Manager refutes claims Conor McGregor was barred from L.A gym before UFC 194

Claims from UFC heavyweight champion Faricio Werdum may be wide of the mark.

On Tuesday, we ran a piece in which Werdum claimed John Kavanagh had contacted the well-respected Kings MMA gym in Los Angeles to arrange a training session for Conor McGregor. According to Werdum the approach was rebuffed as coach Rafael Cordeiro felt it inappropriate. The heavyweight champ said he could never help someone train to take on his "buddy" Jose Aldo. Werdum remarked, "It was not possible for him to train with us. It would have been dangerous for him to do so. "He wouldn't have been able to fight here as we'd try to break him all day." Last night, Audie Attar, who manages McGregor, dismissed Werdum's comments. He told MMAFighting, ""That is not true. [The] only contact we ever made to Kings was someone from my office had called there to see if Uriah Hall can train there, but no one called us back on Uriah." Attar continued:

"[We] never would've or could've called for Conor as he doesn't train with anyone else other than his coach John Kavanagh and his own teammates he brings in. "He keeps his circle small, so this is someone making things up and feeding lies to Werdum. Kings is down the street from our offices in Orange County and I have the utmost respect for Rafael and that camp, but this just isn't true."