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Conor McGregor’s head coach at Straight Blast Gym Ireland (SBGi) is confident in his prized pupil’s abilities, and is certain he will emerge from his UFC Fight Night Boston scrap against Dennis Siver victorious. <\/p>\n

McGregor has previously stated that he believes he will dispatch of Siver in under 2-minutes, but Kavanagh believes it will be sooner.<\/p>\n

He spoke to Submission Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing honest, no. I think it’ll be under a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think he has…I don\u2019t think he has a great skill set for Conor because he\u2019s a short kickboxer. You know, he tends to rely on his striking a lot. And to try to fight Conor in the kickboxing range where you\u2019re giving up a half a meter of range is very, very difficult to do. If you look at the Poirier fight with Conor, after the first one or two exchanges Poirier was in survival mode. He was backing off just trying to get through the first round. And it’s because – and it\u2019s no secret. I’ve said it in all my interviews – when people get hit by Conor the first time it\u2019s very different. And you can talk about it and you can try and prepare in the gym for it, but I see it in them in every fight – and you can watch it yourself. You don\u2019t have to take my word for it – when that first shot lands, the eyes widen a little bit more and I know in their head they’re going “what the hell have I signed up for?”. ‘Cause they don\u2019t spar light heavyweights in their gym, so they\u2019re not used to taking a light heavyweight shot. But that\u2019s how Conor hits.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Siver is a veteran of the sport, as well as in the UFC, with 32 professional MMA bouts and 18 UFC bouts dating back to 2007, Siver is as experienced as they come, but Kavanagh believes his best years are behind him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis better years I think are behind him and he\u2019s been in some wars, so he\u2019s not able to take shots maybe he once was able to; and you know Swanson in their fight, he landed some good shots in the third round and had him all over the place. But it\u2019s not going to take Conor that long and he\u2019ll connect early, hard, and Siver\u2019s not going to be able to take that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Kavanagh isn’t looking past Siver though, and respects certain parts of Siver’s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell he definitely has some positive attributes. He looks immensely strong and I know people don’t want to be with him in the clinch. It\u2019s not fun if he wants to try to squeeze you and throw you around. He looks a very powerful man, but like I said, he\u2019s got this kind of flicky lead roundhouse kick, and he doesn\u2019t really close distance all that well. He\u2019s a little bit slow so he can\u2019t really evolve his hands. But you know what, anybody that steps into the pocket and trades with him, that\u2019s going to be dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do believe that [Dustin] Poirier was a little more well-rounded and a bit rangier with his shots and a little bit more difficult to close in on; but Siver, all his shots are going to land short, and then when the first couple of shots from Conor land you\u2019ll see him backing off trying to survive. He\u2019ll end up with his back on the fence pretty quickly. Conor will get him reacting, freezing, doubting himself. He\u2019ll make a mistake, and he\u2019ll go to sleep.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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