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John Kavanagh: ‘I really don’t see the point’ in Conor going back to Featherweight

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John Kavanagh has long been a detractor in Conor McGregor cutting back down again to 145 pounds. McGregor's coach still feels that way and now, for him, there is even more reason for the Irishman to never see the featherweight division again.

"I really don't see the point in it," Kavanagh told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour. "With all due respect to the 45 guys, especially after that fight with Nate, what are they going to do? What's anyone going to do to him? I just think anyone he fights at that weight class, it's almost like he's cheating with the amount of power he has. He can make the weight, don't get me wrong about that. And he might do it, just to spite me."

McGregor is the featherweight champion, though. UFC president Dana White has said that if he doesn't go back down there and take a unification bout with interim champ Jose Aldo that McGregor's belt would be stripped. That doesn't seem to be something McGregor wants, either. He has said he'll go back down, he just doesn't know when. The Aldo fight doesn't seem to be of interest to him right now.

Kavanagh feels that way, too. McGregor knocked out Aldo in 13 seconds at UFC 194 back in December. If Frankie Edgar beat Aldo at UFC 200 last month, that would have been a different story.

"Unfortunately those guys didn't keep up their end of the bargain," Kavanagh said. "They had to go out there and prove they deserved it, prove that they had improved and go out there and beat Aldo and they didn't. The fight was even more one-sided than their first contest. I guess Aldo had learned from the last time."

Kavanagh's wish is that McGregor goes to 155 pounds and stays there. He doesn't want to see "The Notorious" at 170 again, either. Kavanagh has a vision for the future: McGregor beating Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title and then defending that belt against Nate Diaz in a trilogy bout.

"I think it would be nice for him to be the champion, get the belt at 55 and then defend it against Nate," Kavanagh said. "I think that would be a pretty amazing fight. Maybe in Croke Park in Dublin. I'd push for that. How cool would that be?"

McGregor beat Diaz by majority decision (48-47, 47-47, 48-47) on Saturday night at UFC 202. He got revenge from a submission loss to Diaz at UFC 196 in March. The trilogy will surely happen one day, but probably not next.

"There's something Batman-Jokeresque about Conor and Nate," Kavanagh said. "I think they're going to do this forever."

The coach doesn't know for sure what will be in the immediate future for McGregor, saying his pupil has a lot of things to do in the coming weeks plus rest. A fight at UFC 205 in New York — the UFC's big debut in that city — might be too soon for McGregor, he said.

Kavanagh knows what he wants, though: McGregor at 155. He fought there for Cage Warriors and Kavanagh said he looked "like a tank." The coach believes McGregor is "designed" for that weight class.

"For me personally, I will be pushing for 55," Kavanagh said. "That's just my big brother opinion. I'd like to see him at 55."

http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/8/22/12593524/john-kavanagh-i-really-don-t-see-the-point-in-conor-mcgregor-going
So, first Conor said he was happy Aldo won, now they are saying Edgar should have won... :confused02:

Funny how they want to value so much that 13 seconds KO, like that would be enough to never give Aldo a second chance, but Conor being finished by Nate prompted a rematch right away and mind Kavanagh dismisses Aldo but still declares "I guess Aldo had learned from the last time". :sign04:
 
#2 ·
McGregor would sleep Alvarez if he hit him clean with that left hand. Eddie is known for being dropped easily but manages to overcome it quite often. Conor has crazy power in his hands. Eddie is a really good fighter but I don't think he can beat Conor, Ferguson or Khabib.
 
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A true champion should at least defend his belt one. And it doesn't even matter if he is going to keep it or not, as long as he steps up. Now every day becomes more clear Conor was just buying time to stay away. He got Aldo and Frankie fighting again for an Interim Belt, when he should have fought Frankie as soon as he lost to Nate, and now there's an Interim Champion waiting for him, he is stalling again.

Crazy he speaks of a trilogy against Nate Diaz, while Jose Aldo, who was undefeated for 10 years doesn't get a simple rematch, one he deserves even more now. Conor just want to hold to those glorious 13 seconds forever, giving no chance to prove it wasn't just a matter the champion being caught.
 
#6 ·
Mcgregor is holding out for money fights and Aldo isn't a money fight. How do you market that? He ruled the division for 10 years and Mcgregor came in and KO'd him in 13 seconds lets do it again! I can see why he's not interested in that fight, it doesn't even interest me.
 
#13 ·
I don't see Aldo winning a rematch. I'd like to see Conor defend his belt once since he has walked around with it. But I think he would beat Aldo unless he was really depleted going back to 145. Aldo would have to win a decision. The Edgar fight proves nothing to me as Edgar and Conor are much different fighters. But it would be nice to see him defend it once. But he doesn't want to go back down to 145. And never really planned on doing it.

This is Conor's chance to win the 155 belt. Alvarez is much more winnable than Khabib or RDA.
 
#14 ·
People thought Conor would win easily against no camp Nate Diaz and he got finished under two. Then logic said full camp Nate Diaz would destroy Conor even easier, but Conor managed to edge a decision.

Point is: I don't know if Aldo would win a rematch against Conor. I just want to see the goddamned fight.
 
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