LUCKY BREAK
Conor McGregor reveals he’s ‘well ahead of schedule’ in recovery from leg break as Dana White targets 2022 UFC return
CONOR MCGREGOR says his recovery from his horrific broken leg is 'well ahead of schedule'.
The UFC's poster boy snapped his left tibia and fibula in the second round of his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier last month, which he lost via first-round doctor stoppage.
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McGregor, however, has refused to sit idly by on the sidelines, getting in a number of light gym sessions in his protective boot.
The Notorious visited his doctor in Los Angeles on Thursday night to check the progress of his recovery, which he claims is three weeks ahead of schedule.
During an Instagram Live broadcast, the Irishman said: “Scan went well. 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 (and) well ahead of schedule. Let’s keep it going. … It was good news. Good news at the doc’s."
McGregor showed his millions of followers his leg out of the protective boot as he made his way to his appointment, saying: “I think this bone is back together, to be honest.
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"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."
Although the UFC's first simultaneous two-weight world champion's recovery is going better than planned, he's refusing to get too far ahead of himself.
He said: “I’m being careful with it. 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 [Chris] Weidman recently.
"I’m rocking well ahead of schedule
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"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."
McGregor is set to be on the sidelines until next July at the earliest, although UFC president Dana White expects him to resume full training in April.
The Dubliner is champing at the bit to get back inside the cage but admitted: “I’ve just got to take it day by day.
"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.
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"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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