After suffering a serious injury to his left leg, Conor McGregor has been out of the ring since 2021; Coach points to return to UFC for 2023
This Wednesday, the 24th, the coach of Conor McGregor revealed that the prediction of the fighter’s return to the ring should happen in 2023. The Irishman suffered a serious injury to his left leg, while competing at UFC 264, in a duel that was defeated by Dustin Poirier just last year, and has been away from the sport ever since.
In addition to the rings, during his retirement and recovery, the fighter was confirmed to act in the movie “Matador de Aluguel”, a remake to be shot in the Dominican Republic. Despite having joked on his social networks that, with his new career, he would say goodbye to the UFC, the Tim Simpson assured that the recordings will not interfere with the preparation of McGregor for the return to the fights.
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“This fits perfectly. He’s still on track for a big comeback next year, but this fits perfectly in the meantime.”, assured the coach about McGregor’s dual career. Tim stated that he has been training hard to speed up his recovery and return to the UFC.
“The leg is healing. I think there’s still some work to be done, but he’s been training like crazy twice a day, every day. He’s got his full team there, the McGregor Fast Team, the whole health and fitness team, physio, boxing, trainers. He’s been working hard, he’s been training super hard. He’s in great shape, making final adjustments to get his leg back to how it needs to be.”, he detailed.
The Irish fighter has a good record in the UFC rings, totaling 22 wins and only 6 losses, being considered one of the biggest names in the sport of the decade. In the Octagon, of 4 occasions, he only came out victorious in one: UFC 246, in 2020, where he won Donald Cerrone. His last appearance in the Octagon was precisely at the time of the injury.
Source: sportbuzz
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