Conor McGregor reveals ultimate return timeline after damage

Three weeks from the day that Conor McGregor suffered a damaged toe, he’s itching to return to the cage as quickly as potential.

McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) was in attendance Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin for Bellator Champions Sequence to nook teammate Sinead Kavanagh on the primary card. McGregor revealed backstage to Extreme MMA that his toe remains to be giving him points regardless of stem cell remedy.

“We simply modify,” McGregor stated. “Every part is transferring. Every part is transferring components, so I’m good. The damage is a nuisance. It’s painful. I’m not going to lie. It’s very, very painful – most likely much more than the leg, and that’s the reality. I’ll let you know why: The leg was at the very least wrapped up. I couldn’t entry it. The foot is simply there nonetheless. It’s prefer it’s uncovered or one thing. It’s a bit painful, however it comes with the territory. I want to only dial it in, get my coaching camps right.”

McGregor, who nonetheless is in slippers to ease the ache of transferring round on the damage that prompted him to withdraw from UFC 303 vs. Michael Chandler, stated he goals to return someday within the two-to-three-month vary. The UFC nor its CEO Dana White has shed any gentle on their hopes or plans for that return.

“August-September … August-September, I’d love,” McGregor stated. “You know how it’s. I’m in restoration mode.”

Regardless, McGregor thinks he made the fitting transfer to withdraw from the bout, significantly since the latest time he competed was in 2021 when he fractured his leg in a combat vs. Dustin Poirier. It wasn’t a straightforward alternative, McGregor stated.

“The UFC has been stellar,” McGregor stated. “They’ve actually gone above for me. I’m so grateful for that as a result of I used to be in a darkish place. Now, I’m all proper. I’m coming. I’m all proper. I’m getting there once more. I’m able to go once more – quickly sufficient. I’m simply very appreciative of them aiding me. I’m unhappy for the followers that needed the leisure of the pay-per-view, of the press convention and the pay-per-view and the cardboard and all. However look, it was simply a kind of damned issues.

“How may I justify making that stroll once more after which be stationary, flat on the ft, after which saying to my followers afterward, ‘Oh, this occurred however I made the stroll for you guys’? The followers have seen this. I can’t do it once more. For those who’re paying that a lot, you need to see the very best of me. In order that’s what they’re going to see. It’s on me now and my workforce of coaches and my workforce of coaching companions to actually dial it in and be sure that occurs – and I’m assured we are going to.”