{"id":389995,"date":"2021-07-12T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=389995"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:53:11","slug":"coach-kavanagh-believes-conor-mcgregor-was-well-on-track-to-getting-a-finish-at-ufc-264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-kavanagh-believes-conor-mcgregor-was-well-on-track-to-getting-a-finish-at-ufc-264\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Kavanagh believes Conor McGregor was \u201cwell on track to getting a finish\u201d at UFC 264"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coach John Kavanagh believes that Conor McGregor was \u201cwell on track to getting a finish\u201d at UFC 264 in his trilogy against Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor suffered a broken leg at the end of the first round of the Poirier fight, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-had-ankle-injury-during-training-camp-for-ufc-264-confirms-coach\/\">which led to the fight being waved off due to TKO (doctor stoppage)<\/a>. Although McGregor was doing well at the beginning of the fight when it was contested on the feet, as soon as Poirier was able to get the fight to the ground it appeared as though &#8220;The Diamond&#8221; had the upper hand. Though the end of the fight was ultimately quite disappointing in that it ended with an injury and not a clean knockout, Poirier was still dominating the fight according to the judges, two of who scored the first round 10-8 in favor of Poirier before it was stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Laura Sanko during an interview for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wimp2warrior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimp 2 Warrior<\/a>, Kavanagh shared his thoughts on how the fight was going. Although the judges thought Poirier was dominant in the first round, Kavanagh believes that things were actually going in McGregor&#8217;s favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was going fantastic. I thought (McGregor) looked really, really good in there. I wasn\u2019t concerned at all. I was actually really, really happy. At the 4:30 mark or even the 4:45 mark (of Round 1), everything is gravy. I thought energy looked good, technique looked good. A few adjustments in between rounds, and I thought Round 2 we were well on track to getting a finish there, or keep the rhythm going for the rest of the fight,&#8221; Kavanagh said of McGregor (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/07\/ufc-264-coach-john-kavanagh-conor-mcgregor-leg-break-training-camp-injury-dustin-poirier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cCredit to Dustin. He won. It\u2019s an unfulfilling end to the night. It doesn\u2019t feel properly finished. No closure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with John Kavanagh that Conor McGregor was well on track to finishing Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 before he suffered his leg injury?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach John Kavanagh believes that Conor McGregor was \u201cwell on track to getting a finish\u201d at UFC 264 in his trilogy against Dustin Poirier. McGregor suffered a broken leg at the end of the first round of the Poirier fight, which led to the fight being waved off due to TKO (doctor stoppage). 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