John Kavanagh is an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

 practitioner and mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. He was the first Irish person to be awarded a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Kavanagh is now the head coach of Straight Blast Gym, one of Ireland's largest MMA gyms. 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

Gunnar Nelson (fighter)

Gunnar Nelson is an Icelandic professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.-Early life:...

, Paul McVeigh

Paul McVeigh (fighter)

Paul McVeigh is an Irish mixed martial artist, fighting out of Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in Drumaness, Northern Ireland before later moving to Glasgow, Scotland...

 and Cathal Pendred

Cathal Pendred

Cathal "The Punisher" Pendred is an Irish mixed martial artist and the current Cage Contender Welterwight champion, he holds a 9-2 MMA record. On march 12th 2011 he defeated Liam Shannon for the second time to retain his Welterweight championship. The rematch came after a somewhat controversial...

.

Fight record

As well as competing in BJJ and submission wrestling tournaments, Kavanagh has also fought in MMA promotions such as Grapple and Strike and Cage Wars

Cage Wars

The Cage Wars Championship is a UK-based mixed martial arts promotion started in 1999 to promote and teach the sport of MMA in the UK and Ireland...

. He has a 3-3 record with his wins coming by way of submission. His last fight was in 2003 and he now coaches full time. He trains with and has trained with many of Ireland's top MMA and BJJ prospects as well as worldwide.

Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location
Win	Robbie Oliver	Submission (Armbar)	Combat Evolution		1	2:26
Loss	Danny Batten Danny Batten Danny Batten is an English mixed martial artist from Milton Keynes.He currently holds the Cage Warriors featherweight title and the defunct UZI lightweight title...	Submission (Keylock)	Cage Combat Evolution		2	4:15
Loss	Leigh Remedios Leigh Remedios Leigh "Bulldog" Remedios is an English mixed martial artist.-Mixed martial arts career:Leigh has previously competed in the featherweight division and was at one time considered #1 in the UK. Leigh retired following his victory at FX3 - Battle of Britain against Sami Berik on October 15, 2005...	Decision (Split)	Ultimate Combat		3	5:00
Win	Tamel Hasar	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Cage Wars Cage Wars The Cage Wars Championship is a UK-based mixed martial arts promotion started in 1999 to promote and teach the sport of MMA in the UK and Ireland...  1		3	5:00
Loss	Bobby Karagiannidis	TKO (Punches)	Pride & Honour		1	2:34
Win	Leighton Hill	Submission(Triangle Choke)	Grapple & Strike		1	0:55

His gym (Straight Blast Gym) was Fight Hounds Club of the Year and John Kavanagh was voted Coach of the Year in 2010..

External links

• Straight Blast Gym homepage
• Professional MMA record for John Kavanagh at Sherdog
  Sherdog
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