Conor McGregor Coach John Kavanagh Sees Path to McGregor vs. Diaz 3

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Though he once thought a Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz trilogy fight made sense, the Irishman’s coach, John Kavanagh, doesn’t exactly feel the same now. He sees a path to the fight later this year, but doesn’t think it should be what’s next for McGregor.

“I did assume that Nate would be as busy as or busier than Conor,” Kavanagh told The MacLife, explaining why his belief that McGregor vs. Diaz 3 might have been next has faded.  “You know, Conor’s had an MMA fight and a boxing fight since (they last fought). We haven’t seen Nate since, so I started changing. You could see it among the fans, who, I’ve always said and I still do believe, are the most important factor because they pay for the pay-per-views that’s what they want to see.

“It was clearly becoming that [fans] wanted to see Khabib [Nurmagomedov] or Tony [Ferguson] in there rather than Nate, probably for the same reason, that Nate didn’t keep busy. So, I don’t think it would be quite right for [McGregor vs. Diaz 3] to happen before the winner of Khabib/Tony because all of Conor, Khabib and Tony have kept busy. Nate hasn’t.”

This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com