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UFC: Michael Bisping says Conor McGregor ‘should fire John Kavanagh immediately’ if coach ‘truly wasn’t concerned’

  • McGregor’s coach feels fight against Dustin Poirier ‘was going fantastic’ until the Irishman broke his leg in final seconds of first round
  • ‘That was very concerning. You were on your back getting dominated, and it was a 10-8 round,’ former middleweight champ Bisping says

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Conor McGregor looks on before fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. Photo: USA TODAY Sports
Nicolas Atkin

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping believes Conor McGregor should fire John Kavanagh “immediately” if his coach “truly wasn’t concerned” during Saturday night’s UFC 264 main event.

Two of the three cageside judges gave Dustin Poirier (28-6, one no contest) a 10-8 score for the first round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, before it became apparent McGregor (22-6) could not continue because he had broken his leg.

“It was a very, very unfortunate ending,” Bisping told BT Sport. “Probably fortunate for Conor, though, let’s be honest. Of course he’s in hospital now and he had to get operated on, and that’s not good.

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“But in terms of Conor McGregor, in terms of the machine and the fan base he has, and a narrative to twist the situation, just like his coach John Kavanagh has this morning … he said, ‘Oh, I saw nothing that concerned me, I knew that in the second round we would get the knockout, nothing that I saw in there concerned me at all’.

“Well, if that’s true, John Kavanagh, Conor should fire you immediately, because that was very concerning. You were on your back and you were getting dominated, and it was a 10-8 round.

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