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Robert Hynes

John Kavanagh would love to see 20,000 spectators at Conor McGregor v Dustin Poirier 3 this summer

John Kavanagh would love to see 20,000 screaming spectators in attendance for Conor McGregor's trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier this summer.

The Notorious suffered a shock defeat to the American in January and now looks set to fight him for a third time in the coming months.

Kavanagh is confident that McGregor has corrected the mistakes which resulted in the UFC 257 loss and is hoping that fans will be able to attend the former two-weight champion's next fight.

He told BT Sport: "We want to get that one back, we've got to figure out these calf kicks, how to use them and defend them. We're pretty confident we have that sorted out now."

But Kavanagh does not believe that McGregor's focus on boxing and trying to fight Manny Pacquiao played a part in the defeat.

Conor McGregor (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

He added: “We have to fix that technical detail, which it’s not like having to fix everything, it’s fixing a small enough area. Get that back into the whole game, not going in with a sort of with a boxing mentality, going in with an MMA mentality.

“Conor was always famous for his movement, his ability to change stances, his bounce as he would say. We got to bring that back. It’s there, it’s under the hood, it’s not skills that have to be learned or relearned, they just have to be re-ignited.

“We have already started that process. So, wouldn’t it be great to do it again in the summer, maybe in Vegas in front of 20,000 screaming people if we can get the world back open again.”

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