Conor McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, talks about what went wrong at UFC 229 | Ariel Helwani 

As a Khabib fan, I love this Coach absolutely honest and humble!

John's a great man. He just loves the sport and can't be bothered with all the petty drama.

I don't like Mcgregor but his coach is class. Very likable. He doesn't concern himself with the drama and he's very genuinely nice

John Kavanaugh is how i like to imagine irish people are like, not conor.

Ariel gets on my nerves sometimes but I have to say that he always gets the best out of his guests and asks the right questions.

Kavanaugh always a class act!

Lovely guy, he is the embodiment of the code of Martial Arts ethics, courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self control, indomitable spirit

1:35 - Kavanagh couldn`t find his own fight online lol. UFC give this man a fight pass will ya?

Great interview Ariel, Kavanagh is a class act.

Great guy

It’s sad how many people want to see Conor fail. Also, many people in these comments think Conor is a bad fighter, which is certainly untrue. But, we should all enjoy the fights that the fighters put on and congrats to Khabib he was the better fighter.

john is a more real representation of Irish people

This coach is a nice guy and he really doesn't want to talk anymore about the fight over and over. It's embarrassing enough first time. He's got so much on and he literally probably hasn't had a chance to even revisit stuff.

What went wrong, Conor sent Khabib location. The end.

Kavanagh is an incredible human being...the more i see of him, the more i like him. Very genuine guy. I can see why McGregor has the loyalty that he does with his team.

John Kavanagh comes across as a total legend. Super composed, intelligent and obviously a top coach.

The fact that John hasn’t had a conversation with Conor since the fight says a lot..

Ariel the Queen of gossip

coach Kavanagh tried to find the fight online ...."illegally" lol

What went wrong is conor is more focused on whiskey rather than fighting

Conor didn’t come in there to win it, he came to survive, Which was evident in the fight

Too bad Kavanagh's class can't rub off on his star pupil.

I gotta say, I'm a Khabib fan, but I'm very impressed with John Kavanagh. Seems like a man of dignity and honour. He loves the sport but understands there's an entertainment aspect. Much respect Coach!

I gotta admit, I was totally wrong about this guy. I thought just by his association with McGregor that he was a total douchebag, but he's actually very respectful.

Conor gave his fans so many good fights in his career. Some of his fights shocked the world, and many records have been broken. Honestly i don't mind if Conor takes an L once in a while. Who knows, maybe he'll K.O. Khabib in the second fight, but if not, then it is what it is.

In my opinion there's no shame losing to Khabib. The guy's a monster. Takes huge balls just to face him imo.

After insulting khabib the way they did, „ this is sport we shake hands“ John is a funny man 🤣

I am not a Conor fan but this dude is impossible to not like. Very humble, very respectful.

Only way to describe what Khabib did to Conor in the fight, Round 1- Controlled him/ Round 2- Mauled him / Round 3- Played with him/ Round 4- Submitted him

Everybody lost against Khabib: Conor, his team, Dana, the refree, the media, commentators, the UFC, the atlethic committe, everybody.

Johns always seemed such a nice humble guy. Anyone would be lucky to have him as a coach

Much respect for John Kavanagh. He is always talking respectively and gives credit for the better fighter.

Ariel: Have You Had A Chance To Rewatch The Fight? Coach Kavanagh: I Haven't Actually...I Tried To Find It Online. We're all in the same boat brother ;-D

Two honest, knowledgable men sharing straight talk. Thank you.

John Kavanagh is no doubt a class act. What a great man. Connor is lucky to have had such a great man in his corner. Any of us would no doubt be lucky to have this man in our corner in any capacity. John you need to write a book when you slow down and take time for yourself, it will no doubt be on the best sellers list for a long time. Keep up the good work, best of luck to you and all you do in life. Kevin Wendt

The fact that Conor didn’t talk to his main coach after the fight shows that his head isn’t fully in the fight game anymore, he’s too worried about his whiskey business and clothing line, as well as his son and pregnant girlfriend. Nothing wrong with that but if he continues down this path he’ll just get knocked out or beaten even worse within his next 2 fights. It also seems that he is surrounded by too many Yesmen. Which is never a good thing

Hilarious that people shit on a fighter when he fails, but they probably run out of the breath walking up a short flight of stairs.

