John Kavanagh sat down with Joe Rogan recently, discussing Conor McGregor’s loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov. While most coaches keep their cards close to their chest, especially coming off a devastating loss, the SBG Ireland head opened up and explained their game plan coming into the UFC 229 main event.
“I kinda expected round one, for sure (Khabib is) going to get a takedown. The goal of round one was to get out of it, still having energy,” John Kavanagh said at the JRE MMA Show. “We didn’t want to put a huge amount of effort into trying to get back up in round up.