Search

06 Sept 2025

UFC coach John Kavanagh helps to launch new SBG gym in Portarlington

John Kavanagh, coach to UFC superstar Conor McGregor, was in Portarlington last night to officially open the new SBG Portarlington facility.

The new gym, measuring over 5,000 square feet, is the largest SBG gym outside of Dublin, and Kavanagh was in attendance, along with Conor McGregor's UFC champions belt, to lend his support to the venture.

The new gym will be headed up by Philip Mulpeter, and will offer classes in MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai boxing, to name a few.

Above is a gallery of images from photographer Denis Byrne.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.