_Chance.]

Lol beta boy helwani

[@sortakindageese]

@@Last_Chance.YOU the beta boy.

[@Last_Chance.]

@@sortakindageese awww didn't mean to hurt your feelings there little guy. Smdh

[@sallgoodman2323]

No matter what anyone says, it can always be said that Helwani interviews some of the best in the game. From the bosses to the losses, he has the guests

[@thepeoplebrothers8017]

JUST GET HIM OUT THERE

[@andrewgile1843]

buttoning the top button of a dress shirt without a tie is insane

[@bryangan2224]

Right?? Put on a tie if you're going to present at the nyse ffs

[@handello]

Thaaank you.

[@gamebredo8880]

Again Khabib himself says it best ' the ufc gonna squeeze all the juice from him(conor) until there is no more'..this is deep and i believe it 💯 after knowing how the ufc treats their legends who dont kiss their feet.

[@friedmotherboards2395]

Maybe its a good thing Khabib left cause he was the biggest star behind Conor.

[@dbrand1]

Only thing I can think of is Dana believes he won't pass a drug test.

[@huntermitchell3314]

Your onto something, I think there’s a paper trail of Dana knowing Conor is juicing, that lawsuit would go to hard after the brock saga

[@ThePc-DjHub]

Its clear whats going on conor wants to fight his contract out and the ufc wont give him a fight untill he signs a new deal.. simple business

[@AC-ac999]

Even a novice can tell the difference between a sparring match and full on fighting...sparring and exhibition would bomb and be seen as a terrible sell out, totally disagree with John K folks wouldn't know the difference, of course they would

[@francisallen5924]

Free Conor

[@tommiwaring]

It’s nuts you could smell the UFC playing Conor here for a minute I just don’t think they want to pay his worth…but you gotta it’s beyond a simple card now or even a title fight this guys is the biggest UFC athlete all time and he deserves that respect period.

[@ciaran3629]

Love you John Brother 😊

[@dimitriosales]

This is an at the near the top of market indicator. All the signs are there. The market tops very soon , maybe this summer.

[@obillyreilly1562]

John k is more than just Conor, he’s the greatest thing for mma to come out of Ireland

[@goodryan6360]

This is great one move by Francis Ngannou reenergized MMA bosses

[@Maartun]

48:49 for Conor!

[@ratstattoos]

No no no he says, Ariel does that all the time. Thats his thing

[@oliverbird6914]

Kavanagh shouldn't work with Conor if he's supposed to be sensei or any kind of friend until he comes off the drugs. I'm guessing Conor is not easy to control but still, he should be nowhere near an octogan

[@anasshahid224]

Honestly the UFC has handled the Conor McGregor situation, he’s been healthy and ready to go for so long, why are they not booking the McGregor vs Michael Chandler fight for 2024 🤔

[@nicholascollins3012]

Do we remember Conor is 3 and 4 and only beat Diaz Eddie and cerrone has ufc passed him by yes it will be a big fight when he comeback but if he loses again what do you do with him we not talking about other guys that are 3 and 4

[@mistaschaub3280]

Free the Mac

[@snorky222222]

It's actually not weird now that we've seen ozzy mcgregor. He's never fighting again. His drug use must be off the charts. And if he did fight again he'd be ko'd in 10 seconds.

[@user-rt8ik1ow4i]

A Warrior is a soldier or an ex soldier.And I'm not impressed with using Warrior in the name.Because people are thinking it's military.Related example wounded Warrior foundation.All those foundations that have the name warrior that's a soldier thing not an m m m magazine and I don't like it being used as such

[@imanawfulprick]

Did you ever get a chance to tell the Ultimate Warrior? It implies military because of 1 foundation? See how silly that is?

[@corybrown5350]

time stamp for conor talk?

[@CookieMane42]

Plenty of gyms just they all cost to much money

[@UAPReportingCenter]

Terrible what the UFC is doing w Conor. They are freezing his whole career because he only has 2 fights on his contract. Eff Dana

[@simonlee498]

Ariel will tell you jake paul an tyson is a great fight 😅 . Conor is probably asking too much .. UFC 300 sphere main event , Connors last good win was 2016 against eddie . Connor will have one last fight maybe an definitely leave . Dana wont spend the millions to promote someone whos on the way out he next the star

[@ap991]

Just what is needed in MMA...the franchise equivalent of Planet Fitness. Yikes!

[@NickChronic01]

wow what a clickbait title , conor starting at 49m . where are the timetables , i got no time for 49m of BS i dont want to watch . many thanks to the one that posted the start of talks .

[@WilliamSmith-hf8um]

People just now realizing that Dana hates Conor. He's hated Conor since around 2019/2020

[@Gorrilarighthand]

Why

[@user-nh5sq8dy7n]

Is everyone sick of hearing @bisping put @jakepaul down when he did the same with 50yr old hand picked ranked13 Dan Henderson to defend his title against.,.,, I think we need Bisping to give Jake Paul some respect and ask Jake if he can test if Jake’s really legit and if Jake wins he needs to make as many vids as he did dissing Jake and make the same amount of them same time per video just riding Jake’s meat if he wins … if Jake loses he can go back to being a hater … but Bisping needs to go bout it right way give Jake some respect and ask if he can test if he’s really that guy … I bet Bisping hits the canvas at least once win or lose … if Jake beats Tyson we need @jakepaul to shut up bispings jealous hater rants we are all sick of …. Jake do us a favour and please shut your jealous ex bisping up so we can go back to being bispings fans

[@zaydossful]

Henderson was 46 at the time and bisping was 37. That's not the same as a 27 year old jake vs a 58 year old Tyson. Dan vs Henderson is more like Jake vs Anderson Silva - and even then Jake still had a way bigger age gap, but that's fine no one had a problem with that fight. So no bisping is not a hypocrite, and their not the same. Clown 🤡

[@32gigs96]

@@zaydossfulJake is a KZbinr. Bisping ducked everyone, rematched Henderson and looked like he got into a car crash and then got choked out by gsp.

