{"id":2050,"date":"2023-09-05T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T10:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:16:11","slug":"conor-mcgregor-writes-a-touching-letter-after-receiving-his-black-belt-in-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-from-john-kavanagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/conor-mcgregor-writes-a-touching-letter-after-receiving-his-black-belt-in-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-from-john-kavanagh\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor writes a touching letter after receiving his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from John Kavanagh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former UFC two-division champion announced Monday on social media that he received his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cReceived my black belt tonight from my coach, friend, and mentor, [John Kavanagh] of [SBG Ireland]. 20 years of hard work!\u201d McGregor wrote. \u201cThank you John for everything over the years, and to all of my team mates throughout this incredible jiu jitsu journey! Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart! A Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt, wow! Praise be to God and then Helio. I\u2019ll be in the Gi in it tomorrow Helio, I promise, and I cannot wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Irishman posted an emotional video showing Kavanagh calling him up to give him the BJJ black belt, with a voice-over of the veteran coach outlining why his most famous student deserved the black belt. He captioned the video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Thank you John, means the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">Conor McGregor writes a touching letter after receiving his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from John Kavanagh<\/p>\n<p>\u0643\u0648\u0646\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0627\u0643\u062c\u0631\u064a\u062c\u0648\u0631 \u064a\u0643\u062a\u0628 \u0631\u0633\u0627\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0624\u062b\u0631\u0629  \u0628\u0639\u062f \u062d\u0635\u0648\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0632\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0648\u062f \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0648\u062c\u064a\u062a\u0633\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0632\u064a\u0644\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u062c\u0648\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0641\u0627\u0646\u0627   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bjj?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bjj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqS5b5AXSn\">pic.twitter.com\/tqS5b5AXSn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1699092732034105666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">McGregor is undoubtedly among the biggest superstars in MMA and is widely known for his exceptional striking prowess. With 19 knockout victories out of his 22 career wins, the Irishman is primarily known for the speed, accuracy, and power in his hands. However, &#8216;The Notorious&#8217; is clearly no slouch on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x6ikm8r x10wlt62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=317&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100095099064887%2Fvideos%2F198917659864509%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"317\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conor McGregor recently took to Instagram to express his gratitude towards the founder and head coach of SBG Ireland, John Kavanagh, for his mentorship over the years and thanked him for the jiu-jitsu award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former UFC two-division champion announced Monday on social media that he received his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. \u201cReceived my black belt tonight from my coach, friend, and mentor, [John Kavanagh] of [SBG Ireland]. 20 years of hard work!\u201d McGregor wrote. \u201cThank you John for everything over the years, and to all of my team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jiujitsu-bresilien","8":"category-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}