John Kavanagh Wants 'A Nightmarish Training Camp' For Khabib vs. McGregor 2

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. “I got essays immediately to my phone, ‘We’re gonna do this, we’re gonna do that.’ I was like great, if we’re gonna do it, let’s do it. I…