John Kavanagh says Conor McGregor still intends to fight again following ACL injury

Conor McGregor’s veteran coach John Kavanagh states the previous UFC champ still plans to complete once again in spite of suffering an ACL injury in the opening minutes of his return battle versus Max Holloway in July.

Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Kavanagh stated that while McGregor deals with a prolonged rehab procedure, he has actually found out over more than twenty years dealing with the Irishman not to rule anything out.

“He states he does,” Kavanagh stated. “I believe I’m simply too long around him, now 22 years around each other, and I’ve simply seen him do a lot of things that appear to be difficult and he does them, consistently. If he states he does, I’m not going to question him.”

“We’ll see. I think it’ll be next year till he can begin going back to MMA type training. He’s going through his rehabilitation now and he’s back. He looks respectable to me. He seems walking around rather well,” he included.

Kavanagh was unwilling to hypothesize on what another resurgence may look like for the 38-year-old.

“I simply do not understand if he’s finished with competitors right now,” he stated. “What does that appear like? I do not understand.”

Kavanagh likewise dismissed recommendations that McGregor had actually gone into the Holloway battle bring an existing injury, firmly insisting that he had actually remained in exceptional physical condition ahead of his return.

“For the conspiracy theorists out there, he strolled in with no injury. Absolutely no injury. There was definitely no injury,” Kavanagh specified.

“I can ensure you that he was 100% entering. Most likely more healthy going into this one than the last couple of.”

The SBG Ireland head coach likewise described that the leaping switch kick which led to the injury had actually been an organized opening relocation, one McGregor had actually practiced thoroughly throughout his training school.

“If I had not seen it done, like I do not wish to overemphasize, however a minimum of 50 times in the months leading up to it, a minimum of 50 various sparring sessions and done each time he began pad sessions– like it was simply something he had actually simply overdone,” Kavanagh exposed.

“I didn’t understand what had actually occurred. I wasn’t sure it was a slip or what had actually gone on, however it was apparent when he stood that there was something had actually gone awfully incorrect.”