UFC 197 takes place on March 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The current card for the show is as follows:
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor
Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate
Erick Silva vs. Nordine Taleb
Corey Anderson vs. Tom Lawlor
Darren Elkins vs. Chas Skelly
Diego Sanchez vs. Jim Miller
Conor McGregor is working on his Jiu-Jitsu with Peter Queally as he will be facing decorated BJJ black belt Rafael dos Anjos:
McGregor was always fond of fighting and was no stranger to combat sports having already been a National Boxing Champion as an amateur. With his boxing background as a base he has also trained in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Capoeira, and Kickboxing prior to competing in professional MMA. McGregor currently holds a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Kavanagh.
McGregor was promoted to BJJ brown belt by his instructor John Kavanagh.
His instructor John Kavanagh runs the Straight Blast Gym Ireland and was the first Irish person to be awarded a black belt in BJJ. John fought in MMA to get a basic knowledge and experience of it before he moved into coaching, and where his true love lies in teaching. The fighters he coaches are among the top that compete in Irish MMA and are belt holders in the major Irish promotions such as Cage Contenders. He has trained notable fighters, such as Gunnar Nelson, Paul McVeigh, Cathal Pendred, Aisling Daly, Conor McGregor, Chris Fields and Owen Roddy.
Check out Conor McGregor vs Kywan Gracie Behring at the European No Gi Open in 2012:
In this video from a few years back, McGregor goes inverted, uses De La Riva guard and more BJJ moves:
