WWE star Becky Lynch ‘would do very, very well in MMA’ says Conor McGregor’s coach
- John Kavanagh thinks he could have the Raw women’s champion competing at a ‘high level’ in the cage within a year
- ‘She’s tough as hell ... I challenge anyone to try and outwork her,’ says the Irishman
John Kavanagh believes he could have WWE superstar Becky Lynch ready to compete at a “high level” of MMA within a year if they worked together.
The Raw women’s champion dropped by the SBG Ireland gym run by Conor McGregor’s coach in their native Dublin last month when WWE was in town for its European tour.
Kavanagh said he does not think Lynch would ever make the switch to MMA, but has seen enough of “The Man” to know she would excel inside the cage.
“She’s a fantastic athlete, I challenge anyone to try and outwork her,” he told Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “She’s a fantastic worker. If she was to say to me tomorrow: ‘You know what, I’d like to give this MMA game a go’, give me a year and I’d have her fighting at a high level.
“That’s no doubt, because she has an engine. She’s tough as hell. We know what that is that she does [pro wrestling], but you do get smacked around, take big hits. That’s a big part of this game, that you have the mental toughness and the physical toughness to do it.
