Conor McGregor is opening up about his toe damage and among the remedies they used to attempt to preserve him on June twenty ninth’s UFC 303 card.
McGregor was compelled off the cardboard final week, and at last he revealed it was as a result of a damaged pinky toe. There was quite a lot of effort put into holding the character of his damage secret, however “The Infamous” can’t even put on a shoe proper now. So it was both let the cat out of the bag or disguise from the general public eye till he was healed.
McGregor selected to indicate off x-rays of the damage, and on Saturday evening he turned as much as Bellator Dublin in slippers. He mentioned the damaged toe with Extreme MMA and the way a stem cell shot into the injured pinky could have triggered extra ache than acquire.
“That is it. This run is for the parish, you realize what I’m saying?” he mentioned about his comeback combat. “So I’m getting this proper, and that’s it.”
As for a return date?
“I’m hoping quickly as … August. September I’d love,” McGregor mentioned. “You know how it’s. I’m in restoration mode. It’s three weeks to the day, it occurred three weeks in the past in the present day. I’m nonetheless rocking round right here within the slippers. They’re not dangerous slippers, fortunately, and so they’re cozy sufficient. However I can’t get right into a shoe.”
“They put stem cells into me,” he revealed. “They took ‘em from my again, they put ‘em in my foot. 20mg of stem cells out of my very own again bone marrow, in. Proper into the break. There was a bit bit left over so I mentioned ‘Yeah, lob it into me shoulder, it feels a bit bit sore.’ The shoulder’s really feeling wonderful.”
I’ll by no means enter a combat harm once more and I’ll by no means lose one other combat.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 22, 2024
“Them stem cells are good things, I’m studying a bit about them, it’s an eye fixed opener with them stem cells. However my toe is f—ing sore, and I don’t know if the stem cells into the break was the fitting transfer. As a result of now it’s like, you realize when the chicks put filler of their face? My child toe appears to be like like that. I don’t assume it’s the swelling any extra, it’s the fluid, it’s the stem cells in my toe.”
“So it’s trying like I’m gonna have a swollen toe factor, on a regular basis,” he concluded. “I don’t know. However I’m simply recovering man, and that’s it. Day-to-day.”
With this newest delay, there’s some indication that Michael Chandler could transfer on to a brand new opponent. For his half, McGregor mentioned “Iron Mike” was nonetheless the goal opponent.
“I’d hope so, I’d say so,” he mentioned. “However once more I’m on my journey, I’m on my path. I must get this proper for my staff, the followers, we deserve this. And I’m gonna f—ing convey it house, and that’s it.”
