Straight Blast Gym Ireland

Straight Blast Gym Ireland
Est.2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Founded byJohn Kavanagh
Primary trainersJohn Kavanagh (head coach)
Philip Mulpeter (fitness)
Sergey Pikulskiy (wrestling)
Karl Cannon (Muay Thai)
Tom King (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
Clive Staunton (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
Past titleholdersConor McGregor
Ultimate Fighting Championship (Lightweight Champion: 2016-18)
Ultimate Fighting Championship (Featherweight Champion: 2015-16)
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (Lightweight Champion: 2012-13)
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (Featherweight Champion: 2012-13)
John Phillips
BAMMA
(Middleweight Champion: 2016)

Frans Mlambo
IMMAF World Championships
(Featherweight Champion: 2015)

Cathal Pendred
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (Welterweight Champion: 2013)
Luka Jelčić
Final Fight Championship
(Lightweight Champion: 2016)
Training facilitiesDublin, Ireland
Websitesbgireland.com

Straight Blast Gym Ireland (also known as SBG Ireland) is a mixed martial arts academy and professional team based in Dublin, Ireland. It is run by John Kavanagh, and is part of Straight Blast Gym International.[1] The team has produced several Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters, the most notable being Conor McGregor.

  1. ^ "John Kavanagh: Irish MMA's Game Changer". UFC. 6 August 2014.