During a recent Periscope Q&A, John Kavanagh admitted that Conor McGregor had “been doing a lot of Jiu-Jitsu” in the run-up to UFC 202.
And we recently got a glimpse of the grappling training going on in Las Vegas as ‘The Notorious’ has published some snippets of a recent BJJ session with his mentor and head coach John Kavanagh.
Guillotine finishes, armbar defence and countering omoplatas with triangle chokes are all on display as Ireland’s first ever BJJ black belt puts McGregor through his paces in the Vegas heat.
Having been submitted by Nate Diaz at UFC 196, the Irishman is clearly doing everything in his power to reduce the possibility of that happening again in their rematch at UFC 202.
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