Conor McGregor’s Coach Reveals Why Third Fight With Nate Diaz Should Happen

There is once again talk of why the UFC should book a third fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.

McGregor’s longtime coach, John Kavanagh, has changed his tune about this potential third showdown between the two highest pay-per-view drawing stars that the promotion has under contract and are allowed to compete now.

Fight fans have not seen Diaz compete inside of the Octagon since his rematch with McGregor back at UFC 202 when he suffered a majority decision loss which came five months after Diaz submitted McGregor in their first bout at UFC 196.

On the flip side, McGregor has not been seen in the Octagon since at UFC 205 when he won the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez.

McGregor then fought in a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather last summer in Las Vegas, Nevada where he lost to the boxing legend.

McGregor’s status as an active MMA fighter is on hold once again due to his recent arrest.

Kavanagh recently did an interview where he talked about a potential trilogy fight between Diaz and McGregor.

“Well, you know, it’s one a piece,” Kavanagh told Express Sport when discussing McGregor’s rivalry with Diaz. “It’s one a piece.

And I just think stylistically it’s a good fight. And even the lead-up, there’s a lot of fun in the lead-up. I think they work personality wise against each other in the press room and so on.

“For me, as a fan, I just think it’s a really fun matchup. So the equaliser to be drawn at 155lbs, I just think it would put a nice exclamation point and underline that part of his life. But it doesn’t look like it’s mean to be, at least not now. So we’ll see.”