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Conor McGregor’s Coach Says UFC 194 Fight Could Be Over In Sixty Seconds

November 30, 2015 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In a guest column he wrote for The42.ie (via MMA Junkie), Conor McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh said that the fight between McGregor and Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight title at UFC 194 will either last sixty seconds or two whole rounds. Here are highlights:

On how long the fight will last: “I’ve said from the start that I can see this being a two-round fight, yet another part of me can see it being over in 60 seconds. But we give respect where it’s due because Jose Aldo has been the champion for a long time.”

On the lack of certainty before the event: “At this stage before the last fight back in July, we didn’t even know if there was going to be a fight. We weren’t sure if Jose Aldo was in or out and Conor’s knee injury wasn’t looking great either. It was touch-and-go whether there was going to be a contest at all.”

On McGregor’s weight cut difficulities for the interim title fight: “Everything only came together with days to go, which was probably one of the reasons why Conor’s weight-cut was more difficult than normal on that occasion. It doesn’t matter who you are; it’s impossible to stay 100 percent disciplined if there’s a strong chance that there won’t even be a fight.”

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Conor McGregor, UFC, UFC 194, Joseph Lee