{"id":284315,"date":"2018-09-05T06:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284315"},"modified":"2018-09-05T06:45:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:45:55","slug":"coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#8217;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 6, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon for a blockbuster showdown with undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. What the future holds for McGregor after this fight, however, is quite difficult to say.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest episode of the Eurobash podcast, Conor McGregor&#8217;s coach Owen Roddy discussed the Irish star&#8217;s fighting future, and whether he might retire after battling Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mmafighting\/eurobash-w-owen-roddy-soren-bak-episode-2<\/p>\n<p id=\"eZKGH9\">\u201cI don\u2019t know\u2026I don\u2019t think [he will retire],\u201d Roddy told Peter Carroll of Conor McGregor on the podcast (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/9\/5\/17814480\/owen-roddy-unsure-if-conor-mcgregor-retires-after-ufc-229-it-depends-on-what-fights-are-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI don\u2019t look into the future to see what\u2019s happening. Conor\u2019s mentality hasn\u2019t changed at all, so I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Roddy&#8217;s eyes, Conor McGregor&#8217;s future in MMA will, as always, be determined by the availability of fights that interest him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"jLIBrO\">\u201cI always say, it depends on what fights are available, I think, for Conor,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As I said, if there is another big super fight and Conor feels like he would enjoy it, then he\u2019ll do it. If the fans want it and stuff like that, I think Conor will take it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"4idzIl\">\u201cYou never know, who knows? We\u2019re just going to focus on the task at hand now. This is potentially the biggest fight ever. We\u2019ll go in and do that and then he\u2019ll probably be on to the next biggest fight ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In terms of fights after Khabib Nurmagomedov, it&#8217;s hard to say what might interest Conor McGregor. A tie-breaking trilogy fight with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a>, however, would probably spark his interest. So too might a clash with former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>, who has recently discussed a potential move down to the 155-pound lightweight division that Conor McGregor currently inhabits.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Conor McGregor fight after he battles Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/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 9\/5\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 6, in the main event of UFC 229, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon for a blockbuster showdown with undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. What the future holds for McGregor after this fight, however, is quite difficult to say. Speaking on the latest episode of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":284318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#039;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conor McGregor&#039;s striking coach Owen Roddy discusses the Irish superstar&#039;s future after his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#039;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Conor McGregor&#039;s striking coach Owen Roddy discusses the Irish superstar&#039;s future after his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-05T13:45:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-05T13:45:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-9.38.42-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87\"},\"headline\":\"Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#8217;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-05T13:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-05T13:45:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Conor McGregor\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\",\"name\":\"Coach discusses Conor McGregor's future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-05T13:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-05T13:45:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"Conor McGregor's striking coach Owen Roddy discusses the Irish superstar's future after his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Conor McGregor\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#8217;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87\",\"name\":\"Tom Taylor\",\"description\":\"Tom Taylor is a globetrotting writer currently based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a staff writer for BJPenn.com, and also covers mixed martial arts for Fightland and Vice Sports. Follow him on Twitter @TomTayMMA.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/tom-taylor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Coach discusses Conor McGregor's future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight | BJPenn.com","description":"Conor McGregor's striking coach Owen Roddy discusses the Irish superstar's future after his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Coach discusses Conor McGregor's future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Conor McGregor's striking coach Owen Roddy discusses the Irish superstar's future after his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2018-09-05T13:45:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-09-05T13:45:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-9.38.42-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Tom Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87"},"headline":"Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#8217;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight","datePublished":"2018-09-05T13:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-05T13:45:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/"},"wordCount":341,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Conor McGregor"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/","name":"Coach discusses Conor McGregor's future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-09-05T13:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-05T13:45:55+00:00","description":"Conor McGregor's striking coach Owen Roddy discusses the Irish superstar's future after his UFC 229 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/coach-discusses-conor-mcgregor-future-after-khabib-nurmagomedov-fight\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Conor McGregor","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Coach discusses Conor McGregor&#8217;s future after Khabib Nurmagomedov fight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/e1a3f1e5a045aeaf5b59aa1549a06a87","name":"Tom Taylor","description":"Tom Taylor is a globetrotting writer currently based in Ottawa, Canada. He is a staff writer for BJPenn.com, and also covers mixed martial arts for Fightland and Vice Sports. Follow him on Twitter @TomTayMMA.","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/tom-taylor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}