{"id":271190,"date":"2018-02-26T07:39:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=271190"},"modified":"2018-02-26T07:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:39:30","slug":"coach-john-kavanagh-drops-major-hint-ufc-dublin-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/john-kavanagh\/coach-john-kavanagh-drops-major-hint-ufc-dublin-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach John Kavanagh drops major hint about UFC Dublin main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/2\/23\/17044924\/ufc-planning-return-to-dublin-later-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a> reported that the UFC is plotting a return to the MMA mecca of Dublin, Ireland on May 27. Early on Monday morning, SBG head coach John Kavanagh ran a poll on Twitter, asking fans how they&#8217;d feel about a potential Dublin main event pitting his student Gunnar Nelson against surging British contender Darren Till.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If UFC were coming to Dublin late May &#x1f609;&#x1f609;&#x1f609; how would you the fans feel about a Gunni v Till main event?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_Kavanagh\/status\/967164020624166917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>This poll, which allowed fans to choose between &#8220;excited&#8221; and &#8220;very excited&#8221; was answered almost 30,000 times. Needless to say, there seems to be some definite interest in a Gunnar Nelson vs. Darren Till UFC Dublin headliner. In a subsequent Tweet, Kavanagh assured that the almost 30,000 poll voters who are either &#8220;excited&#8221; or &#8220;very excited&#8221; about this potential fight are going to wind up quite happy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It would seem nearly 30,000 are going to be happy &#x1f60a;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_Kavanagh\/status\/968076245522141185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>While Kavanagh has been known to play with the MMA community on Twitter in the past, he certainly seems to be suggesting UFC Dublin will be topped by a Nelson vs. Till main scrap.<\/p>\n<p>If this is indeed the case, it&#8217;ll mark Nelson&#8217;s opportunity to rebound from a tough, knockout loss to Argentine knockout artist Santiago Ponzinibbio. This loss was preceded by impressive stoppage wins over Alan Jouban and Albert Tumenov.<\/p>\n<p>Till, on the other hand, will seek to build on the momentum of a crushing knockout of Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. The Brit is unbeaten in the UFC, having also trumped\u00a0Wendell de Oliveira, Jessin Ayari, and Bojan Veli\u010dkovi\u0107 since joining the promotion. He did, however, battle <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nicolas-dalby\/former-ufc-welterweight-prospect-nicolas-dalby-spills-struggles-depression-alcoholism\/\">Nicolas Dalby<\/a> to a draw in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this hint from John Kavanagh? Does this potential UFC Dublin main event interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/26\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, MMAFighting reported that the UFC is plotting a return to the MMA mecca of Dublin, Ireland on May 27. 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