I hope Connor never takes for granted what this man means for his reputation and overall image. He is quite a remarkable coach and person.

“I’ve been through many defeats in my life. I’ll be back” - Conor McGregor, back stage interview, vs Nate Diaz I

How can you not like John Kavanagh.... And a true coach … Conor is lucky to have him

Kavanaugh is a low key Khabib fan, doesn't seem too overly sad on the McGregor lose.

If he's coming back, he's not fighting Khabib, he just asked for a rematch to sound hardcore but he really won't push for it like he did Nate

Excellent interview John... Always respectful. Great ambassador for the sport of MMA in Ireland.

John is such a jewel in the ruthless game of MMA

John never gets the credit he deserves. He is an excellent coach. Always calm, always concise, always clear, direct & honest. He builds his fighters while giving them space to be themselves - very rare. I knew Conor would lose in the build up - before he would rant endlessly about his desire for glory, his visualization of his victory, etc. All he said this time was "for the love of the game". He said nothing, looked rattled at the press conference, peddled his whiskey etc. I think his goal was to become 2-division UFC champ, fight Floyd and ride off into the sunset. He achieved it, made shit-loads of money and is now bored. The drive isn't there anymore. The belief isn't there anymore. The "It's all business" at the end of R3 says it all. I remember Kavanaugh saying in the build up to Diaz 1 Conor wasn't talking to him & was barely in the gym, maybe this fight will be a wake up call for him to get his shit together again like Diaz 1 was. His personality & ego can't handle retirement. Conor has too many Yes Men and doesn't listen to John, obviously.

coach kav is what every martial arts coach should strive to be; respectful, calm, incredible mind and knowledge of martial arts

Greatest coach I could listen to him all day 👏🏻 humbling coach.

Loving the idea of the old school training montage for the rematch, now that is good

he lied about looking for the fight online, it was on RU-vid 5 minutes after the fight ended lol

These guys in Conor's camp - as if they don't have relationship at all - they speak to him only if he talks to them, they can't reach to him, they can't contact him, they don't know what's he feeling, thinking, planing - they became just some guys that travel with him and are around him if he wants them to be and when he wants them around. They are employees who's job is to pretend they have some deeper connection to him. Rody had a vlog and of the camp and i don't think Conor ever appeared on it. It says a lot. In the end, what happened to Conor is simple, he wasn't above it all, he himself started to believe his bull shit.

Massive Respect to John. What a Simple and Honest man.

7:55 I saw Dillion doing this 🤗... "Why would you wanna do that?"

I am a huge Khabib fan and I was extremely happy for his win against Conor but I can’t help but feel for Kavanagh. This has become just a tense topic of discussion, you can tell he is being really careful with his words, I agree that if Conor wants to fight Khabib again he really has to commit to it like his coach says but with that being said, I also think Conor has to earn his rematch. Have the trilogy fight with Nate, get your confidence back. You can’t have margin of error against Khabib, if Khabib gets a hold of you, it’s game over and that’s a fact. Let Khabib vs Ferguson play out, we need that fight too, it’s destiny being played right in front of us. 28-0.

When's artems whiskey coming out?? Artems vodka

Iconic pic of Khabib flying like an eagle on to his prey. Would make a great logo Coach is a nice guy.

What a respectful guy, has his head in the right place

I knew Conor was hated but my God there's army waiting for him to fail. One loss and he were lost before, these people hunting every post about him to mock him, bashing everyone supports him. Smh

If there is rematch. Either 2 things. Fight will be in Russia and/or Khabib will receive the highest fight pay in history, which means bigger than Conors. If Dana thought Nate negotiations were bad... get ready for Khabib's

What a class act, much respect Kavanagh!

Not a fan of Conor at all, but what a great man his coach is. Much respect.

Wow, I'm surprised! Kavanaugh is actually a classy guy!

Kavanagh is doing damage control all over the place.

