{"id":400273,"date":"2021-11-25T05:15:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=400273"},"modified":"2021-11-25T05:15:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:15:39","slug":"john-kavanagh-says-conor-mcgregor-has-got-a-hundred-opponents-lined-up-for-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-says-conor-mcgregor-has-got-a-hundred-opponents-lined-up-for-ufc-return\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kavanagh says Conor McGregor has &#8220;got a hundred opponents lined up&#8221; for UFC return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA coach John Kavanagh joked that his pupil Conor McGregor has &#8220;got a hundred opponents lined up&#8221; for his upcoming UFC return in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is coming off of back-to-back TKO losses to Dustin Poirier earlier this year, the second of which saw the Irishman suffer a nasty broken leg in his defeat. The hope is that McGregor will continue to make progress in his recovery from the broken leg and then return to fighting in 2022. When he does eventually step back into the Octagon, then his coach at SBG Ireland, Kavanagh, believes there will be no shortage of potential opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_p9iasstWwY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>, Kavanagh joked that there are a hundred opponents who are waiting for McGregor, taking a shot at all of the fighters who have been calling out his pupil on social media. As far as Kavanagh goes, McGregor will choose the right opponent when he does make his return, noting that money won&#8217;t be a factor in who he fights next. According to the coach, the only thing that matters to McGregor is trying to test himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a hundred opponents lined up it would appear. But let\u2019s just get back training, let\u2019s test the leg and test everything, and when the time comes, I\u2019m sure he won\u2019t be short of choice,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/john-kavanagh-wants-to-see-khamzat-chimaev-fight-his-pupil-gunnar-nelson-next\/\">John Kavanagh<\/a> said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/11\/ufc-news-hes-not-so-much-about-warm-up-fights-john-kavanagh-says-conor-mcgregor-very-excited-to-attack-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s not so much about warm-up fights. He seems pretty warm to me as it is. So, what will come, will come. Whoever he faces he\u2019ll be highly motivated. It\u2019s clear at this stage Conor has a few quid, he\u2019s got a few dollars in the bank account. So, that\u2019s not the motivating factor at this stage, his motivating factor is competition and to improve himself and to test himself against whoever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Conor McGregor fight in his return to the UFC in 2022?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA coach John Kavanagh joked that his pupil Conor McGregor has &#8220;got a hundred opponents lined up&#8221; for his upcoming UFC return in 2022. McGregor is coming off of back-to-back TKO losses to Dustin Poirier earlier this year, the second of which saw the Irishman suffer a nasty broken leg in his defeat. The hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"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 says Conor McGregor has &quot;got a hundred opponents lined up&quot; for UFC return | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MMA coach John Kavanagh joked that his pupil Conor McGregor has &quot;got a hundred opponents lined up&quot; for his upcoming UFC return in 2022.\" \/>\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-says-conor-mcgregor-has-got-a-hundred-opponents-lined-up-for-ufc-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Kavanagh says Conor McGregor has &quot;got a hundred opponents lined up&quot; 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