MMA athlete Conor McGregor is demonstrating a resurgence in his championship caliber, as affirmed by his coach, John Kavanagh, in a recent interview with SevereMMA. McGregor, popularly known as “The Notorious,” is preparing for his highly anticipated comeback bout at UFC 303 scheduled for June 28 in Las Vegas, where he will face off against Michael Chandler in a welterweight contest.
This marks McGregor’s first appearance in the octagon since his last fight in July 2021. Despite McGregor’s temporary hiatus from active competition due to a leg injury sustained during his defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, his dedication to the sport remains unwavering, according to Kavanagh.
While McGregor has explored various entertainment ventures during his recovery period, his focus on fighting has remained steadfast.
“He’s looking super slick,” Kavanagh said. “There are fighters that when they’re not fighting and after a while it’s difficult to explain to somebody and a lot of guys watching this that are 15 pro fights in, it starts becoming a job. It does. ‘My passion’ and ‘my love of this,’ it’s a job and it’s hard to keep the level of intensity. Even if it’s not physical, the level of mental intensity, of always thinking about training, always thinking about sequences, always thinking about techniques.”
“That’s something Conor’s had naturally his whole career. So even though there’s times when he’s off filming, he’s doing this, he’s doing that, we’re still always having conversations back and forth, whereas some fighters are like, ‘If I’m not fighting, I don’t even want to look at shows. I’ll just get ready when there’s a fight coming up.’ And that’s really held to him because he’s come back on the mats as sharp as ever. Of course, we’ve got to get the rounds in and get the conditioning up to be ready for competition, but his technique is as sharp as ever.”
