{"id":330333,"date":"2019-10-31T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330333"},"modified":"2019-10-31T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:55:47","slug":"john-kavanagh-says-conor-mcgregor-fight-announcement-is-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-says-conor-mcgregor-fight-announcement-is-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kavanagh says Conor McGregor fight announcement is &#8216;imminent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Kavanagh says his pupil Conor McGregor will have a fight announcement very soon.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-confirms-ufc-return-on-january-18-in-las-vegas\/\">said he will return on Jan. 18 but wouldn&#8217;t reveal an opponent<\/a>. Rumors <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/dana-white-confirms-ufc-is-looking-to-book-conor-mcgregor-vs-donald-cerrone-for-january-18\/\">started to swirl that it was Donald Cerrone<\/a>, yet Kavanagh wouldn&#8217;t confirm. Rather, he says the fight is agreed to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like Dana said nothing is 100 percent until all contracts are signed. I do, as far as I am aware all parties have agreed more or less in principle,&#8221; Kavanagh said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x2MNVjkXavA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>. &#8220;There may be a few kinks to be ironed out. But, as far as I am aware, hopefully, an announcement is imminent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kavanagh is happy to see Conor McGregor training hard again and having a goal in mind. If he does fight on Jan. 18, it is 11 weeks out, and the preparation for the bout is underway.<\/p>\n<p>He also hopes the UFC makes the fight announcement at UFC 244.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just happy to see him back competing and is in a great mindset. We are training away, chipping away. It is 11 weeks tomorrow and ticking all the boxes,&#8221; he said of McGregor. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait for the announcement so we can be full steam ahead. But, I am sure it is, I actually had in my head maybe during this event they are going to do an ad or something, I don&#8217;t know, maybe that is coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of when the fight gets announced all signs point to that being the date. Kavanagh says he and McGregor <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/john-kavanagh-ready-to-get-the-old-gang-back-together-for-conor-mcgregor-fight\/\">are back on the same page<\/a> and are both motivated to get back to the top. The coach says he hasn&#8217;t seen this much motivation from the Irishman in quite a long time, and now it is time for him to act on those words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope so, I hope so. Actions not words so let&#8217;s just do it in 2020. I feel I&#8217;ve been talking about it for two years or something. He is very pumped up, I like how is talking about it being a season and has three fights in mind,&#8221; Kavanagh said. &#8220;First on Jan. 18, then April, then September. I haven&#8217;t heard that type of very structured talk for him in a long time. But, let&#8217;s do actions not words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of John Kavanagh&#8217;s comments regarding Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n<p><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 10\/31\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kavanagh says his pupil Conor McGregor will have a fight announcement very soon. McGregor recently said he will return on Jan. 18 but wouldn&#8217;t reveal an opponent. Rumors started to swirl that it was Donald Cerrone, yet Kavanagh wouldn&#8217;t confirm. Rather, he says the fight is agreed to. &#8220;Like Dana said nothing is 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":285451,"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 says Conor McGregor fight announcement is &#039;imminent&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Kavanagh says his pupil in Conor McGregor will have a fight announcement anytime now and hopes it is announced this weekend at UFC 244.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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