{"id":313727,"date":"2019-05-15T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=313727"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:56:34","slug":"john-kavanagh-ready-to-get-the-old-gang-back-together-for-conor-mcgregor-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-ready-to-get-the-old-gang-back-together-for-conor-mcgregor-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kavanagh ready to &#8216;get the old gang back together&#8217; for Conor McGregor fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor doesn&#8217;t currently have a fight booked, but if the former two-division UFC champ decides to return to the Octagon, his long-time coach John Kavanagh will coach and corner him. The other long-term members of McGregor&#8217;s inner circle will also apparently be there to pitch in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think [me cornering Conor] is in doubt,\u201d Kavanagh told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/sport\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-confirms-corner-conor-16054174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish Mirror<\/a> of a McGregor comeback. \u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be there, we talk almost daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t have a fight lined up yet but as soon as he does we\u2019ll get the old gang back together and starting plotting, training and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll steal the show again, which I\u2019ve no doubt he\u2019ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kavanagh&#8217;s willingness to corner Conor McGregor in a potential UFC return is interesting, given that he previously suggested the Irish star would have to convince him to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, he would certainly have to convince me to go again,\u201d Kavanagh told the Irish Independent shortly after McGregor lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the whole journey we\u2019ve had but I\u2019d need a good \u2018why\u2019. It might be [Nate] Diaz again because he promised that fight. It might be a rematch with Khabib. But if it was just \u2018well, they want me to fight that guy\u2019 I think I\u2019d say, \u2018I wish you the best.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor has not fought since his October loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov. Although he recently announced his retirement from MMA, it&#8217;s sounding more and more likely that this announcement will be short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, most of the McGregor&#8217;s rivals in the lightweight division, including Nurmagomedov, Donald Cerrone and Nate Diaz, are currently booked, which means <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-moving-on-without-conor-mcgregor\/\">his list of possible opponents is quite short.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That being said, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/manager-says-justin-gaethje-would-slaughter-conor-mcgregor\/\">there is one top lightweight that is still available for a fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see Conor McGregor fight again this year?<\/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 5\/15\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor doesn&#8217;t currently have a fight booked, but if the former two-division UFC champ decides to return to the Octagon, his long-time coach John Kavanagh will coach and corner him. The other long-term members of McGregor&#8217;s inner circle will also apparently be there to pitch in. \u201cI don\u2019t think [me cornering Conor] is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":279266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10331,39610],"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>John Kavanagh ready to &#039;get the old gang back together&#039; for Conor McGregor fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coach John Kavanagh expresses his willingess to reassemble the team behind Conor McGregor, should the Irish star decide to fight again.\" \/>\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\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-ready-to-get-the-old-gang-back-together-for-conor-mcgregor-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Kavanagh ready to &#039;get the old gang back together&#039; 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