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Tom Taylor

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor could be back in the Octagon sooner rather than later.
The 33-year-old has not fought since July, when he suffered a broken fibula in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier – his second setback in a row against the American.
From the get-go, it was clear “The Notorious” (22-6) would have a long road back to action, but from the sounds of it, he is recovering well.
Interacting with his fans on Twitter on Saturday, the Irish superstar provided a handful of updates on his recovery, and even shared a rough time frame for his return to the Octagon.

“The fibula is fully healed,” McGregor wrote. “The medial side of the tibia is developing nice callous also.
“It is just patience now for it to form down through the bone to the lateral side of the tibia where the larger break occurred. It’s getting there. Patience will win this race for me!”
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“I will be full mixed martial arts sparring by April,” he added in another tweet. “Easily! By then a return will be imminent. But I must be patient. I will beat this!”
McGregor’s fibula has been reinforced with metal plates and screws – which is fairly standard practice for injuries like the one he suffered at UFC 264.
In another tweet, the former two-division champion claimed the procedure will make him all the more dangerous in the Octagon.

“I cannot wait to wrap this steel bar in my leg across the neck of a future opponent,” he wrote. “I am counting down by the seconds until I get to launch this weapon.”
Before his losses to Poirier – both stoppages – McGregor picked up a first-round knockout win over the veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. That victory was preceded by a submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a failed bid to reclaim the UFC lightweight title.
McGregor won the 155-pound belt with a knockout of Eddie Alvarez in 2016, but was stripped of the championship because of inactivity. He had held the featherweight title too, which he won with a 13-second knockout of Jose Aldo in December 2015, but was also stripped for inactivity.


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Former two-division champ has not fought since suffering broken leg in TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July
But Irishman insists he will be back to sparring by April, and ‘by then a return will be imminent’



Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has provided an update on his recovery and his return to the Octagon, after suffering a broken leg in July.


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