{"id":264173,"date":"2017-11-21T07:53:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264173"},"modified":"2017-11-21T07:53:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T15:53:29","slug":"coach-warns-conor-mcgregors-hands-even-better-now-mma-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-warns-conor-mcgregors-hands-even-better-now-mma-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Warns That Conor McGregor&#8217;s Hands are Even Better Now For MMA Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much-anticipated return of Conor McGregor won&#8217;t go down <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-wont-return-april-according-coach\/\">until April or mid-2018<\/a>, but good things come to those who wait. For a long while, it seemed like it was nearly a done deal that his opponent when he returned back to the Octagon would Nate Diaz, but those talks slowly went quiet and more buzz around Tony Ferguson heated up. No matter who the Irish double-champ stands across the cage from, coach John Kavanagh wants to let everyone know that they&#8217;ll be dealing with an even more dangerous version of McGregor on the feet.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTo be honest, some of the things we\u2019ve come away with from the Mayweather fight.\u00a0When would an MMA guy have a chance to take six months just to focus on one aspect of MMA? Never is the answer, they\u2019re always trying to work on everything.\u00a0But when he does return to the Octagon, his hands are going to be a lot better than what they were. And I\u2019m excited to see that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boxing is a mad game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nyzywv8H7O\">pic.twitter.com\/Nyzywv8H7O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/909279034848276480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You know, I was rolling with him two weeks ago and I was wondering how his jiu jitsu would be. And I was very annoyed that he took my back and choked me. So, he hasn\u2019t lost too much there.\u00a0Of course, he has to tighten up there before he goes to fight in the Octagon again. But he really does love grappling.\u00a0<span>Even in the lead up to the Mayweather fight, he would still kind of ask you about wrestling or jiu jitsu. And he\u2019d say, \u2018Hey, look at this.\u2019 I know it\u2019s in his head all the time although he wasn\u2019t physically training it. I know mentally he\u2019s still thinking about it.&#8221;\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/ufc\/661052\/Conor-McGregor-Floyd-Mayweather-UFC-Return-Boxing-Skills-John-Kavanagh-UFC-News\">John Kavanagh speaking to the Daily Star.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems like even now Conor McGregor&#8217;s coach is still planting seeds of a title unification bout with interim UFC lightweight champ Tony Ferguson. Teasing that he&#8217;d have to &#8216;tighten up&#8217; on his ground game before his next opponent. 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