We don’t think John Kavanagh will be losing any sleep whatsoever based on what Chael Sonnen makes of him.
Sonnen has an opinion on everything in the MMA world and the vast majority of them are contrary to say the least.
The latest viewpoint of the former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight challenger is based around SBG head coach John Kavanagh and his social media postings in the midst of the apparent rift between Conor McGregor and the UFC.
Sonnen, speaking on podcast Beyond the Fight, has condemned Kavanagh for portraying a different image than the one that McGregor has been trying to cultivate over the past week.
“His coach cannot be putting anything out about him ever. Period. Ever. Because he doesn’t get it!” Sonnen said. “Respectfully, Coach Kavanagh, you don’t get it. You don’t get it! Your student does. He gets it. Conor knows what’s going on.
“Every time you talk and think you’re helping him, you’re not. You’re hurting the cause. You have to stop!
“Conor cannot put out a post saying ‘money made, bills paid, game slayed. Your move,’ which means ‘I do not care what happens, I’m handled either way. It’s your move.’
“He can’t do that and three days later have you come out and say ‘hey fans, please petition and get him back. Hey fans, please let’s get him on the New York card.'”
I've got my bills paid. My money made. And the entire game slayed. #YourMove pic.twitter.com/wOgbNgUPVd
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 22, 2016
Ur call now. You are the customers. What do you want? Press conferences or fights? Make some noise because we're ready to do the damn thing!
— Coach JK (@John_Kavanagh) April 21, 2016
Sonnen believes that it doesn’t serve either party’s best interest if what they are posting is at odds with what the other is putting out into the public forum.
“It’s never good for a trainer or manager to do this. Whether it comes from a good place or not, it’s going to look like you’re trying to get paid,” Sonnen continued.
“If one guy is sitting there, and the whole hand he’s playing is ‘I got enough, I don’t need to do it. Won the titles, got the money, don’t care, having a great life.’ If he’s playing that, that’s a pretty good hand! But you can’t show any cracks in it.”
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Before humbly referring to himself as “a genius,” Sonnen also accused Kavanagh of outing his star fighter in the game of chicken between McGregor and the promotion.
“You guys have got to get on the same page,” Sonnen said. “You want to hustle some hustlers, you better believe you’ve got to be on the same page! You can’t have one guy come out and say ‘I don’t give a damn,’ and have his trainer say ‘boy, we sure would like to fight, can someone send some tweets in our favour?’ It doesn’t work!
“Once there’s a crack, it’s unravelled, and the gig is up! You want to fight. You need the fight. The bills are not paid, the money is not made and the game damn sure hasn’t been slayed.
“That’s the reality. We all knew that, and it was cool when it came out, but your own guy outed you.”