[@lockethomas7165]

Ariel's got a blackbelt in Zionism.

[@ToDaMaxxx]

I'm sorry, but I don't buy into it being the UFC. I feel like Dana is saying what it is without putting it totally out there. I think it's Conor not wanting to fight. He promises to fight everyone and never fights. I think dude is the one not taking fights. Also Ima sick of people relying on this dude who hasn't had a real win in 8 years. It's time to move on. He also broke a bone straight through...what are we talking about

[@Bugatti0700]

I love the UFC and they need to hurry up and give Conor a fight!!!!! Pay the man his money and get him a fight

[@avishkaliyanagedara6545]

Free cornor

[@billiemook]

Nothing but respect for Kaughvan as a coach, but hard pass on "Train Alta" as an investment! I do wish them best of luck!

[@josh7693]

Wait.. so you can invest in MMA now? 🤔

[@Theirishghost.]

😂😂😂 another money racket 😂😂😂

[@fakerec8268]

i dont know why its odd to everyone the reason Conor hasnt got a fight yet is because he cant pass a PED test its as plain and as simple as that hes looking for an exemption from drug testing he feels like he deserves it because he is such a big star that is why he hasnt got a fight yet

[@EightOEight808]

Free Conor McGregor!!💯

[@shaunrichards4821]

Would if Conor McGregor leavs and bkf c

[@SmilingBlini-to5yy]

Conor the most popular fighter in the UFC and the biggest draw, The UFC should be calling him everyday begging him to fight.

[@perqtivated]

Conor vs chandler isn’t a #1 contender fight or for any type of belt why would he Main event ufc 300😂

[@Thugzie69]

Because he's the highest ppv seller in UFC history...simple 🤷‍♂️

[@perqtivated]

@@Thugzie69it would be cool but not realistic

[@Thugzie69]

@@perqtivated what are you talking about? The next McGregor fight will be the highest ppv fight of any in the whole year and if you don't know that then don't talk about sports please

[@perqtivated]

@@Thugzie69 bro you just brought up something that has nothing to do with what I said😂? All I’m saying is Conor isn’t on ufc 300 because he wants to main event a fight with nothing on the line.

[@jericho9653]

It's a joke. Even tho he not the fighter he used to be before the mayweather payday, he still is and always will be the mothfkn show

[@christopherhutchison7945]

😅😮😢😢😊😅😅😢

[@TopG-lu1hq]

Free Conor 🇮🇪☘️

[@user-rt8ik1ow4i]

Eff ufc and Dana

[@Rorywebb9776]

Get Conor out of ufc now

[@IamnotJokic]

This coach is more interested in fame than developing his fighters. Everything I know about him is against my will.

[@TopG-lu1hq]

It is impossible for him to avoid fame in that industry

[@jayu9642]

Would you not want to build your career make more money and support your family better if you were in his position. Not like he is stepping on anyone. He is just hustling

[@detroitmachine1731]

bum coach

[@kylesbetch]

Conor McGregor is weird he looked super coked out in that roadhouse interview, we love to see a hero fall

[@Jameslfgsmith]

This interview sucks!

[@sobo089]

Conor is on all the drugs dude. No one cares about the fight if he is snorting his way through his free time

[@MatthewBrodericksBeret]

None of the fans want to see Conor Vs Chandler let’s be honest, It’s Nate or Dustin

[@user-gm3ll8jf7x]

The fact that they dont want to talk about Conor says alot about these men. Their company wouldn't exist without Conors name attached to them. These men are not strait shooter's.

[@tuffneggah]

conor coked af

[@p_warwick5092]

People act like UFC are holding back Conor….😅😅😅 Take one look at the Man. Does he look (remotely) physically or mentally ready to fight?? Has he even re-entered the USADA Testing Pool?? Let’s see some clean tests and one week no Coke & then we can think about fighting. It’s sad, but his addiction/s seem to have ruined what was left of his career (addictions = Coke, alcohol, money, fame, women, etc etc). He’s lost that hard edge.

[@Natanelmusic]

All that & adderall. What a milkshake of drugs

[@notoriouszz7245]

At least do some research before you comment, lol. He wants to fight, he's been asking for dates since October. He's been tested multiple times in 2024, with some reports saying he's been tested the most. 2 fights left on his contract, this is me speculating here, but I think he wants to run down his contract and become a free agent. So he can explore offers elsewhere, like Saudi, with their boxing.

[@EightOEight808]

@@notoriouszz7245FACTS!!

[@zoheir1162]

Dummy usada is no more around, and conor wants to fight out his deal but the ufc is afraid that he joins another promotion.

[@gr7927]

Free Conor