Though some people would point to Conor McGregor jumping up two weight classes and having a late opponent switch as the most obvious factors in his loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, his coach John Kavanagh doesn’t necessarily agree.
Kavanagh, who runs SBG in Ireland, echoed McGregor’s sentiment that Diaz was simply more efficient in how he fought on Saturday night. And if he had to point out anything that might went wrong specifically, it was that McGregor was trying too hard to land the knockout punch with his left, thus depleted himself early in a five-round fight.