Despite his one-sided loss at UFC 229 against Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor immediately called for a rematch, leaving some fans perplexed.
McGregor’s head coach, John Kavanagh of Straight Blast Gym, has some ideas about what might motivate his pupil to seek another fight against a foe who gave him such a drubbing. Kavanagh sat down with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani and discussed the possibility of Khabib vs. McGregor 2 and what he’d do differently to the first fight.
“Conor watched [the Khabib fight] right away, I hadn’t seen the fight since,” Kavanagh said.