You can tell that Conor is really putting Johns martial arts morals to the test.

As a khabib fan i must say i have ALOT of respect for this man. Great represant of irish people.

All mcgregors fan boys claimed ring rust didnt exist until he got smashed and its the only excuse left without saying Conor was clearly outclassed

It's interesting to hear him say there was no racial and vitriolic language by Danis. Given how classy this guy is I'm inclined to believe him, but also it's hard to believe he WASNT yelling those things at Khabib...

Fantastic interview. Well done to you both ;)

Everything he doesn’t like about MMA was started by Connor

Too bad Conor Mcgregor is surrounded by Yes Men

This guy speaks a lot of sense, but not spoken to Conor since the fight is worrying. That's a disunited camp plus it seems conor is more busy in the boardroom than focusing on his opponents.

John Kavanagh ..... I loved it when he said something like " go back to Rocky 3 for the training .....Eye of the Tiger "....get that hunger back .....the motivation factor. Thank you Ariel ......great interview.

I don’t like watching ariels videos but when I see Kavanagh on here I had to watch it coz this guy is such a classy man and no big ego like a lot of people in this sport

Ufc president John Kavanagh

This coach speaks honourably. I agree the person who punched Conor on the back of his head was totally unethical and unjustifiable and that person should be held accountable.

John kavanaugh and Firas Zahavi / two of the most amazing guys . Very calm and composed .

Very humble guy and a great coach

Such a 💎GEM💎 of a guy

I thought Ariel would ask him about the illegal knees, fence grabbing with hands and feet, glove grabbing... what was that all about? Is that part of the coaching?

Absolute gentleman Mr Kav, if only more coaches & more fighters ( Conor included ) acted with the honour & dignity you portray.. Top man m8 🕉☮🕉☯️👍👏

John is so clear cut and honest, amazing coach

what went wrong is that there are levels to MMA and Conor is just not on Khabib's level

John very classy and respectfull

Would like to see big John do a big of commentary he speaks great and is super humble

Respect for Coach John ! such a good man !

Kavanagh spoke some sense there but let's be real, he can't honestly expect Khabib to simply shake Conor's hand after the fight, not after all that chatter he was doing. A good coach is also a mentor, I'd like to see Kavanagh step up and pull Conor in line a little bit like all good coaches do, obviously it's a bit late for that but he doesn't really seem like a leader tbh.

Someone sensible and rational from Conor's camp.

So relaxed. Seems like he’d be a great guy to calm you down before big fights.

What a great interview.. all truth. John is awesome

Conor wasn't himself because he was getting khabibed. Edit: Conor should go back to plumbing he's pretty good at taps.

The part where John says Zubairah "should have been more apologetic" Didn't see that when Conor hurt more than 3 fighters and even UFC workers By the way not justifying Khabibs action or his team I wish it didn't happen But the UFC should have drawn the line their and then

24:19 ariel asks a great question and looks at him hes a great reporter goat

The problem is that the true greats train every day with no time off , when people become champion now stay in active after they achieve instead of still pushing like running water

Even if you hate Conors MMA persona you have to respect this dudes hustle. And thats coming from a Khabib fan.

I genuinely believe Conors persona is just for show. For business. I think he is a lot like his coach on real life.

I was happy that khabib won... also i was not happy that he jumped after.. also respect to McGregor's team on how they've dealt with it after.

best thing with ariel is tha he never interrupt people and let them say what they wanna say before next question.

The only one not complaining about the result or the brawl afterwards is Conor himself, he accepts what went on, he accepts the loss and he realises he upset a lot a people and they retaliated.

Did Conor apologize for threatening violence on Khabib, his family and friends in their homes?

John is reasonable and extremely down to earth. I don't believe it when Conor says it, but if John believes Conor can do it, I believe he can do it too.

John seems like a good nice man, it's quite weird that he hasn't spoken to conor since the fight, and he was looking for the fight online but couldn't find it to see it again, that's more weird, just get ufc fight pass. They should ask for 3 rounds in the rematch, the only way to beat khabib is by a decision and conor doesn't have cardio for that kind of pace.