Conor McGregor provides an update on his leg injury and hints to fight in the middleweight upon his return

Conor McGregor provides an update on his leg injury and hints to fight in the middleweight upon his return

Conor McGregor

Former “champ-champ” Conor McGregor sustained a fracture in his leg at the main event of UFC 264 against Dustin Poirier. With less than six weeks in with the injury, Conor is already feeling amazing with the progress he has made.

Conor was due for a check-up and he expressed his concern regarding the same, he went in for the Scan on Thursday, and he updated his fans with the positive news as soon as he came out with the reports.

“Scan went well,” McGregor said. “Scan went very well. To be back on the bike, I’m back on the bike before he said I was going to be able to bear weight. I’m rocking well ahead of schedule. Let’s keep it going. … It was good news. Good news at the doc’s.”

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“I think this bone is back together, to be honest,” McGregor said. “The ankle is feeling great. … I’ve got me flip-flops on, I have. I’m out of the boot. I’ve got the flip-flops on, so that’s a good sign. … I’m still jacked as well, bro. It ain’t over. We’re only warming up. Still fresh. Still untouched. You still can’t get me.”

“I’m actually bigger physically set than Kelvin and he’s fighting at middleweight,” Conor McGregor eyes a return at the middleweight

Kelvin Gastelum and Conor McGregor
Kelvin Gastelum and Conor McGregor

Chris Weidman recently underwent the same process, and he had to deal with some complications due to which he was advised a second surgery. Conor McGregor stated that he is taking this injury very seriously to avoid such a condition.

“I’m being careful with it,” McGregor said. “I’m listening to what the doctors are saying. Everything else, I can’t physically do, I’m not pushing it too far after seeing what happened to Weidman recently. It’s in the back of my head that I go in there and maybe they say, ‘Oh, it’s not connected again. You have to go through this again.’ Look what happened to Weidman. I don’t think that’s the case with me. I know that’s not the case with me. I am a little bit nervous.”

Conor is planning to return to the octagon as soon as possible, and he might be doing it a new weight class, “I’ve just got to take it day by day,” McGregor said. “I’m looking forward to it. You know, I’m watching all these fools talk. You know that little middleweight, that little former middleweight Kelvin Gastelum is 5’9” with a 71” inch reach. I’m actually bigger physically set than Kelvin and he’s fighting at middleweight. I’m going to just keep going up. I don’t know what weight I am now. … But I’ll see what I am on the scales and just go from there. Day-by-day.”

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