{"id":177203,"date":"2015-11-25T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=177203"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:28:56","slug":"watch-the-story-of-conor-mcgregors-coach-john-kavanagh-of-straight-blast-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/watch-the-story-of-conor-mcgregors-coach-john-kavanagh-of-straight-blast-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH! The story of Conor McGregor&#8217;s coach, John Kavanagh of Straight Blast Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/146786453\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/146786453\">project1of6: John Kavanagh<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/formdublin\">Form Dublin<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this profile by <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/formdublin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form Dublin<\/a> of John Kavanagh, head coach of UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/photos-reeboktagon-debuts-at-straight-blast-gym-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Straight Blast Gym in Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kavanagh, Irelands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbgireland.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a> Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, and first MMA fighter in the cage talks about his childhood and how he got into the sport of mixed martial arts after watching UFC 1.<\/p>\n<p>Kavanagh and the SBG Ireland team look to build their name in MMA history alongside Conor McGregor, as the Irish have the chance to topple the UFC ranked pound-for-pound king <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-intense-new-ufc-194-aldo-vs-mcgregor-promo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jose Aldo at UFC 194<\/a> on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>project1of6: John Kavanagh from Form Dublin on Vimeo. 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