Coach: UFC keeping Conor McGregor off New York card is ‘going too far’

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There’s a latent storyline within this current saga between the UFC and Conor McGregor.

Right now, the focus is on whether or not McGregor will be fighting at UFC 200. McGregor tweeted Sunday that he is; UFC president Dana White said Monday that is not true.

When White said at a press conference Friday that McGregor would not be fighting at the UFC’s debut card in New York on Nov. 12, it flew under the radar to most people. But not to John Kavanagh.

“That was hard to hear,” McGregor’s coach told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I really think that’s going too far. [McGregor] was bold, but it wasn’t anything that bad. If we get the slap on the wrist for 200, we definitely can’t be put on the naughty [list] for New York.”

White said Friday that McGregor will not fight Nate Diaz …

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