Coach John Kavanagh: Sharing a fighting philosophy

When coach John Kavanagh’s fighters prepare to enter a cage and go to war with an opponent, they rarely stop to think about the pain.

Learning how to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. That was Conor McGregor’s stated mission when he first discovered martial arts as a teenager.

Sport might seem trivial in comparison to bullies and bigots but most athletes are searching for the same thing: to feel cool when it starts to get sweaty.