{"id":187155,"date":"2016-02-24T08:33:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187155"},"modified":"2016-02-24T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:33:17","slug":"conor-mcgregors-coach-says-theres-a-lesson-to-be-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregors-coach-says-theres-a-lesson-to-be-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor&#8217;s coach points out important lesson from Rafael dos Anjos withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from his UFC 196 lightweight title fight against Conor McGregor on March 5th due to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-releases-statement-on-ufc-196-along-with-new-photo\/\">a broken foot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immediately there were several contenders campaigning to fill in against McGregor.  <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cerrone-says-hes-waiting-official-call-ufc\/\">Donald Cerrone<\/a>, Anthony Pettis, Urijah Faber, and Nate Diaz all asked for the fight against McGregor, however Diaz ultimately filled the vacant slot.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar both <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/jose-aldo-turns-down-offer-to-fight-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-1961\/\">turned down the fight<\/a> against McGregor.  This left many fans confused given how bad both men wanted to fight McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor&#8217;s coach, John Kavanagh, wrote in a blog post for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the42.ie\/john-kavanagh-column-24-february-2016-2621429-Feb2016\/?utm_source=twitter_self\" target=\"_blank\">The42<\/a> that if you want to fight Conor McGregor, you better stay ready!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Back in September, Conor said something significant at the UFC\u2019s \u2018Go Big\u2019 press conference. He told every contender from 145lbs to 170lbs to stay ready because it\u2019s not uncommon for his opponents to pull out. There\u2019s a pattern emerging that one fighter pulls out, another fighter steps in and then it\u2019s passed off as being a short-notice fight. It\u2019s not.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;If you want to fight Conor McGregor, get ready \u2014 even when someone else has got the gig. 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