At UFC 257, Conor McGregor had to finish with the 2nd knockout from Dustin Poirier. Peacefully 1-1 in 2 meetings, all ending with knock-out, the possibility of UFC continues to let Conor confront Poirier quite high. Conor's coach John Kavanagh, proved to be quite confident that Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier 3 is likely to take place this summer.
So, what will McGregor do to avoid repeating an unforgettable match like at UFC 257? The answer of John Kavanagh is to adjust the mind. It is important that Conor will play like a MMA boxer, instead of a boxing puncher.
“Conor's mind is definitely influential, but I don't deny that we made a mistake at UFC 257, and on the other side, both Dustin Poirier coach Mike Brown was excellent,” Kavanagh repeated the defeat of Conor McGregor earlier this year.
“The issues before the game, rumors, entanglement in litigation, fans or interviews, they are not a big issue that we have to consider. My team will target more technical issues, and are not prepared to modify everything, fix a small part. Back to the floor, the floor with the mind of a MMA boxer instead of a puncher, we will do it.”
“Conor is always excellent by the flexibility of moving, the ability to change the ton, the ability to react. We will bring all that back to the arena. Conor does not lose any advantages at all, they are still there, just they need to be reorganized to become more effective,” Kavanagh said about the preparation of the Conor McGregor team if they could remunerate Poirier back.
“We have started to practice. It would be great if we could have a rematch this summer. It would be better than that if the third rematch was held in Las Vegas, I hope to witness about 20,000 audiences screaming cheering after the ban because Covid ends.”